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Comment by tom b on April 4, 2013 at 9:12pm

I have had T1 since I was 10, and that was 70 years ago. I didn't get to use home BG testing until I was almost 50. I started my first pump in 1995, after using shots for more than 50 years. I remember some things from before I was diagnosed, but then I didn't realize I should remember them.

Comment by shoshana27 on March 23, 2013 at 1:56pm

i've been on the pump minimed for 13 years now & love it.

Comment by shoshana27 on March 23, 2013 at 1:55pm

you can read about me on other groups & blogs. we old timers have a lot in common about t1.

Comment by shoshana27 on March 23, 2013 at 1:49pm

i've had t1 since i was not yet 3. that was 76 + years ago.
i am glad to have found this group.

Comment by starcrest on June 25, 2011 at 4:13pm

I was diagnosed at age 4 21 years ago! I can't believe how long it's been. Glad to have found this group!

Comment by ShayElise on June 22, 2011 at 4:35pm

oooh! glad to find this group! i will be "celebrating" my 15 year diagnosis anniversary in august. i was diagnosed at the age of 8 and after a somewhat rough transition from being a kid with type 1 to an adult with type 1 i am finally getting involved in the huge diabetes online community!

Comment by Rob B on June 22, 2011 at 2:55pm

Diagonsed 33 years ago at age 8. I cant believe how much better it is to be a diabetic than when I was first diagnosed. I remember crazy long needles and always being hungry! I am now on a pump and wish I would have switched to the pump way before I did.

Comment by Samantha on May 24, 2011 at 11:12pm

I know the group is for people that have grown up with Type 1 Diabetes, but I still decided to join. I have a 5 year old son who was diagnosed nearly 8 weeks ago when he was 4 (a month before he was turning 5). I just wanted to see what you guys that have lived with T1 since you were young had to say about having diabetes from such a young age. I remember being so upset and thinking in those first few days after he was diagnosed how he wouldn't really remember anything of what it was like not having diabetes, where everything was much easier and carefree. But then after a while I started to think that maybe it was o'k because he would grow up with diabetes and wouldn't know the difference and that would seem normal to him. He plays Rugby League, Swims, Touch Football and has treats, we are trying to keep everything else in his life as normal as possible, but still have so much to learn.

Comment by Melanie on May 18, 2011 at 12:15pm

I was diagnosed 30 years ago at age 4. Still not sure how I feel about the whole thing...

Comment by Rachel Scott on May 15, 2011 at 11:11am

I've had diabetes since I was 8 years old (20 now). My 13 year old sister was diagnosed when she was 3, and my mother was diagnosed when she was 8 as well. Diabetes is hard and there are times where I feel down about it, but without diabetes I would have never met a majority of my friends that I have today, I wouldn't be a Diabetes Camp Counselor every summer, and I probably wouldn't work nearly as hard as I do every day! So while I pray everyday for a cure, I still keep positive about my diabetes because it's made me who I am today.

Actually I made a short video about my day of diagnoses recently and if you would like to check it out here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49zfjLSBIms&feature=channel_video_title

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