Type 1's from 70-79

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Comment by Patricia on September 25, 2009 at 7:02pm

T1 since Christmas 1978. I remember loosing weight, thirst, vomiting and then being driven down I-44 at 90 mi/hr by my frantic parents as I became less conscious. I spent over a week in the hospital as they trained me on shots (remember the orange routine!) and scared me to death w/ talk of complications. I got the best doc ever who started me on MDI when others were not doing them. I started w/ the urine testing and visual reading of those white plastic test strips. Little of a blur when I got my first meter...it was a gigantic beige Glucometer and it was a year or so after diagnosis...I remember we paid for it and it was something like $500. It was wonderful and helped me greatly. In the first year of dx I was taking 3 small shots of regular insulin (pork or something) and then my cells fully gave out and I had to add a night shot (NPH or something like it). I was 15 at diagnosis...8th grade. I remember having to take snacks everywhere and waking almost every night w/ low BGs. Things are so much different now! We have come a long way baby:) So glad to know you all and have learned so much from our interactions.

Comment by Catherine on September 24, 2009 at 6:08pm

Hi everyone like me! I was dx at age 6 in May of 1973 while I was in first grade. Yes, I do remember the Tes-Tape and Clinitest tubes for urine testing. I was supposed to do it 3 times each day, but was lucky to do it once a week. I too used to be on one shot of NPH which was horrible because of the peaks and needing to eat when I didn't want to. I remember being in the hospital for 12 days and my mom coming in every morning to learn how to give me a shot with the nurse watching how she drew up the insulin and how she got me to cooperate and hold still. I don't remember much except that I had to eat an apple at recess everyday and have a glass of OJ and a bread exchange and meat exchange everyday at 4 PM. The other thing I remember was eating a 1/2 cup of ice cream every night before bed because if I didn't, my sugar would crash and I wouldn't get up in the AM. Never had the opportunity to go to diabetes camp, but I think it would be great if we could have even a long weekend camp for adults that wanted to go! Sounds like fun to me!! Anyone else remember when Days of Our Lives had a storyline about Neil and ?'s young child getting dx and the trouble it caused in their lives.

Comment by Joanna on September 16, 2009 at 7:19pm

I was diagnosed at the age of 12. One month to the day of my 13th bday. That was in 1976 there was a bad strain of flu going around I got the flu and thats why I may have gotten type 1. At the time of dx my bg was 600 mg/dl
I started using a insulin pump in the early 1980's and currently use the dexcom cgms .

Comment by Robert Yancey on September 16, 2009 at 6:13pm

Hi group. I was diagnosed at age 5 in 1976. I look forward to hearing your stories and sharing some of mmine.

Comment by D~Ann II on September 16, 2009 at 7:42am

My husband is a Type 1 and is 77 years old.

Comment by Di on March 27, 2009 at 4:22pm

Was diagnosed in '79. I was 7 years old. Reading some of the posts here has brought back some memories! Pork insulin! Peeing in the cup to test urine ...ugh!

Comment by Joanna on March 18, 2009 at 5:03pm

I was diagnosed in 1976 there was a bad strain of flu going around back then.

Comment by Molly on February 21, 2009 at 5:20pm

I was diagnosed in 1975.

Comment by Rick Phillips on February 10, 2009 at 5:25pm

Anngelia:

I am in school in FL. I am sort of doing my EdD in education. Anyway, I have ot go to Disney world for a week this summer for school. I was amazed at the rates, the charge for the contemporary resort at Disney world is 160 / night. The Polynesian is $130 / night. They even pick you at the airport for no charge. Flying in for a weekend at htose rates sounds really very nice.

Rick

Comment by Anngelia on February 10, 2009 at 12:05pm

Rick, I recently found the dlife website and someone has posted that they would like to have a retreat for adult T1. I posted that I was all for that idea but so far it hasnt really taken off. I wish that it would. I would love to have a weekend or whatever to hang out with some people who also share this lovely illness. We could have fun!

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