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Comment by Doris D on May 16, 2012 at 7:41pm

Wow! please tell us more!! THANK YOU!

Comment by Rene on May 16, 2012 at 5:52pm

I'm from before the 70's. I started in the 60's, talk about dark ages!!

Comment by Doris D on May 16, 2012 at 5:00pm

Welcome Shelby! I never got to use the tape back in the 70's it was the urine test for me. OMG u got out in a week? it was 3 weeks for me in the hospital

Comment by shelby on May 16, 2012 at 4:56pm

In the early 70's, I used "testapes" which was a roll of yellow tape that you tore off and then tested your urine with. The tape was supposed to stay yellow - the greener it got the more sugar in your urine. I recorded the readings in a little book which I then would take to the doctor every 6 weeks. There was no such thing as a glucometer back then for me. I started taking one shot in the morning and then after a few years it turned into 2 shots. When I first was diagnosed, I was in the hospital for over a week!!!!

Comment by Doris D on May 16, 2012 at 4:55pm

I still count the calories 1st! HA! Then if I'm luckyI get the carbs right! HA!

Comment by Rene on March 12, 2012 at 8:47am

In the 60's we didn't really know much about carbs. There wasn't much in the way of education. You learned as you went along. Originally you couldn't get a meter unless you were up to 4 shots a day.
I still have not been able to get myself to count carbs periodically I resolve to do it but it never lasts after all of these years I'm pretty good at guesstimating which is what we used to have to do.

Comment by Doris D on March 10, 2012 at 5:59pm

I became diabetic in 73 and we used the clinitest tabs then 2 shots a day and OMG YES weighing out food!!! How I hated that!!!!! I remember those moniters that took 1 minute too. Weioghed as much as a brick & about as big too! I'm with u about not being able to believe the carb counting. I still catch myself counting calories instead of carbs. Well when I got D it was count ur calories. LOL!

Comment by Geoff on March 10, 2012 at 4:38pm

When I started we had to use
Benedicts Solution Then Clinitest tablets til glucose testing with strips that took several minutes then use a color chart which gave an approx bs, then early glucose monitors which took at least 1 min.
Insulin was u40 and u80 in reg nph lente ultralente and a couple of others that I can't remember. Some were taking at least 3-4 injections per day. Others 1 injection a day that were a mix of nph and reg. Some 2 injections as in the previous sentence. As I remember you could not use reg with any of the lentes. We had to weigh everything that you ate. then it was measure. No we do carb counting
I can't believe that

Comment by Doris D on March 10, 2012 at 3:52pm

Danny has a group here that shows all the things weused to use back when but I can't remember the name of it right now. I think it would be a great idea to have one set up somewhere so's ppl could see it all and look at what we used to have to do. I don't have anything around now b/c I got in the attitude years ago to throwit all away and did. Oh well Now my daughtercould see what it used to be back when....LOL! She became a Type 1 in 99

Comment by Rene on March 10, 2012 at 3:15pm

I haven't been on for awhile.
I forgot it is pleasant to "converse" with people in like situations.
I was diagnosed in 1966 when things were really backwoods. Taking an aspirin could change what your strip read. I still have all the old "equipment", test tubes etc. I think there ought to be a museum no newly diagnosed diabetic would believe it.
The equipment is easier today but it is still a constant thought.
Rene

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