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    Do you do anything special to acknowledge the anniversary of your diabetes diagnosis?

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    62 Comments

    1. LizB

      Not most years but I think every 5 years deserves something I don’t usually eat. This year (35th) was cheesecake and it was worth it!

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      1. Joan Fray

        Good idea! I’ll have a hot fudge sundae when I hit 65 years…at least a few bites!

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    2. Molly Jones

      The Christmas season marks the anniversary of my epilepsy, previous cancer and diabetes dx along with many family members deaths.
      I mark this as anniversary as a time to enjoy my limited time in a decaying body on Earth!

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      1. sweet charlie

        I am so sorry Molly !!! my heart is with you !!

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    3. Britni

      I chose “other.” My diagnosis was close enough to my birthday that I kind of lump the two together.

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    4. Robert Kovalik

      I just passed 48 years, hope to pass 50.

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      1. Joan Fray

        You go girl!

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      2. Joan Fray

        Oops. You go guy!

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      3. sweet charlie

        you will, and more!!

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    5. Janice Bohn

      Diagnosis date is not a special date for me.

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    6. john36m

      I do not even know the exact date. It was October 1964. (I think?) My doctor (GP) is long since deceased. I contacted the hospital, and if they had any records left they would have been in boxes in some offsite storage facility.

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      1. sweet charlie

        Joslin wanted proof ofmy diag. of 1953… my Docs were all dead….

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      2. Joan Fray

        I sent for my file from the clinic where I was diagnosed. (1962), They sent it to me in about a month. Used it for the 50 year medal.

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    7. Danele Smith

      It’s not a celebration… just an extra day to let our daughter do fun things she wants to do.. to make it a positive.. not a negative. She deserves an additional special day for all her frustrations and stresses through the year.

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      1. StPetie

        Now THAT is how a good Mom thinks. I freakin’ loved that comment. Good for you, Ms. Smith.

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    8. Vivian Moon

      I guess I have missed something! Why would it be something to celebrate? Do you celebrate a cancer diagnosis or any other disease diagnosis? And promote it?

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    9. cynthia jaworski

      I said “no.” However, I celebrate each birthday as a milestone of survival and an excuse to have fun.

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    10. Kevin McCue

      This anniversary is not one to celebrate

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    11. Lawrence S.

      I’m proud that I’ve survived another year. But, I’m sorry folks, having Diabetes is not something to celebrate. It’s a disease.

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    12. Nevin Bowman

      No. I know the year, but other than that I have no idea on what date I became a diabetic.

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    13. Liz Avery

      I too had a Christmas season diagnosis; 66 years ago. Makes me melancholy.

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      1. sweet charlie

        Liz, at what age ??

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    14. Joan Fray

      I usually have a glass of champagne and toast my parents. My dad had Type1, but he still got married, became a pediatrician, had two kids and lived a very active , but short, life. I thank them for having me. T1d be damned!

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    15. mbulzomi@optonline.net

      It was 55 years ago. I would rather forget “Period”.

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    16. RegMunro

      I’m not even certain of the date, just know it was between 15 December 1965 and 15 January 1966

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    17. Bea Anderson

      Special meaning it is automatically announced on computer calendar like a birthday.

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    18. Jim Andrews

      Being 55 years ago, I do not know the exact date, only that it was probably in January of 1967. I do not celebrate it but I do take pause to be thankful that I suffer no complications.

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      1. sweet charlie

        Celebrate by passing this info to newly diagnosed..

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    19. E24murph@gmail.com

      I haven’t had an anniversary yet and I am not sure if I am going to acknowledge it or not yet.

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    20. Modee

      “No” only because there wasn’t a “hell no” option.

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    21. Ken Raiche

      I remember it well Dec 13 1973 and honestly it’s really not something I celebrate.

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    22. Tom Caesar

      I acknowledge by dressing completely in black! Ha!

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    23. Sue Martin

      I think about it and note the passing years. It’s also my dad’s birthday.

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    24. Barb Robertson

      I was diagnosed on my 10th birthday…so yes I do celebrate both my birthday and how many years I’ve been diabetic—-60 this year with no complications 🙂

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      1. sweet charlie

        Yes me also 90/69… no complicatations.. why not others HOPE..

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      2. Joan Fray

        Me too! 72/60. Woo hoo forall of us!

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    25. Carol Meares

      I was dx’d the day before my birthday so I celebrate my birthday.

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    26. Bob Durstenfeld

      No, but I do celebrate each day of life.

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    27. persevereT1D52

      I’ve never understood why people acknowledged their diagnosis date. Are they celebrating? Maybe it’s a negative perspective but even if it’s a “yay I made it one more year” feels off to me.

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      1. sweet charlie

        I broadcast my age [90] and T1D years [69] to give HOPE to any Newbees… and it has helped !!

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    28. marge slater

      Heck NOOOOO!!

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    29. Natalie Daley

      It was my 40th birthday present. Maybe that’s why I’m not fond of birthday celebrations.

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    30. Amanda Barras

      I was 4, I don’t know the date only a month range where I was dx, and I don’t find it anything to celebrate.

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    31. Becky Hertz

      I was diagnosed and I’d may/beginning of June. I don’t even know what day I would acknowledge.

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    32. Patricia Dalrymple

      Nope – I don’t celebrate things I would rather forget, like the 7 operations due to a benign tumor when they removed my right nostril or my hysterectomy 😏

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    33. Maurine Bowser

      I celebrate milestone anniversaries -50 yrs with diabetes and will in 3 yrs for my 60th year with the diabetes. I am proud I am still around. It is something to celebrate.

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      1. sweet charlie

        YES!!!

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    34. Tina Roberts

      To me, it is not something to celebrate. It stinks! I’m not happy about it one bit. Jeez.

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      1. sweet charlie

        Tina, I celebrate that I have surived [now 69 years] with this monkey in my life of 90 years!!!

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    35. Tina Roberts

      I’m pretty disgusted this question was even asked.

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    36. KarenM6

      This year I hit the 50-year mark.
      I don’t “celebrate”… But, I do think having some sort of mental self-high-five for surviving this long is in order.
      Celebrate might be the wrong word… what about “acknowledgment” or “memorialize”?
      I don’t normally acknowledge such a thing (which was a life and brain-changing traumatic event for me), but this was a special year. I have been more vocal in telling people how long I’ve been diabetic… almost like a stereotypical parent who shows their kids’ photos to all and sundry. ;p
      That is my “celebration”… that I’ve survived! No party or balloons or oddly-specific Hallmark cards… but the congratulations all of us deserve for dealing with diabetes!!

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      1. KarenM6

        Sorry, t1dexchange! I picked up “celebrate” from other posts and didn’t re-read the question.

        Here’s how I see it: It’s not an acknowledgment of getting the disease, it’s an acknowledgement of survival.
        (And, that crazy “positive” for me… I’m usually the downer in the room! LOL)

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    37. Jmmattco@gmail.com

      No, but I wish my sister Happy Birthday that day, lol. I really spoiled her special 10th birthday dinner going into DKA and being diagnosed/hospitalized.

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    38. ConnieT1D62

      Not really. However, I did celebrate when I hit year 50 in December 2012 with the Joslin bronze medal and a Lilly Silver medal. My thoughts and feelings were that I deserved to be awarded recognition for living with diabetes for 50 years! And this year I will pass the 60 year diaversary mark!

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      1. Christina Trudo

        Me too Connie, 60 years in July. cheers.

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    39. Steven Gill

      Every curse has a blessing. I was diagnosed TYPE 2 May 28, 1998. My older sister passed away from cancer May 23, 1998. She had a good attitude, worried for her boys, brought us boys (her 5 brothers) closer.

      I watched my mother and brothers mourn, made me work harder, read everything I could, to live through diabetes. So my “anniversary ” isn’t so much about me. But yeah I’ll remember it.

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    40. Phyllis Biederman

      Since it’s on July 4th, there’s always a toast to being here to enjoy the fireworks, with a heartier celebration on more significant years (ie, half century). This year I’ll celebrate 56 years with amazing challenges and opportunities to beat the odds!

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    41. Mary Ann Sayers

      No, but I did receive the 50 year medal at Joslin Clinic for living with type 1 diabetes for 50 years. That was 18 years ago.

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    42. Janis Senungetuk

      In 2015 on my 60th yr. living w T1 I attended my first diabetes conference with 90+ other adults. It was a very significant experience, enabling long lasting friendships with others I had only met online. I congratulate others who announce their “diaversaries” on social media because I think each day is a victory of survival. Perhaps in 3 years, if I’m able, I’ll do something to celebrate 70 years of life w T1.

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    43. Christina Trudo

      Since my mid 20’s when my therapist encouraged me to think of ways my diabetes has been a positive force, to celebrate. Got my ears pierced the first year (doctors had always discouraged that) but soon ran out of safer acts of rebellion and now I just try to do something fun and maybe different. It’s 60 years on July 19, I’ll have to come up with something special.

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    44. Jim Cobbe

      I’m not even sure of the month it happened, let alone the date. It was on a Friday evening in late southern hemisphere autumn, that I know, but more precisely I don’t believe I could figure out (and any records were long ago lost). St Joseph’s Hospital, Roma, Lesotho, in 1975.

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    45. Cheryl Seibert

      No, I spend too much time dealing with my 56 years of T1D, so the anniversary is a non-event.

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