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      If you were to request the next available appointment with your T1D healthcare provider, when do you estimate the next available appointment would be?
      Being on Medicare and required to see my Endo. every three months, my next appointment is made prior to departure from my Endo's office.
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      If you were to request the next available appointment with your T1D healthcare provider, when do you estimate the next available appointment would be?
      If I were not on Medicare, it would be difficult to get an appointment within 3 months, even in an emergency. In an emergency, they would assign me a nurse practitioner to see. It is possible to contact them through their "portal." Whether I get a timely response depends on whether there is a reliable nurse to respond.
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      If you were to request the next available appointment with your T1D healthcare provider, when do you estimate the next available appointment would be?
      When I saw my endo a year ago, I wasn't able to make an appointment 6 months later because all available appointments were fully booked. I have to see her CDE who has more availability in order to meet Medicare requirements for quarterly visits. Many, many healthcare providers in my area burned out and quit during Covid. I injured my knee badly last June and can't get a consult with an orthopedic surgeon until May due to the backlog of people needing help. I'm on crutches until then. My sports medicine doctor stopped practicing medicine last month. Our healthcare system is in crisis with no solution in sight.
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      If you were to request the next available appointment with your T1D healthcare provider, when do you estimate the next available appointment would be?
      On hold or actually talking about the issue and calling back to ensure someone follow's up as everyone seems to be over their head. Honestly, it varies. It can take considerable time just to raise the visibility of an issue, then the follow up can take weeks/months and patience to resolve. Another problem is patients without the cognitive skills for follow-up. These days i doubt anyone pays attention to them.
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      If you were to request the next available appointment with your T1D healthcare provider, when do you estimate the next available appointment would be?
      I try to make my appointment for my next appointment when I check out. The scheduler always asks maki g it easier to remember. If I was to forget there would be a wait to get back int the rotation.
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      If you were to request the next available appointment with your T1D healthcare provider, when do you estimate the next available appointment would be?
      Before the onslaught of Type 2 Diabetes, I, as a T1D, could get an appointment almost anytime I needed one. Now, I cannot get an appointment within 3 months, which is the time within I must see rhe doctor for Medicare benefits. My doctor cancelled 2 (half ) of my sppointments last year. Caused ma a lot of problems. I live in Florida, a place where modern medicine does not seem to have reached yet.
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      If you were to request the next available appointment with your T1D healthcare provider, when do you estimate the next available appointment would be?
      I routinely see my Endo every three months. At the end of my appointment I schedule the next quarterly meeting date. But if I ever have to reschedule it, then it takes anywhere from two to four weeks to find a time that works for us.
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      If you were to request the next available appointment with your T1D healthcare provider, when do you estimate the next available appointment would be?
      It all depends on the urgency of my needs. I’ve gotten in the next day before, but those days may be gone! It also depends on who I see. But these days, even the PA is often booked. Of course, cancellations happen, so that can be a factor as well.
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      Over the past 3 months, how much time would you estimate you have spent working through T1D prescription-related issues with pharmacies, insurance companies, durable medical equipment distributors, T1D device companies, health care providers, etc.?
      The beginning of the year is always a bit iffy when you're on Medicare. Even though I've already paid my annual deductible, my pharmacy can't see that, so I must wait until it shows up on my Medicare account before I order new insulin. I always try to have plenty of insulin on hand at the end of December so it's not an issue. The organization I get my pump equipment from has a lot they must do because of Medicare, as well, and that can get time consuming. All-in-all, I'm lucky to have the time, energy and patience to deal with it, and I know up front these time-consuming moments are to be expected. If I wasn't retired, it'd be more of an issue.
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      Over the past 3 months, how much time would you estimate you have spent working through T1D prescription-related issues with pharmacies, insurance companies, durable medical equipment distributors, T1D device companies, health care providers, etc.?
      I selected 6 hours. So far, I have spent 6 weeks trying to get a new pump. I decided to look for a new pump in mid-December as my 770G warranty expired on January 3. I wanted to go hoseless with the Omnipod and the Dexcom 6. I contacted Dexcom and they sent me to the medical distribution company ASPN, and they could do the Omnipod but only with pharmacy part D with the Dexcom 6 sensor on DME My part D pharmacy plan had Omnipod as tier 6. $155.56 co pay and $150/month. The omnypod is not available as DME. I called INSULET the mfgr of omnipod. They told me they only supply via pharmacy plan to get more T2d's to sign up. Verses 100% DME coverage, part D coverage that was a non-starter. I contacted another supply company CCSmed. They could do both Dexcom 6 and tslim x2. Ineeded a Endo visit to get the notes and Rx. I had my Endo visit on Jan 20. Still waiting for CVSmed. Been waiting for 5 weeks now. Just called CCSmed and they got the endo notes and Rx but Medicare wanted to know who paid for my 770G 4 years ago. Fortunately, that was private/company. My new pump should now ship tomorrow. Finally.
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      Over the past 3 months, how much time would you estimate you have spent working through T1D prescription-related issues with pharmacies, insurance companies, durable medical equipment distributors, T1D device companies, health care providers, etc.?
      Most of the 3-4 hours is way ting on a phone
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      Over the past 3 months, how much time would you estimate you have spent working through T1D prescription-related issues with pharmacies, insurance companies, durable medical equipment distributors, T1D device companies, health care providers, etc.?
      I answered "No time," but I live in France, where we have a single provider. I receive a prescription from my doctor and go to the pharmacy monthly to have it filled. (Pump peripherals are provided by a separate supplier.) "Appeals" do not exist here since the doctor will only prescribe medicines that are reimbursed. And no, I have never needed a treatment that wasn't covered.
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      The resources I use in managing my glucose levels once sick is my own personal experience after living with t1d for 46 years
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      Over the past 3 months, how much time would you estimate you have spent working through T1D prescription-related issues with pharmacies, insurance companies, durable medical equipment distributors, T1D device companies, health care providers, etc.?
      Switching to Medicare has created (seemingly) endless hours and day making this transition with all things diabetes related. We’re still in the midst of making this ā€˜delightful’ change. This week we learned that Medicare covers Either CGM stuff OR glucose test strips. Thank goodness that God is sovereign over all these details. He helps me walk through these challenges without despair.
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      August Rossano likes your comment at
      Over the past 3 months, how much time would you estimate you have spent working through T1D prescription-related issues with pharmacies, insurance companies, durable medical equipment distributors, T1D device companies, health care providers, etc.?
      The last 3 months have been filled with frustrating phone calls now that I switched back to traditional Medicare from a Medicare Advantage plan. I have been fighting to get strips authorized in addition to CGM- they did not authorize them because I had no proof that I had a meter!! Crazy making! I had to write an appeal letter in order to get them, but finally got it worked out. I also had some pump replacement issues, trouble getting insulin, etc.
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      August Rossano likes your comment at
      Over the past 3 months, how much time would you estimate you have spent working through T1D prescription-related issues with pharmacies, insurance companies, durable medical equipment distributors, T1D device companies, health care providers, etc.?
      I answered "No time," but I live in France, where we have a single provider. I receive a prescription from my doctor and go to the pharmacy monthly to have it filled. (Pump peripherals are provided by a separate supplier.) "Appeals" do not exist here since the doctor will only prescribe medicines that are reimbursed. And no, I have never needed a treatment that wasn't covered.
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      Over the past 3 months, how much time would you estimate you have spent working through T1D prescription-related issues with pharmacies, insurance companies, durable medical equipment distributors, T1D device companies, health care providers, etc.?
      Much too much time! Part of it, I know, is my own fault, for not keeping anxiety at bay when I have to sort out which plan will work best, annually. But it is something I dread, every single year. When I call to get some help understanding, the people are almost always very nice, but I have had times when the information was incorrect or not explained clearly. I usually commiserate with the person on the phone for having such an annoying system, and agreement seems to rule the day. But I never chose to make sorting out insurance management a career!
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      August Rossano likes your comment at
      Over the past 3 months, how much time would you estimate you have spent working through T1D prescription-related issues with pharmacies, insurance companies, durable medical equipment distributors, T1D device companies, health care providers, etc.?
      I selected 6 hours. So far, I have spent 6 weeks trying to get a new pump. I decided to look for a new pump in mid-December as my 770G warranty expired on January 3. I wanted to go hoseless with the Omnipod and the Dexcom 6. I contacted Dexcom and they sent me to the medical distribution company ASPN, and they could do the Omnipod but only with pharmacy part D with the Dexcom 6 sensor on DME My part D pharmacy plan had Omnipod as tier 6. $155.56 co pay and $150/month. The omnypod is not available as DME. I called INSULET the mfgr of omnipod. They told me they only supply via pharmacy plan to get more T2d's to sign up. Verses 100% DME coverage, part D coverage that was a non-starter. I contacted another supply company CCSmed. They could do both Dexcom 6 and tslim x2. Ineeded a Endo visit to get the notes and Rx. I had my Endo visit on Jan 20. Still waiting for CVSmed. Been waiting for 5 weeks now. Just called CCSmed and they got the endo notes and Rx but Medicare wanted to know who paid for my 770G 4 years ago. Fortunately, that was private/company. My new pump should now ship tomorrow. Finally.
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      August Rossano likes your comment at
      Over the past 3 months, how much time would you estimate you have spent working through T1D prescription-related issues with pharmacies, insurance companies, durable medical equipment distributors, T1D device companies, health care providers, etc.?
      The beginning of the year is always a bit iffy when you're on Medicare. Even though I've already paid my annual deductible, my pharmacy can't see that, so I must wait until it shows up on my Medicare account before I order new insulin. I always try to have plenty of insulin on hand at the end of December so it's not an issue. The organization I get my pump equipment from has a lot they must do because of Medicare, as well, and that can get time consuming. All-in-all, I'm lucky to have the time, energy and patience to deal with it, and I know up front these time-consuming moments are to be expected. If I wasn't retired, it'd be more of an issue.
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      Over the past 3 months, how much time would you estimate you have spent working through T1D prescription-related issues with pharmacies, insurance companies, durable medical equipment distributors, T1D device companies, health care providers, etc.?
      I said 8+ and the reason, as for so many others, can be summed up in a phrase: transitioning to Medicare.
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      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I’m a reasonably satisfied MDI user with Lantus and Fiasp. I’ve looked into getting a pump but honestly, until I find one that does everything I want, I’ll probably hold off. My wish list for a pump: 1) no tubes 2) works well with Fiasp 3) controls that allow me to stay at my target of 70-90 mg/dl all night long.
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      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      MDI for the past 60 years and do not see any alternative that I would prefer. The needles for my pens are so thin and sharp that they are painless (a far cry from the lancets I once used). chiefly, I am glad not to have to deal with setting up a pump and. Although I love my libre, I am not good candidate for having devices affixed to me. If my insulin delivery got interrupted they way i have interrupted my cgm service, I would have been in trouble. Furthermore, I have a track record of having both mechanicall and electronic things malfunction. (Seriously, I sometimes act as a beta-tester for technology folks. Maybe I push to many buttons?)
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      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I've had Tandem x2 and Dexcom since September. Previously on Medtronic for around 15 years. Grew to HATE the sensors and switched before the warranty on my last Medtronic was up. So far, I absolutely LOVE the Tandem and the Dexcom. I'm disappointed, however, in the amount of waste and plastic that this pair creates. Of course there will always be plastic waste from any pumps/sensors, but the amount of non-reusable stuff for insertions is ghastly.
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      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      Have your doctor prescribe the syringes with .5 unit increments instead of the 1 unit syringes. Not quite a .1 unit which you are hoping for, but .5 is better than 1 unit increments.
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      I answered "No time," but I live in France, where we have a single provider. I receive a prescription from my doctor and go to the pharmacy monthly to have it filled. (Pump peripherals are provided by a separate supplier.) "Appeals" do not exist here since the doctor will only prescribe medicines that are reimbursed. And no, I have never needed a treatment that wasn't covered.
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    During which month were you (or your loved one) diagnosed with T1D?

    Home > LC Polls > During which month were you (or your loved one) diagnosed with T1D?
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    38 Comments

    1. Wanacure

      I can’t remember what month, but it for sure was during the school year. Therefore it was NOT June, July, nor August.

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    2. Becky Hertz

      I think June, but it could have been May. I just remember the end of school was a week or two after my diagnosis.

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    3. PamK

      What difference does this make??

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      1. Gary Taylor

        Probably none. If enough people respond, I would suspect that the distribution of answers will be even across the 12 months. However, it is a question of curiosity and kind of fun to know.

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      2. George Lovelace

        I’m with PamK, what difference. I know I went in the Hospital on Mar 20, 1964 but that was when I couldn’t avoid self-diagnosing any longer, I had lost over 20% of my weight. I was just surprised my Parents hadn’t noticed. Dad was a LADA Dxed in 1940

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      3. Joan Fray

        I find people’s stories of their first diagnosis fascinating.

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    4. Gary Taylor

      February, 1976.

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    5. Jim Cobbe

      I answered March which I believe is correct, but I was in the southern hemisphere at the time and don’t have any records from that time (1975); I’m certain it was early autumn, though.

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    6. Lawrence S.

      July, 1977. Still very clear in my mind.

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    7. GLORIA MILLER

      Like most of the others I don’t know the answer. I know it was winter so I’ve always used my birthday in February as marking another year – 65 years this February. I have another long term T1 friend who was diagnosed in May.

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      1. Joan Fray

        So happy to see another long term survivor! You go, girl!

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    8. Jane Cerullo

      Was a bit of a journey. Graduated from nursing school at 54. They diagnosed me with type 2. I knew that was absurd due to weight and no metabolic syndrome. 2 years later got LADA diagnosis. Was a relief. Now it made sense. But don’t remember the month.

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    9. Denise Carter

      March 1, 1971
      But I had been sick for a 3 days prior, vomiting, lethargic, peeing every 5 minutes. I was at a lake cabin with friends and didn’t get hone until Sunday night. Monday am went straight to the doctor, who sent me straight to the hospital. We thought there might be something wrong with my kidneys since I was peeing so much. I list 20 pounds that weekend, and it took a month to be clear of ketones. I felt like death and never wanted to feel that way again so I never skipped a shot during my teenage and adult years. I was 15 at the time of diagnosis.

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    10. Joan Fray

      April 22 1962. Day before my mother’s birthday. She used to say it was the worst birthday present she ever got.

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    11. Nicholas Argento

      For me it was 8-28-1968. I know the exact date because I got my records about 8-9 years ago in preparation of providing proof to the Joslin 50 year medal people. I understand those who would say who cares about the exact date, but to me it represents another milestone, each time I pass that date I am thankful that I have cheated the undertaker for another year. T1D has tried to kill me many times- first by killing my beta cells, many times by severe low blood sugar reactions. In most of those situations, I survived by luck and the efforts of loved ones. I stand honored, humbled, determined, and defiant….

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      1. Joan Fray

        I like that phrase- cheated the undertaker. Better than I beat the devil!

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      2. Jneticdiabetic

        My new fav T1D quote of the year: “I stand honored, humbled, determined, and defiant….” Well said!

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    12. Mark Schweim

      I don’t remember if September 1991 had Labor Day the first or the second Monday, but my T1D was diagnosed in the first week of September 1991. I had been sick frequently the previous 6 to 10 months but every previous time seeing Doctors, they claimed I only had viral or bacterial infections, but I’m sure my T1D was fully established up to 6 months before it was correctly diagnosed!

      When diagnosed, my body weight had dropped from 5 foot 11 inch tall 160 pounds to 5 foot 11 inches tall and only 112 pounds weight. Hospital lab equipment could ONLY register blood glucose up to 1600 and when my blood was tested, their lab equipment only said “HI!!!” meaning over 1600.

      They said all the literature they had available said a Blood Acetone level of 2.5% was considered to be 100% FATAL with survival being IMPOSSIBLE, but when they did the arterial blood draw from my left wrist and tested my blood gasses and acetone levels, my blood acetone level was somewhere over 2.98% acetone so they said based on my blood glucose, I should have been admitted unconscious and immediately placed on life support equipment instead of having actually WALKED into the ER and remaining fully alert and responsive, but based on my Blood Acetone level at diagnosis it should have been completely IMPOSSIBLE for me to be getting admitted anywhere except for the MORGUE since my blood acetone level was nearly 0.5% higher than what was considered to be a 100% FATAL level with survival 100% impossible!!!

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      1. Patricia Dalrymple

        Just goes to show: one size does not fit all. And the more we think we know, the more we have to learn. Congrats to you for proving all those glorious stats WRONG!!

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    13. Joan McGinnis

      I am not sure but 6 mo after c section of my 2nd child but I think June. I never kept track of my anniversary and no one else cared either as I recall then

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    14. Mary Ann Sayers

      August 10th 1954 and I was 7yrs 3mo 21days old. I’m now 74+years old living with a pump and CGM!
      I’ve gone from boiling urine with Benedict solution in a test tube to find out if I’m spilling sugar in my urine and having monthly fasting bgs, then using Clinitest tablets instead of having to boil the testube on the stove!!! (What a great improvement!)
      After years of early morning trips to the hospital for fasting blood sugar testing, I got my first Glucometer! I was then able to check MY OWN BLOOD SUGAR!!! (TALK ABOUT AN IMPROVEMENT!!!😁!!!)
      All this time insulin was changing too. I began with NPH-40 and regular, then NPH-80, and Lantus with fasting regular, and now I use NovoLog in my pump!
      I’ve had a pump on and off for 20 years.
      I now have a “closed-loop” system pump (an artificial pancreas) !!!! Diabetes care has come a long way, baby!

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    15. Natalie Daley

      As a 40th birthday present, I was told I was diabetic. Five years later, after a summer in which I lost weight, peed a lot, and was thirsty all the time, I started 70/30 insulin in September after my A1C was something like 12. The GP told me a few months later, he had no idea what to do with me. His nurse overheard and sent me to an endocrinologist 85 miles away from where I live. None were closer. He became the head of the diabetes center at OHSU. I was lucky. He kept me alive.

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      1. cynthia jaworski

        It is amazing how many GPs don’t think to refer their diabetic patients to an endocrinologist, even while frankly admitting to having no expertise in the field.

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    16. Louise Jesserer

      Halloween 1955! Wish the CURE was here…

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    17. Linda Zottoli

      LOL I think the reason I still remember the month is that at my elementary school, May Day was a yearly big event, with a May Pole and group dances. I remember that my 3rd grade class wrote me letters in the hospital, and some mentioned that upcoming event, one mentioning that “your partner Rex is doing very well without you”. Who Rex was, and whether I got back in time I don’t remember, it was 1955. Memory is a funny thing.

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    18. cynthia jaworski

      November 1962. It took weeks to diagnose, since the GP refused to believe that a child could become a diabetic (too rare!).. His solution was to get mental counseling for my mother, a nurse, since she continued to insist that my symptoms were important. Finally he agreed to do a urine test on me, in order to prove his point.

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      1. George Dear

        Don’t know the month I was diagnosed in but it was 1961 by apparently a competent Dr. I wish I could remember his name. I am now just short of 70.

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      2. Patricia Dalrymple

        I’ve heard you tell this story before. I just have to shake me head. I’m so sorry you had to go through that.

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    19. Barb Robertson

      I was told on my 10th birthday, 8/21/1962…could hardly walk into hospital…weight dropped to 47 lbs…I’m sure I’d been sick for quite awhile before diagnosis

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    20. Sue Martin

      My dad, a doctor, finally got me to take a blood test on his birthday, 3/6/1985, a month after I started complaining I was thirsty all the time. The blood test a few hours after lunch was over 400, He started me on oral meds right away. About 9 months later I needed to go on insulin. Besides remembering his birthday, I mark the anniversary of my diagnosis every year.

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    21. Janis Senungetuk

      Early April, 1955

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    22. Randy Mees

      March 23 1961 was my younger brothers birthday and we gorged ourselves on cake and ice cream. A couple days later I had a bs over 800 and spent the next 10 days in the hospital. 1967 he was diagnosed T1 also, but unfortunately he died in 1992 from complications of T1.

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    23. Ahh Life

      It was 1951 and I was 4. That eliminates Jan, Feb, Mar and most of April. My mom at 97 is currently in the dementia unit of assisted living, so not much help there either. Hospitals in those days, except for Mayo’s and a few others, did not see record keeping, data, and documentation as necessary, treating medical care by metaphor as a ā€œbest practice.ā€

      So I can construct a past or a future, but really have no place to go but the present.

      So I do. Some talk with pejoration of the undertaker and the morgue. Me? I have a personal relationship with the grim reaper. I kick him in the shins every chance I get. And, boy, have I had profuse opportunities. He keeps lowering the scythe and I keep Darth-Vadering him. May the force be with you. (っ-Ģ¶ā—Ģƒē›Šā—ĢƒĢ¶)っ ,︵‿

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    24. M C

      In the last part of February I noted in my journal that it was such a strange day – marking down all the liquids I’d consumed since getting up that morning until bed time. I knew something was ‘wrong’ but didn’t dare complain, as I was signed up to go on a school trip to Greece for March break. Spent most of that vacation drinking everything I could get my hands on, and taking something for nausea. By the time we arrived back home, my saliva and perspiration had stopped, I was sleeping, drinking, and using the washroom on a 1 hour repeat! Went to the doctor the day after returning – He told my Mom to get me down to “Emergency – I think she has diabetes”. Once at the hospital – I was diagnosed with T1D – It was March 1977! (But, if I’d spoken up sooner, perhaps it would have been in February instead that I was diagnosed, since it was quite clear, thanks to the journal notation, the actual day “it” hit!)

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    25. Daniel Bestvater

      Diagnosed in March after a bad flu bug. It was the week after my birthday so it will be 45 years March 2022.

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    26. lynda meyer

      I was diagnosed May 1953. I was 4 years old. My regular doctor was out of town, so my mom took me to another doctor in our small town. He said I had a kidney infection (which I probably did). I didn’t get any better so we went to our regular doctor when he returned. He knew immediately and sent me to the hospital. After a few days there, he knew he didn’t know what to do to control my blood sugars. He and his nurse drove me and my mom to Memphis (a 150 miles away) to a specialist. Since then, I have not been in the hospital due to diabetes. I have been truly blessed!

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    27. LizB

      April 1987. It was near the end of the month and it was the last Monday of the month, because my hospital stay extended into May.

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    28. Kristen Clifford

      April 3, 2008, eight days before my 24th birthday

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