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      GLORIA MILLER has commented in the same post you commented in :
      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 have the Omnipod 5 and Dexcom. I've been on an insulin pump since the early 1990s. I gave it a 4 since Omnipod has some flaws, in my opinion, but far better than the days of injections in the 1950s when I was first diagnosed.
    • 1 minute ago
      GLORIA MILLER has commented in the same post you commented in :
      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 have the Omnipod 5 and Dexcom. I've been on an insulin pump since the early 1990s. I gave it a 4 since Omnipod has some flaws, in my opinion, but far better than the days of injections in the 1950s when I was first diagnosed.
    • 1 minute ago
      GLORIA MILLER has commented in the same post you commented in :
      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 have the Omnipod 5 and Dexcom. I've been on an insulin pump since the early 1990s. I gave it a 4 since Omnipod has some flaws, in my opinion, but far better than the days of injections in the 1950s when I was first diagnosed.
    • 1 minute ago
      Nevin Bowman has commented in the same post you commented in :
      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 middle of the road on this question. Technology keeps getting better (and more expensive), but it's still geared toward people who want to live like they don't have diabetes. My current pump is aimed to bring my sugar down to a level higher than what I normally keep mine.
    • 1 minute ago
      Nevin Bowman has commented in the same post you commented in :
      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 middle of the road on this question. Technology keeps getting better (and more expensive), but it's still geared toward people who want to live like they don't have diabetes. My current pump is aimed to bring my sugar down to a level higher than what I normally keep mine.
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      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
    • 53 minutes ago
      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
    • 53 minutes ago
      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
    • 53 minutes ago
      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
    • 53 minutes ago
      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
    • 53 minutes ago
      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
    • 53 minutes ago
      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
    • 53 minutes ago
      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
    • 53 minutes ago
      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
    • 53 minutes ago
      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
    • 53 minutes ago
      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
    • 53 minutes ago
      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
    • 53 minutes ago
      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
    • 53 minutes ago
      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
    • 53 minutes ago
      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
    • 53 minutes ago
      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
    • 53 minutes ago
      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
    • 53 minutes ago
      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
    • 53 minutes ago
      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
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      Donna Condi has commented in the same post you commented in :
      In your own words, how would you describe the feeling of a severe low?
      Before Dexcom it was in the middle of the night and my husband woke me up because he said I felt very clammy to him. I was sweating profusely. I could barely think to get out the words to him to go get my bottle of juice from the fridge. I asked him to get my meter so I could check my bs. And it was no surprise that the number 21 came up.
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    How old were you when you were first diagnosed with T1D?

    Home > LC Polls > How old were you when you were first diagnosed with T1D?
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    32 Comments

    1. gordon girdwood

      12 years old

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    2. Kristen Clifford

      I was diagnosed eight days before my 24th birthday.

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    3. Amanda Barras

      Looks like so many get it as older kids! I just barely had turned 4.

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    4. Shannon Barnaby

      13

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    5. Rose Lentzke

      4

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    6. Greg Felton

      I was a juvenile, back when T1D was called juvenile diabetes. I’m glad I was diagnosed at age 5 rather than 25, honestly.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    7. Kristine Warmecke

      I was 11, my brother was 7 months old & his oldest daughter was 23 months old when we were diagnosed.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    8. Beckett Nelson

      I was diagnosed on my 10th birthday. Easy to remember the date

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    9. Kaylea Bowers

      I was almost 11, little sister was 11 and little brother was 16 at our diagnoses.

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    10. Nevin Bowman

      4

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    11. Christina Trudo

      I was 11. this summer I celebrate 59 years LIVING with it. (I have a brother who was diagnosed at 18, and his son was diagnosed at 4. )

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    12. Ceolmhor

      72. I’m 77 now. Our oldest son was diagnosed with T1D at age 29. I like to say that I inherited it from him. šŸ™‚

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    13. Jana Foley

      I was just turning 61 when I received an accurate diagnosis, but was misdiagnosed as a T2 twenty years earlier. My two youngest children were diagnosed at 11 and 6 however. They were diagnosed at just three months and four days apart.

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    14. Janis Senungetuk

      8 yrs old

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    15. Angela Naccari

      I was 6 years old. 60 year ago in November!

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    16. ConnieT1D62

      I was diagnosed at age 8 in late December 1962.

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    17. Ann Taylor

      I was diagnosed at age 62 on July 2, 2015. Not too many of us older ones

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    18. Sally Numrich

      8

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    19. Daniel Bestvater

      I was a bit of an odd T1D. Some symptoms and elevated BG appeared at about 13 and it was somewhat controlled by diet and exercise until I was 15.
      Right on my 15th birthday I ended up in the hospital and started insulin. I’m now 58 so I guess type 1 for 43-45 years.

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    20. Tracy Jean

      22

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    21. Nicole Libby

      1 month before my 54th birthday.

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    22. William Bennett

      I was. in grad school and had just turned 28. I thought the symptoms must have something to do with exam and paper writing pressure as it was near end of term. Came on pretty suddenly–over a few weeks–and I had no idea what it was. Fortunately my wife mentioned it to my m-i-l, an occupational therapist, and she said “Get him to a dr stat!” This was back in 1983 and the “Type” nomenclature wasn’t instituted yet, though my Dr told me about it by way of explaining that the auto-immune kind doesn’t track with age. So it says “Juvenile type” on my record.

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      1. Henry Renn

        Dx in 1955, age 4 yr, 7 mos. Called Juvenile Diabetes no matter what the age of the person. Tyoe 2 was adult onset. Later I remember Insulin Dependent Diabetes. I have tried to stay fairly educated about Diabetes. I think bc the disease has been nearly lifelong I didn’t note points of change in terminology.

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    23. KarenM6

      I had just turned 5 and was in the hospital from Thanksgiving until Christmas Eve.

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    24. Ernie Richmann

      At 57 I was diagnosed as diabetic. Within 2 more years, I was diagnosed type 1.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    25. Sasha Wooldridge

      Diagnosed T1 at 21 years old.

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    26. Holly Miller

      I was 12yo (1975) and our daughter was 9yo (2006) when dx’d. The differences in our initial experiences with T1D were HUGE. I decided to learn the ‘new’ management techniques with fresh eyes, even though I was well-controlled on a pump for the previous 13 years. Now we’re our own support group!

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    27. James Goldman

      I had just turned 5 in 1957. I was very fortunate to have Drs. Joslin, White and Krall as my early physicians in Boston.

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    28. Ahh Life

      4. (šŸ‘ Ķ”ā›ā€Æį“— Ķ”ā›)šŸ‘ Thumbs up to all you 4-year-olds. That was 70 years ago for me . . . . . . during the technological ice age. Biggest first advance was test-tape in 1956, ref. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/helen-murray-free-dead/2021/05/04/7757199a-ace8-11eb-b476-c3b287e52a01_story.html

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    29. Bruce Schnitzler

      Diagnosed in 1951 when I was five years old

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    30. Leona Hanson

      I was in my early 30s when diagnosed with t1d.was 7 when diagnosed with pre diabetic

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    31. Megan L

      I was 3. A few days marked 25 years.

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