Straw poll: what age were you diagnosed?

[everydayupsanddowns]

Hello there

I've a little project on the go, where it would be very helpful to get a feel for age distribution at diagnosis. If you are happy to share that info please either reply or PM me with your D type and the age you were diagnosed.

I'll go first: type 1, diagnosed at 21

 

[Northerner]

Type 1, diagnosed aged 49 🙂

 

[Robster65]

Type 1, diagnosed at 13.

Rob

 

[AJLang]

Type 1 diagnosed at 2

 

[Hazel]

Type 2 - first diagnosed at 46, then 9 years later, still T2 but needed insulin and tablets

 

[Ginnie]

Type 1 diagnosed 22 🙂

 

[ukjohn]

Type 2 aged 66, on insulin from 1st day of diagnosis.

 

[trophywench]

Type 1, age 22

 

[FM001]

T1 aged 18.

 

[ch1ps]

Age 39 - diagnosed T2.

Now 42 but they are not sure if diagnosis was right. Waiting for test results on antibodies in January 😉

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Type 1 aged 31

 

[delb t]

T1 son dx 15

 

[Rivki061]

Type 2 aged 43

 

[robofski]

Diagnosed Type 2 age 34, diagnosis changed to Type 1 age 40.

 

[WolfBrotherb]

Diagnosed Type 1 at age 3 and a half

 

[am64]

DX type 2 at 44 ....but first tested when 16 then 22 then during pregnancies 26 and 30 ....

 

[Salinda]

Type 2 at 64
Linda

 

[Monica]

Daughter diagnosed type1 aged 10

 

[Pumper_Sue]

Type 1 diagnosed aged 4 1/2 in 1965

 

[Steff]

Type 2 aged 26