About 46% of #T1Diabetes in the #NHS are GREATER than the age of 50

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People of my age (71) with T1 seem to do better than muggles, considering there's a greater proportion of us stay alive post 70 than the general populous!
 
trophywench said:
People of my age (71) with T1 seem to do better than muggles, considering there's a greater proportion of us stay alive post 70 than the general populous!
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I’m useless with statistics, but isn’t that just because some more folk have developed it since they were over 40? All the figures are greater for the higher age groups in the diabetes column, for that reason. (Except the 80+, which suggests either we’ve died off, or we weren't identified as Type 1s if we were diagnosed later in life, say, 40 years ago)
 
trophywench said:
People of my age (71) with T1 seem to do better than muggles, considering there's a greater proportion of us stay alive post 70 than the general populous!
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As was pointed out to me, the point of the Tweet is to highlight the need for technology for all age groups. I don't think you are saying people of your age group do better with technology, are you?

That said, most of the technology used in diabetes has been around for long enough that most people are familiar with it. My 80 year old parents have had smart phones for decades and my Dad uses his to control his hearing aid. Sure, there are some people who are technophobes or fear technology but, in my experience, that has little to do with age. My brother is less techno-savvy than our parents.

Maybe I am biased because I work in tech.
 
I asked an ambulance crew if they went to an RTA and they found the injured unconscious person driving alone had an insulin pump, what would they do? They said they were taught to always remove the pump immediately. It didn't matter whether they tested the BG and found it HI.
 
trophywench said:
I asked an ambulance crew if they went to an RTA and they found the injured unconscious person driving alone had an insulin pump, what would they do? They said they were taught to always remove the pump immediately. It didn't matter whether they tested the BG and found it HI.
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I suppose they'd have to assume that the pump may have been damaged in the accident.
 
helli said:
As was pointed out to me, the point of the Tweet is to highlight the need for technology for all age groups. I don't think you are saying people of your age group do better with technology, are you?

That said, most of the technology used in diabetes has been around for long enough that most people are familiar with it. My 80 year old parents have had smart phones for decades and my Dad uses his to control his hearing aid. Sure, there are some people who are technophobes or fear technology but, in my experience, that has little to do with age. My brother is less techno-savvy than our parents.

Maybe I am biased because I work in tech.
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I read it as Trophywench was saying that people with T1 did better healthwise than the general population (the muggles), possibly because we are health-aware and look after ourselves better? Nothing to do with technology? Perhaps @trophywench can elucidate on that?
 
trophywench said:
I asked an ambulance crew if they went to an RTA and they found the injured unconscious person driving alone had an insulin pump, what would they do? They said they were taught to always remove the pump immediately. It didn't matter whether they tested the BG and found it HI.
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How would they do that with a patch pump?
Sounds to me like old advice to me.

Robin said:
I suppose they'd have to assume that the pump may have been damaged in the accident.
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Pumps are safety critical devices which should not be causing additional problems if they are "damaged". At worst they would give no insulin. In which case it is no worse keeping them attached than removing them.

I would hope no paramedic would attempt to rip off my patch pump (which is most likely to still be giving me my basal) if I was involved in a RTA.
 
helli said:
How would do that with a patch pump?
Sounds to me like old advice to me.


Pumps are safety critical devices which should not be causing additional problems if they are "damaged". At worst they would give no insulin. In which case it is no worse keeping them attached than removing them.

I would hope no paramedic would attempt to rip off my patch pump if I was involved in a RTA.
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Oh.. can you imagine their horror at the screaming hideous alarm given off by the non-deactivated pump they'd ripped off?
 
trophywench said:
I asked an ambulance crew if they went to an RTA and they found the injured unconscious person driving alone had an insulin pump, what would they do? They said they were taught to always remove the pump immediately. It didn't matter whether they tested the BG and found it HI.
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It’s not current practice to remove any medical device in the event of an RTC 🙂
 
LooperCat said:
It’s not current practice to remove any medical device in the event of an RTC 🙂
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Oh, jolly good! - this was years since when I had my first one!

@Pattidevans - that's exactly what I meant. However it won't be the case much longer since it's so difficult contacting health care unless you happen to be an emergency. Years since I never had to even think about my BP as so may different HCPs checked it whenever. Now - they won't even do it at my docs when you ring up and say you're worried about it being so high and just prescribe another drug for a month, with a weblink to send some home BP readings after a fortnight, which after a fortnight says the weblink's expired .....
 
Well hurrah for insulin, and well done us for not being dead :D
 
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