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Mileymoo2020

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I have just joined this group , I am a type 1 diabetic . Diagnosed at the age of 26 so very late of developing it . My mother had gestational diabetes and is now type 2 .
 
Welcome to the club mileymoo there are lots of us T1 here who joined the club late in life I was 53.
Are you new to Diabetes or just the forum?
 
Mileymoo2020 said:
I have just joined this group , I am a type 1 diabetic . Diagnosed at the age of 26 so very late of developing it . My mother had gestational diabetes and is now type 2 .
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Welcome @Mileymoo2020 🙂 You’d be surprised how many Type 1s are diagnosed as adults. It used to be thought to be a childhood condition, but more people over 30 are diagnosed with Type 1 than under 16. The oldest person to be diagnosed was in their 90s!

What insulins do you take? Have you got a Libre?
 
Welcome to the forum @Mileymoo2020

I’m another who got diagnosed with diabetes in their 20s.

How have you found things over the years? Are you a DAFNE-graduate carb counter, or more of a fixed-doses, regular meals kind of person?

Pens or pump? Libre? CGM? Any other fancy gadgets?

Any particular challenges, frustrations, or conundrums that have prompted you to connect with the forum?
 
Inka said:
Welcome @Mileymoo2020 🙂 You’d be surprised how many Type 1s are diagnosed as adults. It used to be thought to be a childhood condition, but more people over 30 are diagnosed with Type 1 than under 16. The oldest person to be diagnosed was in their 90s!

What insulins do you take? Have you got a Libre?
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My mother took gestational diabetes then developed type two at 40 then I was diagnosed at 26 .
I am on levemir twice daily and novarapid for meals and I am on the libre 2 sensor which has been a god send. I have also done the dafne course through my diabetic nurses .
 
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