Adrienne
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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Parent
Hiya
The stat is 23 years actually not 24 but as I said I didn't say it, my friend did and I wasn't going to correct her. However this stat is based on old regimes and when there wasn't glucometers and a time when there were always complications. These days, especially in these times with the new regimes the stats will be very different when they come out.
This is where the 12 to 14 years come from. Again I didn't say that, I was told something different to that. I was told that with the very tight control that we practice these days with the carb counting and the pumping we can expect hardly any or no complications and a normal life span, the same as their peers which is why it is very important with the kids to get it right now whilst they are young as when they hit the hormones and teens it tends to all go out the window level wise but we have done the good stuff younger which apparently holds them until the hormone bit is over. Again just what I was told. 🙂
The stat is 23 years actually not 24 but as I said I didn't say it, my friend did and I wasn't going to correct her. However this stat is based on old regimes and when there wasn't glucometers and a time when there were always complications. These days, especially in these times with the new regimes the stats will be very different when they come out.
This is where the 12 to 14 years come from. Again I didn't say that, I was told something different to that. I was told that with the very tight control that we practice these days with the carb counting and the pumping we can expect hardly any or no complications and a normal life span, the same as their peers which is why it is very important with the kids to get it right now whilst they are young as when they hit the hormones and teens it tends to all go out the window level wise but we have done the good stuff younger which apparently holds them until the hormone bit is over. Again just what I was told. 🙂