How long...

[MollyM15]

How long have you had Diabetes for? How old were you when you were diagnosed???

I have had Diabetes for 13 years and was diagnosed when I was 23 months old....

[mortis505]

11 Months, 35 years old

[JediSkipdogg]

Gotcha beat Molly....25 years and diagnosed at 11 months old.

[tanyatype1]

I've had D for only (almost) three years. Diagnosed type 1 at 35.

[RobiJo]

Gotcha beat Molly....25 years and diagnosed at 11 months old.


24 years, age 2 at diagnosis



Does that make us almost tied? I was always "proud" to have it the longest out of everyone I knew...then I joined DF and realized I'm no where near the longest!

[Coppernob]

40 years this Wednesday, age 11 (almost 12) at diagnosis
Guess I could be considered elderly in terms of the big D

[Eddy]

DXed at age 28; coming up on one year since DX. Considering how I was at DX (A1c of 12.9%, DKA, had been feeling awful for a long time), I can only speculate when I actually became diabetic.

[BlueSky]

30 years, age 21 at the time.

[UpNorth]

3.5 years, i was 18 years old, turned 19 just days after diagnose...

[SueM]

Diagnosed aged 4 1/2, 43 yrs with type 1 diabetes.
No complications either :)

[Scratch]

23 years. 15 years old at the time of dx.

[dbc]

4 years, age 52 at diagnosis

[Michael R Zeigl]

Diagnosed 1961 at age 8. So 47 years.

[alicat61]

:) Hi
I was diagnosed just before I turned 21 that was 26 years ago.

[ant hill]

How long have you had Diabetes for? How old were you when you were diagnosed???
I have been a diabetic for 37 years and diagnosed in 1971.
I was aged 11 and in ballet. :(

[HelenM]

3 years this week.
Very lucky to have 52 years without it.

[Jan B]

Diagnosed at age 18, 29 years ago.

[timmyp]

Diagnosed at 17, 10 years ago.

[camjen1]

9 years, diagnosed at 19 years of age.

[Glucoweb]

Diagnosed at 23 Years in May 1995

[xMenace]

Dx'd at 14 in 1975, 32.5 years ago.

[Lizzy]

Diagnosed at age 12 on June 9,1964, so going on 44 years for me.

[howdysf]

May 5 will be my 1 year anniversary.... Type 1...32 years old @ diagnosis

[Keezheekoni]

Diagnosed in August 1989. That's almost 19 years ago. I was 16.

[Bevvie]

:D Hiya

Type 2 DX 6 weeks ago - astonishly high BG don't know for how long :eek: (I've stopped speculating, nowt I can do about that) ripe old age of 47 :eek: BG coming down nicely now thank goodness :D :D :D :D

No meds ....... yet - diet and exercise only :elefant:

[VinceF]

diagnosed 41 years ago in 1967, I was 5, soon to be 46

[Alice]

My anniversary is always around Easter...so this time it's 43 years. I was diagnosed at age 7...in second grade.

[KCP]

I was 7 when i had my pancreas removed rendering me a type one.
THat was 17 years ago :)

[amy4041]

20 years, diagnosed at age 10

[Injecto]

18 months ago, dxd at 31.

[shiftzor]

Diagnosed at 20, had the D for 1 year 8 months and counting. :D

[Bev K]

Diagnosed as a Type 1 at age 18, 29 years ago. Really scared me then, as my Mom (age 43), Uncle (age 39), sister (age 18) and cousin (age 16) all died from complications of Type 1. So of course I thought I was going to soon. Obviously I didn't.:D

Been pumping since 1988 (my youngest son-now 19) had just been born (10 pounds 11 oz. 3-weeks early!) Times and treatment have changed drastically-Thank goodness! Staying active and healthy are the biggest key.

[Richard157]

I was dx in 1945 when I was 6. I have been D for 62 years.

[gettingby]

Diagnosed Sept 1984 at age 13 so will be 24 years in Sept.

[JadeMonkey]

I've been Type 1 for almost 5 months; I found out on Nov 16th, 2007 when I was 25. I turned 26 just over a month later.

-Jade

[orsaugen]

DXd at age 6 in 1944, hence a Type 1 for 64 years.

[Dewey]

How long have you had Diabetes for? How old were you when you were diagnosed???

I have had Diabetes for 13 years and was diagnosed when I was 23 months old....
Hi Molly,

I was diagnosed approx. two weeks before my 10th birthday on January 19th, 1982. Have had Diabetes for 26 years and going. :)

[Daniel23]

Diagnosed as a Type 2 in July 2007 at 23 years old with an A1C of 12.9 and fasting glucose of 275.
Used metformin, amaryl, supplements, and janvia. on and off.

Nothing worked the way its supposed to. Excercised like crazy, ate extremely low carb (30 per day), took meds on and off.

A1C - Dec 2007 - 7.2


Diagnosed with Type 1 April 2 2008 with positve GAD and Islet Antibodies.
No Meds for 2 weeks and no insulin yet. Still seeing normal numbers - between 75 - 150
On the Raw Food Diet.

[Jamison]

A month and a half ago, 2 weeks before my 16th birthday.

[grace girl]

Almost 7 years....I was 32.

[mooredge]

DX at age 10 in 1994. That would be 14 years ago.

[gettingby]

I was just thinking about this. Most of us have been diabetic longer than we weren't.:eek:

[nicole]

I have had diabetes for 9 years, since 1-24-99.
I was 10 years old.