[dpav]

My story started back in 1964. I had been of normal body weight and size for an 8 year old. after several weeks of feeling ill, and loosing so much weight I looked like a skeletin, I got even more ill.One Sunday morning my dad was going to church with my sister and brother, My mom had passed away years ago, so My dad gave me a box of chocolates to keep me company and he gave me a 7-up to drink to quench my thirst. none of us knew what was going on and my dad did not believe in doctors. When they had returned from church, I was already in DKA, coma. My dad with some convincing from my sister who listened to a neighbor who suggested I was to be taken to a hospital, finally took me in for help. When I got there they gave me a 50/50 chance of survival and my sugar reading was at 1200mg/dsl.
I spent the better part of two months in the hospital. I had my ninth birthday in the hospital and the extended length of time there may have been because they had discovered I had tuberculosis at that same time. I had to learn to use a glass syringe and a stainless steal needle. We used to sterilize all that stuff each day. We used U-40 insulin back then.
This is how I found out about diabetes.
Don

[CptHowdy]

August 11, 1985 - while driving home from work as a firefighter/paramedic I was hit head on by another car. The driver of other car had a history of seizures and was on meds for it,,he hadn't had a seizure for a couple of years so he "must be cured, right"? So it seemed an appropriate time in his mind to stop taking the meds.
Among the many bodily parts that were damaged my pancreas managed to be cut in half. Surgeon told me some weeks later that eventually the pancreas would not be able to produce enough insulin and that I would ( at some time ) develop diabetes.

Fast forward to 1999,,,
Went to an allergist for sneezing / stuffiness. This guy happened to be an allergist/endo ( weird huh? ). Long story short, I am allergic to dust and cockroaches ( dusty cockroaches send me right over the edge ) oh, and I have diabetes.

[debaroo]

My storey is pretty similar to most on here....it was around christmas time and i was drinking bucketloads as well, and getting up in the middle of nite to drink more and more....my father has type 1 diabetes so my parents new all the symptoms...took me to the doc on jan 21 at around 4pm was sent directly to the hospital for 2 weeks getting adjusted (they did that back then ) i was 12 years old

[Simons]

Hi All- Most of you have probably heard my "discovery" story before but here we go again.
In spring of 1943 I was 7 and having lots of troubles with tonsil infection. No blood test was done prior to surgery. I just never recovered after surgery. Stayed weak and tired. My mother was basically the one who made the doctor do a blood test. Oh yes i was a type 1. I have no idea what my blood sugar was but I never went into a coma.
So I have type 1 for 62 years now. Have lived through most of the D changes and improvements. I remember boiling so many drops of urine with something in it. Which just told the `degree of sugar in your urine.
Believe me we do have lots of improvements in D care now.
Simons