How old were you when you were diagno...

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Registered: 03-19-2003
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Tue, 02-17-2009 - 3:54pm

How old were you when you were diagnosed?



  • Under 10 years old
  • 10 to 19 years old
  • 20 to 29 years old
  • 30 to 39 years old
  • 40 to 49 years old
  • 50 to 59 years old
  • 60 to 69 years old
  • 70 to 79 years old
  • 80 to 89 years old
  • 90 years or over.....


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Community Leader
Registered: 12-21-2001
Tue, 02-17-2009 - 5:12pm

Type 1 DM after the age of 50?!!

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Tue, 02-17-2009 - 5:46pm

Donna, I am not a medical person but there is a connection between the hormones.


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Registered: 03-25-2003
Tue, 02-17-2009 - 6:49pm

Cheryl and Donna,


There is also a connection between autoimmune diseases which is why we need to test the thyroids of diabetics. Donna already has one autoimmune disease in having Lupus so it isn't uncommon or unexpected for diabetes to show up. There are many more autoimmune diseases beside thyroid and Lupus.

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Tue, 02-17-2009 - 6:58pm
I thought that there would indeed be a connection.

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Registered: 07-10-2003
Tue, 02-17-2009 - 7:49pm

Gee I was trying to figure back if its 5 or 6 years!! then read the survey and all I needed was the decade!! Good an EASY question!!


Hard to believe it was Thanksgiving weekend

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Tue, 02-17-2009 - 8:01pm
See, I came to a standstill...

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Registered: 04-03-2003
Wed, 02-18-2009 - 9:11am

My endo (treating me for hypothyroid) just did a fasting glucose as part of routine "you're over 45" lab work and there it was - 2 fasting glucose readings in the 130s, just high enough to diagnose. I was 46 at the time.

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Community Leader
Registered: 12-21-2001
Wed, 02-18-2009 - 7:02pm

"There are many more autoimmune diseases beside thyroid and Lupus."


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Registered: 07-10-2003
Wed, 02-18-2009 - 8:04pm

I have to confess getting diagnosed probably helped me a LOT!!

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Registered: 02-15-2009
Mon, 02-23-2009 - 9:33pm

Hi my name is Sherry,


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Right now my diabetes is so out of control due to medications I am taking. It's very scary.

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