it was my 30th birthday present.

yea, thanks, where’s the exchange card?

Valentines day for me!

I was diagnosed on Christmas Day in 1992…thanks Santa!

Was diagnosed January last year at age of 21

I was diagnosed on my birthday too – diabetes has great timing.

20th December 1984… I was 8 -Merry F**ng Christmas to me!
(I didn’t believe in Santa, or I may have become one of the kids that tries to beat up Santa!

28 years old, lost a lot of weight for doing nothing before being diagnosed, not sure why i did not figure out 5 litres of water a day was too much…cheers

I think I was 4. I have no idea what day it was.

Hubby was diagnosed at 27 yrs of age. Like Mark above, he lost heaps of weight and drank in excess fluids. Our 3rd child was diagnosed 3 yrs ago aged 5 yrs.

Daughter was 15 months old, 26/11/92 – I only remember the date as it was her older sisters birthday party next day. I remember thinking at how daft it was racing away from the hospital ( where we’d been told we now had to avoid sugar and fat!) to put cream on a pavlova!

diagnosed 28 march 1973,a wednesday.Mum was ill in bed,Dad at work and I went alone to the doc after losing lots of weight and drinking heaps.

diagnosed at yhe fantastic age of 13..first year of high school. Hmmm…not like there was so much other hormonal crap going on or anything grrrr

Was about a month before I turned 15. Girls at school \ asked if I was anorexic, usual signs really but slowly developed over a term. Never will forget those cramps or the thirst- or the sugar level 42.8 and family will never forget the smell of my breath!

I was 14 and the GP said I was anorexic!! Shame on him when the BM on the machine in his office and it read H1!!

diagnosed at 15 months old. No memories whatsoever. By the grace of God I was allowed to live.

I was a late bloomer ….32 years old. I remember being in the car with a girlfriend and asking her to stop at the gas station so I could get a drink as my mouth was so so dry and I was so so thirsty!!

my daughter was diagnosed last August while on holiday in USA she was 21 months

I was 15 and my mum was fed up with her youngest being so sickly. The next time I had a migraine, she thrust an empty ice cream container into my hand and pointed to the toilet. I realise now that experiences like carrying a warm container of my own urine through the doctor’s waiting room have shaped me in to the shameless adult I am today. And bless her, she was so right.

I was 35, i went to A&E after a fall off my horse, i went in thinking i had a broken rib and came out with diabetes!!! learning this explained why for the last year i had felt like i had a permanent hang over, headaches, tummy cramps, thirst…..im thankful though for my horse bringing this all to light for me instead of learning the hard way by going into a coma at some point.

I have 2 sons with T1, the younger diagnosed at 9 yrs, the elder at 18 years (3 months before starting at uni). I guess older is always better but there’s never gonna be a good time. Also because we picked it up so quickly and he didn’t get sick he’s still in honeymoon period after 20 months. Does that make him lucky? Hmm, maybe but not sure he’d agree.