# Approaching my 10 year diaversary **URL:** \ **Category:** My Story\ **Created:** [June 17, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727 "2024-06-17T23:25:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John58](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/john58/32/147_2.png) [@John58](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/John58)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727/1 "2024-06-17T23:25:15Z")
My 10 year diaversary is coming up this summer, so I cleared out 10 years of accumulated D-junk on my stockpile shelves getting ready for the next ten years. Found this BG log from the first week after I saw my GP for a diagnosis. ![IMG_4568](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/d/ddf67389ac61b30c781dbdcf1e63668d36a6b1e7.jpeg) By the time I hauled myself in to get checked out I had lost 35 pounds. He prescribed Metformin as “worth a try” and made a referral to an endo. Metformin did nothing for me as monitored with these BG tests….average glucose over 400 day in and day out! Hard to believe I was still upright with those numbers. Things improved rapidly once I started on insulin the following week. ---
**Author:** ![SobeiT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sobeit/32/11540_2.png) [@SobeiT](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/SobeiT)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727/2 "2024-06-17T23:46:33Z")
@John58 That’s a log you should hold on to. Wondering do you have one for the week after you started insulin? That would be one to compare… Congratulations on the 10 years & staying vertical 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bostrav59](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/bostrav59/32/7281_2.png) [@bostrav59](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bostrav59)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727/3 "2024-06-18T00:11:44Z")
I was also diagnosed in August - about 14 years ago. There was a thread about the observation that all of the older T1Ds were initially misdiagnosed at type 2 and given Metformin. That happened to me as well. It’s amazing how much has advanced in diabetes care in the last decade. The CGM has made a huge difference I think. Although of course the basic treatment for T1 diabetes, insulin, hasn’t fundamentally changed in about 100 years, we might see some changes there in the next decade! ---
**Author:** ![Hammer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/hammer/32/7809_2.png) [@Hammer](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Hammer)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727/4 "2024-06-18T00:44:41Z")
August of 2014 was my diagnoses as well (T2 mis diagnoses of course. took longer to get to a real Endo, the VA is not a good system for diabetes…) ---
**Author:** ![John58](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/john58/32/147_2.png) [@John58](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/John58)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727/5 "2024-06-18T01:44:19Z")
And @bostrav59: That’s an odd coincidence that we were all summer diagnoses. Maybe there is an environmental trigger? ---
**Author:** ![Josie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@Josie](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Josie)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727/6 "2024-06-18T03:33:39Z")
Whenever I see an early BG log on here I’m quite empressed with the fact that there aren’t any blood stains. No matter how hard I tried in those first BG logs they were always embarrassingly filled with blood spots. 🤷‍♀️ I felt like my provider should wear gloves while reading them lol ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727/7 "2024-06-18T15:02:49Z")
> [@Josie](#): > > Whenever I see an early BG log on here I’m quite empressed with the fact that there aren’t any blood stains. I guess mine might’ve had _pee_ stains. No blood for the first 12ish years. 😮 ---
**Author:** ![SobeiT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sobeit/32/11540_2.png) [@SobeiT](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/SobeiT)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727/8 "2024-06-18T15:32:07Z")
@ Eric That’s why in those old timer photos they always show them holding the strip with rubber gloves 😁 Now if you are referring to the pill & 5 drops you’re still missing the cup 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727/9 "2024-06-18T16:27:10Z")
I always used the pill and the 5 drops. Didn’t do the strips much. The strips didn’t seem to have many colors, only 2. The pills gave you different color levels. And if I recall correctly, we were supposed to dilute it with 10 drops of water, right? Not sure what that was all about. ---
**Author:** ![SobeiT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sobeit/32/11540_2.png) [@SobeiT](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/SobeiT)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727/10 "2024-06-18T17:14:58Z")
lol @Eric I thought for a minute that it was diluted but for the life of me I am just not sure. I probably can’t remember because I have a lot of dead cells all over my body. Apparently a fair amount in my head (be nice) 😁 This might jog your memory. ![cca6a13357c85ad5872f0aec0ce66727-2198963430](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/9/97c1da34e18a0c4b5b31209ff15fa29871bed416.jpeg) ![1234567](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/9/96450d4e56c30e5b48b9880183896fdfeb5362ef.jpeg) ![dt_140425_urine_test_dipstick_800x600](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/d/da157d8c1fa5b7c02dda2b5324df24ccf7b342fc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727/11 "2024-06-18T18:58:37Z")
I had the exact same type of pill test. I remember the gray case that everything fit inside And you’d pee in the case top, and use the eyedropper to get it out of the case top. That whole process seemed really gross to me, using the pee container and then putting it back on top of the case. 🤨 So eventually I developed the skills to just use the eyedropper and pull directly from my pee stream. 🥳 But I never had the fancy tape like that. I had the one with only 2 colors. You are up-town, my friend! ---
**Author:** ![SobeiT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sobeit/32/11540_2.png) [@SobeiT](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/SobeiT)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727/12 "2024-06-18T19:29:14Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > And you’d pee in the case top Yep boys will be boys 😟 I am not saying I ever did that 😇 > [@Eric](#): > > seemed really gross Yep looking back at that now it’s pretty gross 🥺 > [@Eric](#): > > directly from my pee stream 😂 Right 🤥 > [@Eric](#): > > You are up-town, my friend! 😕 Well I hope to be heading up-town some day 😃 Edit for @Eric did you at least rinse the top out… ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727/13 "2024-06-18T21:04:56Z")
> [@SobeiT](#): > > Edit for @Eric did you at least rinse the top out… Yes! I’m not an animal. 😂 ---
**Author:** ![SobeiT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sobeit/32/11540_2.png) [@SobeiT](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/SobeiT)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727/14 "2024-06-18T21:08:06Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > I’m not an animal. 😂 Yes true but you are a beast 😏 ---
**Author:** ![MM2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mm2/32/3032_2.png) [@MM2](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MM2)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727/15 "2024-06-19T00:01:05Z")
> [@SobeiT](#): > > did you at least rinse the top out I was DX’d by pediatrician smelling my breath. After 10 days in hospital, used yellow test tape dipped in urine. ---
**Author:** ![SobeiT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sobeit/32/11540_2.png) [@SobeiT](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/SobeiT)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727/16 "2024-06-19T00:27:17Z")
@MM2 That may have been this one. I remember using this one just a little. ![q1xf6vq_download_medium](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/3/3c2c658bbd668edd8e96117ebe650f665161bc1d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727/17 "2024-06-19T04:21:19Z")
Ya, that’s the one I used sometimes. But I just remember it being 2 colors. Like it never landed on any of the in-between. It was either yellow or black. So I guess it was _supposed_ to show more colors, but it never did for me. And I just didn’t _remember_ the colors. But heck, 50 years ago. 🤷‍♂️😂 ---
**Author:** ![SobeiT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sobeit/32/11540_2.png) [@SobeiT](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/SobeiT)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/approaching-my-10-year-diaversary/14727/18 "2024-06-19T11:14:20Z")
@Eric The photo says it all… looks like only two colors to me 😂 > [@MM2](#): > > pediatrician smelling my breath I remembered last night that my Dad use to smell my breath & could tell most of the time when I was getting High. Was kind of strange 🙆‍♂️