# My story

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-story/16407>\
**Category:** My Story\
**Created:** [October 5, 2026, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-story/16407 "2026-10-05T09:38:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jofina59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@jofina59](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jofina59)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-story/16407/1 "2026-10-05T09:38:11Z")

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Became type 1 in my 50s in 2012. Was misdiagnosed as Type 2 at first. Very frustrating.

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**Author:** ![TomH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/tomh/32/9063_2.png) [@TomH](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TomH)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-story/16407/2 "2026-10-05T13:29:13Z")

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I think there are several of us here. I was dx’d T2 at 58, stayed that way until all meds stopped working 8 yrs later. My PCP’s training was that older adults couldn’t develop T1 later in life. Seems a common misconception still evident, though less so today. I got referred to an Endo who did the blood tests necessary to confirm a T1 dx, put on insulin immediately and got a CGM then an insulin pump. Been that way since.

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**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:** [October 5, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-story/16407/3 "2026-10-05T16:17:09Z")

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Welcome to FUD @jofina59