# \#history

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## [My Diabetes Story](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-diabetes-story/9819)

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**Author:** [@clo](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/clo)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-diabetes-story/9819 "2020-06-22T23:35:16Z")

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Hi, my name is Clo and im new here so I thought I’d share my story. When I was 8 years old I started getting sick, I was told initially it was the flu. When I didn’t start getting better my parents took me to the doctor…

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## [Al Mann](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/al-mann/2852)

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**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/al-mann/2852 "2017-12-13T22:18:56Z")

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So, I knew that Al Mann was the inspirational person behind the formulation of Affrezza. What I didn’t know is that he has been behind many of the innovations that we use today… I had no idea he founded MiniMed and came …