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| 01 Born Kashmir 1936. Came to England after partition (slip – means after war), 1945. Prep school matron found me drinking bathwater. Diagnosed at King`s. | |
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| 02 Deliberate hypo - helped all though life. Glass syringes. Needles resharpened. Urine test. | |
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| 03 Outside, no-one understood, but extra rations popular. At school, ate apart. Food weighed. Mother nurse at school, then left – to make me independent. | |
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| 04 Recap. Blood sugar tested at King`s. 1 injection daily – mixed dose. 2 injections from age 13. No bad hypos. Got strong. Sport. | |
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| 05 Schooldays. Glucose tablets. Attitudes of others. Weighed food. Health due to carbohydrate counting. More difficult when left school… | |
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| 06 …1954-7 Dorset House School of Occupational Therapy. No money. Bad diet. Hard to fit in injections. Ignorant re alcohol. During hospital practice, had to avoid affecting patients. | |
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| 07 Drove - eyesight good. Student life irregular. Benefited from mother allowing independence e.g. travel abroad. | |
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08 Boyfriends dropped me because diabetic.
Little contact with G.P. – just Kings, then Radcliffe. Healthy. Just needed support.
Developments in tests for sugar. | |
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| 09 Married 1958. Daughter born 1961. Sir John Peel at King`s. Would baby live? Caesarian. 1 of first diabetics to breastfeed. Son born. Marriage broke up. | |
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| 10 Urine tests impractical. Met boy who kept syringe in dirty hanky. After left school, didn`t sterilise. Had to control blood sugar by how you felt. | |
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| 11 Haemorrhage in eye in 1970s. No laser treatment. Couldn`t lift children. No treatment until years later – light coagulator. Laser treatments. Lost sight in 1 eye. Still working as artist. | |
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12 Marriage broke up late 60s.
Heavy lifting at work. Gave up & worked as artist.
Support from Oxford Diabetic Clinic since 1969.
Fear of having hypo as lone parent.
Eyesight only complication. | |
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13 Treatment at Eye Hospital.
Remarried – supportive husband.
Diabetic Clinic wonderful. Can phone own nurse. Broke ankle 1987… (Slip – in fact 1997) | |
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| 14 Put in plaster well at John Radcliffe. Checked regularly, because feeling in feet lost 1985. A doctor insisted on removing plaster. Never mended. | |
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15 Won`t sue, but patient knows best. Costs NHS because doctor wouldn`t listen. A disaster.
Chiropody no longer at local surgery, so pay for visits. | |
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| 16 Not enough exercise due to ankle. Angioplasty 2000. This year (2002), laminectomy. 1 mistake caused all problems. Must listen to diabetics. Until about 10 years ago, in hospital, no say in insulin. Now, regulate own dose… | |
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| 17 Adjustment of insulin dose. Medical staff more flexible. Still an unfashionable disease.Public more aware - know 2 types. | |
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18 Now, diet drinks, information on packaging. In past, drank water.
Friend who developed Type A/2 said “like walking on tightrope”. Diabetes hasn`t determined course of life. Still work at 66. Exhibit paintings. Travel. Husband thrives on my diet. | |
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19 Diabetes doesn`t bother him, but can see how could upset marriage.
Don`t tell everyone I`m diabetic. Story re dinner party.
Recap re advantages of being made to go into hypo. | |
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20 Medal after 50 years. After 60 years, will get another. Magazine, “Balance”, tells information hidden before.
Medical staff hid things in past. Pros & cons of protective attitude.
Dangers of pressures to slim… | |
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21 Medical staff more open over last 10 years. But not enough time to talk.
Why got diabetes? Great aunt had Type B. Perhaps shock of return to England, or father`s death…Decided low risk for children. Children & grandchildren healthy. | |
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