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| Posting Name: |
Fester |
Type: |
Type-1 |
| Real Name: |
Patrick Dorrian |
Dx Date: |
late '93 |
| Location: |
Hull, England |
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| Age: |
30 |
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| Personal Comments: |
Born in Middlesborough and moved to Newcastle when I was 5. Been living there for 22 years then moved down to Hull 4.5 years
ago. I was diagnosed T1 during my final year at university in hull and up until 3 months ago believed I was superhuman and could eat and drink
what I liked and do as little as possible. Thanks to the onset of background retinopathy I am currently well into a new style of care and
attention and wishing I'd been a better diabetic from day one. Oddly enough I have never wished to not be diabetic. Had I not been Dx'd with
this I'd have been dead by the age of 40 from either drink or soft drugs or both. Whether I can still get to 40 with all of me intact will be
down to some skill, rather more good luck and a definite thank you to online communities such as this one.
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