Diabetes Diaversary / Diagnoses Dates - Can They Have A Cyclical Twist?

I’ll never forget being in a dressing room years and years ago and the Sales Woman rushing back to my changing cubby with the harshest of lightening and with more clothes for me to try on. 

She saw my insulin pump clipped to my hip and and of course she asked me if it was a beeper. 

When I explained that it was an insulin pump and I that wore it because I had t1 diabetes, she nodded her head knowingly and asked me when I was diagnosed. 

When I told her Halloween, but had exhibited signs earlier, I’ll never forget her response. 

Sales Woman: Diagnosed in the fall, that makes sense. September and October seem to be the golden time for so many diabetes diagnoses. 
And the following went through my head: 

1. I had never really thought about that or noticed it 
2. I didn’t know how to answer her and I think I said something like: I’m not really sure.  I don't know, maybe? 

And I thought about her words for a long time after she spoke them. 
And for some reason weirdo reason I had a flashback of that conversation today and I’m not sure why. 

Probably because there’s a slight chill in the air and people people have been posting an inordinate amount of pumpkin and fall type pictures on Facebook as of late and have the irrepressible urge to make soup from scratch and wear my cool boots. 

 And then of course there’s the whole 37 year Diaversary around the corner, thing. 

So here are my questions for you guys: 

Have you noticed that you/your family members with diabetes share similar Dx dates with others in the DOC and beyond?   

Do you think that some Diabetes Diagnoses can have a cyclical spin? 

And lastly. Do you remember your Dx date? 

OK, I’ll start, I was dx’d on Halloween and over the years I’ve met many people dx’d in September and October.  And most recently, during last week’s #DSMA chat when I learned that  @Diabetesevryday and I shared the same Diaversary.

“@diabetesalish: Hey! Kelly, t1 for 37 yrs on Oct 31, east coast, http://t.co/ijpS5jsjwo #dsma” hey same anniversary will b 46 yrs
— Toby Smithson (@diabetesevryday) October 2, 2014

FTR: So was Bennet's son!

And according to my Google skills, a 2009 Finnish study found a correlation involving winter months having a higher number of newly dx’d people with diabetes. 

Here's something to marinate on: Finns have the highest diagnoses rate of Type 1 Diabetes.

Sidebar: I'm seriously starting to wonder if my family is part Finnish? 

In 2010,  DiabetesMine wrote a really interesting post about Diabetes diagnoses and the Ice Age Theory, which included the Finnish study and thoughts from Dr. Moalem’s book: Survival of The Sickest. It’s a good post, be sure to check it out! 

And please feel free to share any of your observations on the subject! 

FTR: I wrote this post because I'm really flipping curious about all of the above so I figured I'd blog about it~.