Diabetes Type 1 Support Group
Childhood","Childhood diabetes is when the pancreas in a child does not produce enough insulin on its own. In order to survive, insulin injections need to be incorporated as well as diet regulation. If your child is diagnosed with diabetes, find support and share your experiences here. Caring for a child with diabetes is challenging. We're here for you."
My 4 year old daughter\'s blood sugars have really been out of whack lately. She is either high or low we have periods where they are in the normal range and then it goes right back to the highs and lows. The Doctor says she is leaving the honeymoon phase, so her blood sugars are getting really high. We just started carb counting a couple of months ago, but it seems if I give her the amount of novalog that the Dr. says she bottoms out, but if I dont shes in the 3 to 400\'s. She also takes 4 1/2 units of lantus a day they dropped her down to 4 and she started having highs. We bumped her back up to 4 1/2 and she is having lows agian. It just seems like a guessing game with no consistancy.
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A friend sent this to me..As far as I can see, grief will never truly end.It may become softer overtime, more gentleand some days will feel sharp.But grief will last as long as Love does - ForeverIt's simply the way the absence of your loved onemanifests in your heart. A deep longing accompaniedby the deepest Love some days. The heavy fog mayreturn and the next day, it may recede.Once again, it's...
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Today is my 25th birthday, to my somewhat lack of surprise I can see already no one really seems to care. I've always been the kinda person to make sure that everyone I Care about feels appreciated and knew somebody had their back. I can count 4 times this year when I Went out of my way to make sure a "friend" felt good on their birthday, especially if they got left hanging. Its early in the...
All the best,
Dr. J
Remember that your child has a long life with diabetes ahead, and we aren\'t diabetics first--we\'re people first. I\'ve seen many sad stories over the years of people whose parents managed them too harshly and they rebelled with disastrous consequences. My dad managed to keep me completely healthy without counting, measuring or weighing...he used a lot of common sense, read a ton of research and always taught me to pay attention to what my body was telling me.