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<blockquote data-quote="hismom" data-source="post: 322385" data-attributes="member: 24842"><p>Hi,</p><p>if its any help we found ourselves in the same situation 3 years ago. My son was 13 at the time so maybe that was easier but of course 13 isnt an easy age anyway. It was the biggest shock we could have. I will admit that I went though a sort of mourning for the child that I had. You feel guilt for everything that your child goes through and the fact that you cant take it away from them. I felt that way for quite a while but as time goes on and you learn to handle it better, you realise that actually it isnt that bad and that your children can cope with it. My son has a certain maturity that I am so proud of. He wont hide his diabetes and wont allow anyone to mock him for it. He doesnt drink , smoke or take drugs (which most of his friends are doing one or the other). It becomes part of life and they do learn to live with it and do exactly the same activites as their peers do. He is lucky and now has an insulin pump which has changed his life dramatically. (he doesnt have the 5 injections a day but just 1 cannula change every 2 days)being just one massive change. You will worry about your daughter but to be honest I think as a parent you would have anyway even without the diabetes. She will cope with it. Make sure that her school know what to do and help her to realise what her hypo symptoms are and what to do about them. I try not to think of the negatives and focus on the positives which in turn makes my son focus less on the negatives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hismom, post: 322385, member: 24842"] Hi, if its any help we found ourselves in the same situation 3 years ago. My son was 13 at the time so maybe that was easier but of course 13 isnt an easy age anyway. It was the biggest shock we could have. I will admit that I went though a sort of mourning for the child that I had. You feel guilt for everything that your child goes through and the fact that you cant take it away from them. I felt that way for quite a while but as time goes on and you learn to handle it better, you realise that actually it isnt that bad and that your children can cope with it. My son has a certain maturity that I am so proud of. He wont hide his diabetes and wont allow anyone to mock him for it. He doesnt drink , smoke or take drugs (which most of his friends are doing one or the other). It becomes part of life and they do learn to live with it and do exactly the same activites as their peers do. He is lucky and now has an insulin pump which has changed his life dramatically. (he doesnt have the 5 injections a day but just 1 cannula change every 2 days)being just one massive change. You will worry about your daughter but to be honest I think as a parent you would have anyway even without the diabetes. She will cope with it. Make sure that her school know what to do and help her to realise what her hypo symptoms are and what to do about them. I try not to think of the negatives and focus on the positives which in turn makes my son focus less on the negatives. [/QUOTE]
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