Recent Content by enea2016

They are not diabetic. I don't know if I have the T1D inheritance gene, I would assume not.

Thank you for your comment Scott.

Thank you for the detailed info.

It could be that I am looking for a reason not to have children. What I know is that I do feel anxious about the potential impact of my condition, I would spare it to anyone if I could.

Thank you Azure for your reply.

True enough but it is a game of odds unfortunately. And having a father with Type 1 increases the odds of getting it from the start or later in life. During my dafne session, there were a lot of people that had one of their parents with type 1 and thought they did not get it only to have...

Thank you all for your reply. 4-8% is not negligible even though I thought it was higher. I can't say that this is the only issue to consider for having children but I cannot ignore it. For what I heard, it is a very tough life growing up with type 1 besides the very heavy toll on parents at the...

Thank you, that was very helpful. Are these odds coming from where? My point is that I have experienced Type 1 as an adult, it is quite different to have it from early age. To have a child that has to go through type 1 from the very start it is a tough decision because of the consequences for...

It has been a bit more than one year that I have been diagnosed with Type 1 and being close to 40 years old it happened in a crucial moment of my life. While it has not been easy to adjust to a new life style, the most difficult part is considering my condition's implications for our plan to...