Recent Content by Haley

Thank you everybody for taking the time to offer your wonderful advice. I truly hope that there will be a way to prevent this condition for future generations and people will realise that diabetes is not a joke, I don't find it funny and neither does anybody else with this condition. Education...

I also feel that there needs to be a better understanding and more education on this condition as sometimes it feels like people don't realise how dangerous this condition can be. I am quite lucky with my girls as they have been very keen to learn about it and they often come onto this site to...

I had all of my children when I was diagnosed (they are 14, 13 and 10) and like you it was the first question I asked about whether they would be at risk of developing it. It was a major concern that they would possibly get a disgnosis like I did in their 20's. I know all I can do is wait and be...

I am also deaf in my right ear due to mumps in the 80's (allergic to the MMR vaccine) so I can understand the fears, the isolation but am also thankful for advancements in technology so we can all find a way to communicate your mum sounds like an amazing woman overcoming adversity and I thank...

This was almost the case for me last year as I was rushed to intensive care with DKA caused by an infection. This not only scared the life out of me but my children are petrified and they find it hard to leave my side and they are constantly worried that it will happen again.I look at the...

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 29 in 2014. I am currently the only member of my family who is diabetic and because I never had to think about it before my diagnosis I never worried about my children. Now that I live with this condition I am constantly living in fear that my...