Recent Content by Littlefootsy

Thank you all .. has helped .... he is learning routine helps ... taking longer to put into practise though .... those student nights out beckon .. but he is staying in more ( just hopefully not to go the other way and stay in too much!).

My son is 22 , now at unie finally having got well enough since type 1 diagnosis. He has also suffered with anxiety - in the run up to diagnosis. Pre type1 he was always strong , fit and well - almost no time off school entire childhood. now he seems to get regular colds and gets very run down...

My son is only 2 yrs diagnosed with diabetes type1 and has just done his 1st yr at unie .( late at 21 due to multiple illness) .... it was hard but he did it and no major health problems. We are very proud of him - regardless of the academic bit. But lots of anxiety along the way. He is...

thanks Totsy ....... I've been 'feeding' him the lines form the forum .... and he seems more positive - plus glucose levels been good last few days- he's been more active rather than moping around ..... all better.x fingers he can keep it up and make a new way of life without having to think...

thank you everyone - really helped me to know how to help him better! I'll see if I can get him onto the forum ..... if not I'll just keep raising his worries and then take back the great ideas! xx

yep I think that s exactly what he needs which is I think why the hospital referred him for specialist counselling for those with long term illnesses - but it was rejected. so guess we'll try another tack. thanks - given me the impetus to fight for him - as he hasn't got the fight at the moment.

he's getting group DBT therapy - but that's for the anxiety which was there before the diabetes ( no one is sure if the slow development of the daiebtes caused the anxiety or not ) - they don't talk about the diabetes and no one there has it or any other long term illness so they don't...

My 20 yr old son was diagnosed with type 1 in May . After a short time of euphoria at finally knowing why he felt so tired and ill for a long time preceding diagnosis he is finding it hard to come to terms with this life long illness. He still feels he's messed up and let people down - no...

My father had Type 1 and he feels he got it after serving in the middle east as a fighter pilot - lots of stress on the body - not much protection or understanding in those days - 1950's. My son now also has it - he suffered a mental breakdown - GAD after his twin brother was diagnosed with...

Hi , Mum of my 19/nearly 20 yr old son is newly diagnosed with Diabetes type 1 - has so much more going of his life -including a mental health breakdown that meant that he had to suspend his studies at a top unie. We now know that the onset of diabetes type 1 wouldn't exactly have helped...

Hi - parent here .... wondering what is the best mobile app for my 20yr old son to monitor and record his glucose levels , food intake, exercise etc so that it can easily be seen by him and his professional team. needs to be quick/ easy to fill in and easy to print out and/ or see quickly on...

Hi , This is a parent - my 19/nearly 20 yr old son is newly diagnosed with Diabetes type 1 - has so much more going of his life -including a mental health breakdown that meant that he had to suspend his studies at a top unie. We now know that the onset of diabetes type 1 wouldn't exactly...