Hi there, my name is Sophie and my daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes last year. She has been amazing and has been through the mill, but still smiles and enjoys life.
I wondered if anyone else had problems with their child's school? We had a meeting last week and her teacher actually said "I think she likes having diabetes." I was gob smacked and didn't really say anything at the time, but when I left j broke down. I have watched my daughter sob because she wished diabetes didn't exsist. She has cried when her injections have hurt her. She has cried when she went swimming and because of the absorption of water in her fingers, it showed up hundreds of holes in her fingers.. She has also developed a tick in her face. Although she is a happy girl and still does all the things she did before diagnosis, she is anxious. She also, has no concentration what so ever when she is running even a little high. I'm struggling to get his across to her teacher.
Her teacher assumes because My daughter says she feels fine, that means she can do her work. She can't. I know she can't. I have watched her try and do homework and she struggles. Her teacher is the most unsympathetic person I have come across and her attitude towards my daughter stinks. My daughter also pointed out that she had to keep her socks and plimsoles on for PE, her reply; "You can't blame everything on your diabetes!"
I was and still am livid as Lydia then got wet feet at school and was too scared to tell her. When we brought this up in a meeting she was very defensive and said that even when Her levels are ok she still doesn't do anything. And said that she that morning had written two things in an hour, so she got her to check her blood test and was 5.6, told her there was no excuse for not doing a thing.. Well, when we got home from school, we checked her meter and there was no blood test done. We also asked my daughter if she'd been asked to do her test by her teacher and she said no.. We pointed this out to the head teacher who said that if it happens again he will do something then, but now this one has passed. I don't think that's good enough. A teacher shouldn't be lying regardless but to lie about blood tests and someone's medical condition is just cruel. We also checked my daughter work and she had done a lot more than she said. What do I do???
I wondered if anyone else had problems with their child's school? We had a meeting last week and her teacher actually said "I think she likes having diabetes." I was gob smacked and didn't really say anything at the time, but when I left j broke down. I have watched my daughter sob because she wished diabetes didn't exsist. She has cried when her injections have hurt her. She has cried when she went swimming and because of the absorption of water in her fingers, it showed up hundreds of holes in her fingers.. She has also developed a tick in her face. Although she is a happy girl and still does all the things she did before diagnosis, she is anxious. She also, has no concentration what so ever when she is running even a little high. I'm struggling to get his across to her teacher.
Her teacher assumes because My daughter says she feels fine, that means she can do her work. She can't. I know she can't. I have watched her try and do homework and she struggles. Her teacher is the most unsympathetic person I have come across and her attitude towards my daughter stinks. My daughter also pointed out that she had to keep her socks and plimsoles on for PE, her reply; "You can't blame everything on your diabetes!"
I was and still am livid as Lydia then got wet feet at school and was too scared to tell her. When we brought this up in a meeting she was very defensive and said that even when Her levels are ok she still doesn't do anything. And said that she that morning had written two things in an hour, so she got her to check her blood test and was 5.6, told her there was no excuse for not doing a thing.. Well, when we got home from school, we checked her meter and there was no blood test done. We also asked my daughter if she'd been asked to do her test by her teacher and she said no.. We pointed this out to the head teacher who said that if it happens again he will do something then, but now this one has passed. I don't think that's good enough. A teacher shouldn't be lying regardless but to lie about blood tests and someone's medical condition is just cruel. We also checked my daughter work and she had done a lot more than she said. What do I do???