Hi all,
My 5 year old daughter was diagnosed with T1 around Easter time and she has been an absolute superstar in dealing with it, and even injects herself occasionally.
She's up to 6 injections a day now, recently having to add an injection with her afternoon snack.
The one thing we've noticed is that if she gets upset, she gets really really upset - even about the tiniest things, where she shouldn't even get upset. I spoke to our diabetes team about this and they said it could be the sugar highs and lows, but they were pretty wishy washy.
My wife and I are now wondering whether she has suffered with the emotional side of having diabetes?
Although she has coped brilliants and far better than we could have hoped for, has it effected her emotionally? Should we take her to a counsellor or be doing anything else to make sure she's really coping deep down?
Don't get me wrong, she's an extremely happy kid, but she's gone through a lot and obviously has to deal with a lot on a day to day basis.
My 5 year old daughter was diagnosed with T1 around Easter time and she has been an absolute superstar in dealing with it, and even injects herself occasionally.
She's up to 6 injections a day now, recently having to add an injection with her afternoon snack.
The one thing we've noticed is that if she gets upset, she gets really really upset - even about the tiniest things, where she shouldn't even get upset. I spoke to our diabetes team about this and they said it could be the sugar highs and lows, but they were pretty wishy washy.
My wife and I are now wondering whether she has suffered with the emotional side of having diabetes?
Although she has coped brilliants and far better than we could have hoped for, has it effected her emotionally? Should we take her to a counsellor or be doing anything else to make sure she's really coping deep down?
Don't get me wrong, she's an extremely happy kid, but she's gone through a lot and obviously has to deal with a lot on a day to day basis.