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    I Rebel checking my sugar levels :(

    Gracie, I read your post a while ago and I have been thinking of you...how have you been going? Would love to hear your news when you have a moment. Cheers Veronique
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    Coeliac : what is your experience?

    Hello to All, I would be very grateful to learn about your experience regarding coeliac disease, especially from the first days of symptoms. -How did the first symptoms start? -How much time did it take to reach the diagnostic? -What test did you have that allowed to conclude you had coeliac...
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    Specific parental skills

    I would like to have your opinion on the following point: do you believe that us, parents of kids with T1D, need specific parental skills that may not be required with a child with no chronic condition? It is a question that I have been asking myself for a while, with no satisfying answer so...
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    Why do you think your child has type 1 diabetes?

    This is a question I would like to ask to the parents of children with T1 diabetes: Why do you think you child has type 1 diabetes? I am interested not only by "rational" answers, for example related to the genetic links, but also by any other ideas/beliefs you may have (even if they appear...
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    How many units?

    Robanny, I think what I wanted to tell you regarding the answers to your questions have been all writen by other people, so I will not duplicate. One thing that I want to tell you is that I was so touch to hear that you are 19, that you have T1D AND you want to take care of your own health...
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    Bad low - unusual symptoms?

    Just a few comments to add from my experience (I have a 12 yo son with T1D): - Yes, I have observed the same symptoms you are describing when my son is very low (under 2). It takes him a good 10 min to recover physically, and then 10 other minutes to recover emotionally. - The more he gets low...
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    Breathing and BSL

    I would like to undersand the relation between breathing and blood sugar levels. How do one influence the other one? How does the different gazes involved in breathing impact on BSL? Many thanks to anyone who have some information. Please give your sources of information.
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    Diagnosis: how was it done?

    Hello Everyone, Thank you for the 19, very interesting stories about how you were DT1 diagnosed. I have asked the same question on a similar Australian Internet site, showing already similar trends RE diagnosis. I intend to make a summary and a draw a few stats from the posts RE T1D...
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    Diagnosis: how was it done?

    Hello to All, I would like to ask you all : how was the diagnosis of your T1D done? For us, it was not very good, so I would like to know if what we went through is often observed or not. My child who is now 12 yo, was diagnosed 6 years ago. As parents, we observed the classical symptoms...
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    Bonjour Everyone, I am new!

    I am the French mother of a 12 yo Australian child with type 1 diabetes! Yes, I am writing from down under in Australia, where I have found a price Charming who made me an offer I could not refuse! Our child was diagnosed at the age of 5, and since then, life has changed a lot for us as parents...