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    New Diagnosis - life changing!

    Hey Gayle, Totally empathise and understand what you are going through at the moment. I have a 13 year old daughter who was diagnosed T1 when she was 9, it is hard at first with lots of tears and guilt and anger of why me, why us, not fair and want to just be normal. There is so much info and...
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    Why do you think your child has type 1 diabetes?

    Hey, Our daughter was diagnosed aged 9, 4 years ago. My husbands brother is T1, when she was 9 months old she had croup and a viral cold as did her brother who is two years older, both untreated for this and then a month later she developed viral meningitis.. When she was diagnosed we were...
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    Type 1 Genetic Implications

    My daughter was diagnosed type 1 when she was 9, her paternal uncle is type 1 and has been since he was 13, none of his three children have developed it as yet, 2 are older and 1 is younger than my daughter. I was told if it's in your paternal line you are more likely to develop it than if it's...
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    blood sugar levels in children

    Hey Kim, I am a mum of a 12 yr old daughter who has been Type 1 for nearly 3 yrs now. Before she was diagnosed she was thirsty all the time for a period of about a month and it got to the point where she couldn't bear not having any moisture in her mouth. We as parents initially thought her...