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annettekp

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Its a year today since Erland was diagnosed. I'm feeling a bit tearful about it and I don't know why.

He is absolutely fine with it all and is a healthy growing boy. We're coping (well?!!) with all the testing, injections and carb counting. Life is back on track again.

Hoping this is a normal reaction.

Annette
 
Don't be hard on yourself Annette. It is an anniversary that you would have preferred not to celebrate. Be proud that you are all coping well and that you have put in a lot of effort to get where you are today. It is a bit of an anticlimax when you think back to how you struggled in the early days.

Well done, I have the greatest of admiration for the parents of young children who are diagnosed with diabetes.
 
Happy Diaversary! I get a bit teary sometimes too but I think the trauma of the time comes back more vividly around the anniversary. I find myself a bit teary on Khaleb's birthday also as the memories of his time in the Special Care Nursery and the diagnosis of Down Syndrome that come later. I try to push the memories aside and think more positively but sometimes it's just a little hard. I think I'll try to do something good on Khaleb's 4th Diaversary in August and 5th Birthday in December this year to replace some of the bad memories with good ones.

On another note. Things got a lot better after that first year :)

Jen
 
Jen, that's a good idea. I sat home feeling sorry for myself - not a good idea! Next year we'll get out and about and do something fun.

Annette
 
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