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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kevinfitzgerald" data-source="post: 1116307" data-attributes="member: 88583">My father had Type 1 and I always remember (long before I was diagnosed) watching him do his injection at the kitchen table after boiling his glass and metal syringe. I would see him do this every morning and every evening before supper once he was back from work.He never complained about it he just got on with it and watching him inject became as much a routine as it was for my mother to always make tea for all at 8pm !We were also used to watching him when having a hypo (or insulin reaction as they were called back then) and again getting him a sweet drink was just routine.I was diagnosed as Type 1 in 1981 and I can honestly state that it didn't bother me. I saw it more as an inconvenience than a potentially life threatening illness ! I think if you have Type 1 and your child gets it all you can do is be there and use your own personal experience as a tool to guide and encourage. Also my father led an active life and so I always knew that if I developed diabetes I could lead a normal life without being in fear of it I have read a lot of posts on here from adults that have Type 1 and whose children have got it. Some say they do not know how to support their children. All you can be is a good role model and be grateful that your child has a greater chance of leading a normal life due to the simple fact their father or mother already have it and can lead by example.Imagine family that have no experience of the illness whose children get diagnosed. Now that is scary !</blockquote>

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