• Guest - w'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the 2025 Survey »

Type 1 Advice on introducing non diabetic young people to my diabetes

A

Ajay76

Member
Messages
5
Hi all. My wife and I have recently been approved to become foster carers and have our first placement joining us next week. She is 13 and I am obviously keen for her to be comfortable around me doing regular blood tests and injections. Does anyone have any advice or experiences they could share?
 
Just tell them that you are diabetic and offer to test them to see if they are well. I had three of them lined up for a test. I allowed each of them choose their own lancet and explained that they should not allow anyone to touch it, did a demo on me and went down the line with a meter and test strips.

I don't recommend you try this on day one. Let her settle in first.
 
Back
Top