Hello
My Type 1 son was a teen when diagnosed 9 years ago and a 23 year old now. I'm absolutely terrified about what is happening to his health & I wonder if anyone has experience of what we are going through?
He has always struggled emotionally with his care which has resulted in constant past high blood sugars & hospital admissions with DKA. We are now faced with the fact he has neuropathy, likely gastroparesis (he's having a gastric emptying scan soon) and just found out yesterday he also has diabetic maculopathy for which he is being referred to hospital.
He has good days & irregular bad days/weeks with the suspected gastroparesis & some of the bad have been terrifying. As his mum, I hate seeing him suffer at such a young age & am truly finding it hard to 'keep it together' especially after dealing with my daughter's cancer diagnosis last year (she's doing well & in remission now).
Any help you can offer in finding support would be much appreciated. Thank you, Sarah
My Type 1 son was a teen when diagnosed 9 years ago and a 23 year old now. I'm absolutely terrified about what is happening to his health & I wonder if anyone has experience of what we are going through?
He has always struggled emotionally with his care which has resulted in constant past high blood sugars & hospital admissions with DKA. We are now faced with the fact he has neuropathy, likely gastroparesis (he's having a gastric emptying scan soon) and just found out yesterday he also has diabetic maculopathy for which he is being referred to hospital.
He has good days & irregular bad days/weeks with the suspected gastroparesis & some of the bad have been terrifying. As his mum, I hate seeing him suffer at such a young age & am truly finding it hard to 'keep it together' especially after dealing with my daughter's cancer diagnosis last year (she's doing well & in remission now).
Any help you can offer in finding support would be much appreciated. Thank you, Sarah