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Diabetes and adoption

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Greywillow

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Hi everyone,

Does anyone know if it's possible to adopt with this condition? We've more or less given up all hope of ever having our own children (though my doctor seems to think it is still possible). I've had a read of some adoption sites and the county council information and they do a full medical during the application process as well as that horrible BMI index thing. I shall fail that straight away because all the weight's around my stomach.
Like other people on here, I get so annoyed with the government's endless suggestions that diabetes 2 is the result of a poor lifestyle - I put on all this weight because of a thyroid condition and now I can't get it off again.
Has anyone thought of going down this route and has any advice they can offer? Thanks.
 
This is the first time that i have posted. Im' male and was diagnosed type 1 last may. with regards to adoption i've been on the register for four years now with no luck yet. after i was diagnosed i informed the adoption agency of my condition and was informed that there could be a problem as they had not encountered anyone with diabetes before, and that they would seek advice from the medical experts.
This process didn't take that long (2 to 3 weeks) and i had a visit from their Doctor. The outcome of all this was great because they decided that i was a better candidate for adoption. Some of the reasons being:
Better diet (Therefore better diet for the child).
fitness (more likely to excercise)
Diversity (the child would learn to be more tolerant of peoples differences).
Anyway on the whole it was a possitive experience and i wouldnt imagine that there would be any problems with regards to the diabetes but just make sure that you stress the positives.
By the way don't be put off by me saying that i've been waiting for four years, this is because both of us want a health newborn and not an older child and obviously there aren't that many newborns around. Those couples that will accept children over 2 years don't usually have to wait that long.
I hope this was some help to you and if you want any more details no problem
 
Thanks for that, Tango, that's encouraging!
I have to say I am still having problems with the healthy diet - being veggie doesn't help because obviously I don't have too many pure protein choices, so following anything like the Atkins diet is out! My sugar readings are improving though, down to about 6 on 3x metformin so I am at least starting to feel better!
I'm really glad that you got to stress the positives and the agency agreed with them and I hope you don't have to wait too much longer!
We don't want a baby and couldn't have one because of our ages. At the moment, I'm still young enough to adopt a toddler (must be mad, I hear you cry!), so we'll be going for somebody aged 2-6 or so.
I did ring a social worker in the County Office for an informal chat but she was out and she didn't reply during the week. I expect there will be a lot of that sort of delay, so I might as well get used to it!
We are going to wait three months, in case a miracle happens and I conceive and then we'll start the process. Diabetes isn't the only physical problem I have, so I can't see us having a baby but my husband wants to give it one more try.
Thanks again for the reply. :D

Willow
 
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