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<blockquote data-quote="J&#039;s mum" data-source="post: 658685" data-attributes="member: 128139"><p>Hi Donellysdogs,</p><p></p><p>Thank you for your lovely, reassuring reply. It's good to hear from somebody who has experienced diagnosis first-hand. We have relatively good control within the 5-8 range most of the time, but he plays a lot of sport and things can go a bit awry whilst we try to get to grips with how the exercise affects his blood sugars (highs and lows!)</p><p></p><p>I think you are right - it really struck a chord when you said about him feeling different to everyone around him - he keeps saying that his school friends don't really understand his diabetes.</p><p></p><p>We were lucky to meet a lovely family with a lad a similar age to Joe (who is also a T1) when he was first-diagnosed in hospital. They bonded over the Xbox in the games room and Joe was able to ask this lad lots of questions & he did find it reassuring that he wasn't the only one. I will ask at his next clinic appointment if we could perhaps get in touch with them. </p><p></p><p>Thank you for your brilliant advice - I had heard about the camps and I think I might do some more research as I think he would really benefit from it.</p><p></p><p>Kind regards, </p><p></p><p>Joe's Mum x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J's mum, post: 658685, member: 128139"] Hi Donellysdogs, Thank you for your lovely, reassuring reply. It's good to hear from somebody who has experienced diagnosis first-hand. We have relatively good control within the 5-8 range most of the time, but he plays a lot of sport and things can go a bit awry whilst we try to get to grips with how the exercise affects his blood sugars (highs and lows!) I think you are right - it really struck a chord when you said about him feeling different to everyone around him - he keeps saying that his school friends don't really understand his diabetes. We were lucky to meet a lovely family with a lad a similar age to Joe (who is also a T1) when he was first-diagnosed in hospital. They bonded over the Xbox in the games room and Joe was able to ask this lad lots of questions & he did find it reassuring that he wasn't the only one. I will ask at his next clinic appointment if we could perhaps get in touch with them. Thank you for your brilliant advice - I had heard about the camps and I think I might do some more research as I think he would really benefit from it. Kind regards, Joe's Mum x [/QUOTE]
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