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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 1656908" data-attributes="member: 372717">Well, good news. The chances of transmitting T1 to your kids is really low, (unlike T2 which has an extremely strong genetic component). Also, your profile says you're female and you're slightly more likely to get the disease with a T1 father than mother. Last time I looked up the statistics (a long time ago), it was something like a 1 in 30 chance rather than 1 in 100 with no family members.I am actually very lucky that my mother was T1 (she had no family members with it).  She recognised my diabetes incredibly early so I was diagnosed before I had more than the mildest symptoms, and she was able to help me with my diabetes much more easily than an unprepared parent. Did she feel guilty about it?  Probably sometimes, but I certainly don't think she should have and I'm not going to castigate myself if any of my descendants get T1. T2 is strongly genetic and you can reduce the risk by lifestyle changes, T1 seems much more random (exposure to the wrong virus, have an accident?) and there's really nothing you can do about it.The treatment for diabetes has improved so dramatically since I became diabetic, and consequently the risk of early death and complications has gone down too. For the first decade and a half of my illness I had no access to blood testing meters, and you can guarantee that my hba1c suffered as a result. I'm sure it will improve some more, and for younger diabetics then a cure seems possible.  Diabetes is a pain, and I loathe hypos with a passion, but it certainly hasn't ruined my life.Good luck, get some help, you can get over this.</blockquote>

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