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<blockquote data-quote="Bic" data-source="post: 1178084" data-attributes="member: 215944"><p>I am in my fifties so 'my family' means three different things.: the family I was born in, my own family (my hubby and me) and my in-laws and relatives.</p><p></p><p>The family I was born in did not talk much about diabetes because at the time when my younger sister (first) and I (several years later) were diagnosed, she at 15 and me at 20, there was a lot of stigma on the condition. My parents worried about our health and tried to make things easier, but I think they also felt an unreasonable sense of guilt. As for my mother, she never got to fully understand what type 1 diabetes was and was always convinced that all the blame was to be put on sugar consumption, even though both my sister and me were never in the habit of eating a lot of sweets (my father was, though; and he was not diabetic). My father, on the other hand, did not know much about T1 daily management, so he would frown upon the occasional serving of dessert or a shot taken at what he thought to be the 'wrong' time. On the whole, they were over anxious, showed not much respect for our privacy and didn't make many efforts to learn about the changes in daily management. So we found no great support, psychologically speaking, though we got all the help they could give regarding diet and the time of meals, and hypos, of course.</p><p></p><p>My hubby is supportive… within limits. He couldn't tell the difference between T1 and T2, nor is he interested enough to google it up (which makes me feel rather lonely, I must say). But he can tell when I have a low even before I realize it, and he knows how to be of help in an emergency. Several years ago he would not eat the same healthy diet I stick to for a king's ransom, but now (having some pounds to lose) he does, so I don't have to fix separate meals for the two of us any more (good riddance!).</p><p></p><p>Some of my in-laws are doctors and what is really good with them is, that they can tell what they do know about T1 from what they don't. That surely make things easier, for they trust my choices and let me alone. </p><p></p><p>The rest of the family, though (distant relatives and other in-laws) are an absolute nightmare, period.</p><p></p><p>Summing up: not much help from families, at least in my experience…</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bic, post: 1178084, member: 215944"] I am in my fifties so 'my family' means three different things.: the family I was born in, my own family (my hubby and me) and my in-laws and relatives. The family I was born in did not talk much about diabetes because at the time when my younger sister (first) and I (several years later) were diagnosed, she at 15 and me at 20, there was a lot of stigma on the condition. My parents worried about our health and tried to make things easier, but I think they also felt an unreasonable sense of guilt. As for my mother, she never got to fully understand what type 1 diabetes was and was always convinced that all the blame was to be put on sugar consumption, even though both my sister and me were never in the habit of eating a lot of sweets (my father was, though; and he was not diabetic). My father, on the other hand, did not know much about T1 daily management, so he would frown upon the occasional serving of dessert or a shot taken at what he thought to be the 'wrong' time. On the whole, they were over anxious, showed not much respect for our privacy and didn't make many efforts to learn about the changes in daily management. So we found no great support, psychologically speaking, though we got all the help they could give regarding diet and the time of meals, and hypos, of course. My hubby is supportive… within limits. He couldn't tell the difference between T1 and T2, nor is he interested enough to google it up (which makes me feel rather lonely, I must say). But he can tell when I have a low even before I realize it, and he knows how to be of help in an emergency. Several years ago he would not eat the same healthy diet I stick to for a king's ransom, but now (having some pounds to lose) he does, so I don't have to fix separate meals for the two of us any more (good riddance!). Some of my in-laws are doctors and what is really good with them is, that they can tell what they do know about T1 from what they don't. That surely make things easier, for they trust my choices and let me alone. The rest of the family, though (distant relatives and other in-laws) are an absolute nightmare, period. Summing up: not much help from families, at least in my experience… [/QUOTE]
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