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Hi I'm a newby with Type1 daughter.

Welcome to the forum. I can understand you feeling angry that this has happened to your daughter. That strikes me as a normal emotion for a parent who loves their child.

How old is your daughter and how long has she been diagnosed? Are you getting good support from the doctors and nurses?
 
I'm not the angry one, my daughter is. She's been thru a lot bless her. I feel helpless
 
Kirstin2008 said:
I'm not the angry one, my daughter is. She's been thru a lot bless her. I feel helpless
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Ok, well I couldn't tell that from your post. Is she more angry at certain times, perhaps due to blood sugar changes? It's understandable her being angry about diabetes. At her age she has a limited ability to understand what is going on, and she might also be getting bullied at school about it, or at the very least feel left out, isolated, or just "different", and no child likes to feel different from their peers.

I think other parents of kids with T1 will be able to share from their experiences here and I hope that helps. Do you have access to health professionals who have skills with T1 kids, like how to reassure them and help them cope with having it? An experienced nurse might be able to help. There are also counsellors who are trained to work with children under stress.

Is her current treatment regime managing her condition well? Would a different approach do it better?
 
She has an amazing understanding about her diabetes, she injects herself 50 percent of the time, I don't force it as I don't think that's a healthy way to address it. I do think we both need to talk to someone regarding what she's feeling, our diabetic consultant talks at us, not with us, I will address that
 
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