Thank you, will take a look xHello and welcome to the forum. If you look further down the forum list page you will find the 'Children and Young People' area and the area for parents and carers. You can also ask any questions of the many people who have Type 1 Diabetes.
Sending you hugs, this must be overwheming right now but members here will advise and support you and your lad all the way.
Hi. My son (14) just been diagnosed with type 1. I am feeling so scared and overwhelmed by it all. Anyone else here in same position?
Hi. My son (14) just been diagnosed with type 1. I am feeling so scared and overwhelmed by it all. Anyone else here in same position?
Thank u Scott for your reply. I know it's early days (Have not slept for 3 days which probably does not help) will look into those books and certainly will ask the nurse tomorrow as to whether the sensor is available on the nhs. I live in Wales. My lad was upset last night, first night home from hospital, but seems not too bad this morning, hopefully things will get easier xxIt is always a big shock at diagnosis, but, believe me, while it can be a frustrating condition to manage because of the amount of thought we need to put into juggling insulin and carbs, we live remarkably normal and unrestricted lives.
Sports, travel, university, careers, they're all still in the picture - we can even eat cake if we want to!
Once you get over the initial shock and learn some of the ground rules for calculating insulin doses, it becomes much less scary.
There's a good book, Think Like a Pancreas, by Gary Scheiner, which is a useful guide to the basics, and a longer term reference book. It's on kindle.
One of the big new things is cgm - continuous glucose monitoring - which lets us see glucose levels all the time. It makes life a lot easier because we can see how our levels are moving and take small steps to keep them in line before going too high or low.
Some NHS areas are providing a version of it free on prescription, the Freestyle Libre sensor. It's still a postcode lottery depending on which area you're in but things are moving in the right direction.
If you're not in an area prescribing it, it can be bought privately for £75 to £100 per month depending on the supplier.
It makes a huge difference, even for old timers like me, so I'd encourage you to look into it. There's a good book about it, Sugar Surfing by Stephen Ponder.
I was dx'd age 21, a bit older than your boy, and I'm doing fine 30 years later. I think my parents worry about it more than I do! Children are tough young critters - he'll find his own way of dealing with it.
I live in Wales.
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