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<blockquote data-quote="Juicyj" data-source="post: 1336345" data-attributes="member: 53162"><p>Hello [USER=363700]@sara.c[/USER] welcome to the forum <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>It sounds like you are doing an amazing job already, it is difficult to come to terms with for both parent and children, there's a lot of information to take in and you really are thrown in at the deep end. There's lots of resources available to help you, have you contacted Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation yet ? They do meet ups with other type 1 kids, and can help you daughter feel more accepting of this. We also have a lot of parents who use the site too who I'm sure will be happy to chat to you. It will get easier in time as your knowledge grows and your daughter gets used to this knowing that she can feel better with taking insulin too. Out of interest do you know what caused her hypos ? I would speak to her nurse about these as her insulin may require adjusting, very often we find with newly diagnosed that once insulin is administered that the pancreas can start working a little again in what's called the honeymoon period as taking insulin can reduce the stress it's been under so it kicks back into life, meaning insulin needs to be reduced for a while, it does help in the early days in getting used to administering insulin and taking smaller doses, however it is a temporary phase and your daughters insulin needs will increase in time, but it's useful to know this, so keeping a good dialogue with your nurse to manage the insulin doses and for peace of mind is important. It's also worth getting a copy of 'Think like a pancreas' for so,e extra reading, knowledge really is power with learning as much as you can.</p><p></p><p>We are all here to support you too, so please let us know if we can help <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Juicyj, post: 1336345, member: 53162"] Hello [USER=363700]@sara.c[/USER] welcome to the forum :) It sounds like you are doing an amazing job already, it is difficult to come to terms with for both parent and children, there's a lot of information to take in and you really are thrown in at the deep end. There's lots of resources available to help you, have you contacted Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation yet ? They do meet ups with other type 1 kids, and can help you daughter feel more accepting of this. We also have a lot of parents who use the site too who I'm sure will be happy to chat to you. It will get easier in time as your knowledge grows and your daughter gets used to this knowing that she can feel better with taking insulin too. Out of interest do you know what caused her hypos ? I would speak to her nurse about these as her insulin may require adjusting, very often we find with newly diagnosed that once insulin is administered that the pancreas can start working a little again in what's called the honeymoon period as taking insulin can reduce the stress it's been under so it kicks back into life, meaning insulin needs to be reduced for a while, it does help in the early days in getting used to administering insulin and taking smaller doses, however it is a temporary phase and your daughters insulin needs will increase in time, but it's useful to know this, so keeping a good dialogue with your nurse to manage the insulin doses and for peace of mind is important. It's also worth getting a copy of 'Think like a pancreas' for so,e extra reading, knowledge really is power with learning as much as you can. We are all here to support you too, so please let us know if we can help ;) [/QUOTE]
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