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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WOODIAMOND" data-source="post: 148949" data-attributes="member: 27447"><p>Hi Mum to Reese, I also have a t1 4 year old (actually 5 yesterday) daughter diagnosed in April after being ill on and off for 2 and a half years. 3 days after diagnosis she was put on a pump, it is incredible. Like your child she was never a good eater and was always skinny, since her diagnosis she does eat much better, although i wouldnt say it is fantastic yet. She also used to be very inactive and very little concertration, now the opposite is very evident. She runs every where and is loving learning to read and write. The beauty of the pump is she can eat pretty much anything she likes and without the fear of having to have an injection for it ! I am still living on the edge with her, but somehow getting used to living on the edge ! I still cry regularly about the whole situation but as I read and investigate more into diabetes i feel more at ease about it being a part of our families life. There is so much to learn about, but i am taking slowly as i know this will be with my daughter and all of our family for life. For example I went to my first ever diabetes support group meeting last week, and although I felt I was in the wrong room, as nearly all of them were older people with type2, it was very informative, in that I learnt that INSULIN IS A HORMONE. As a woman I think this has helped me with the understanding of how it affects my daughters mood swings, and am now beginning to gauge her blood glucose level just by observing her activity levels and eating habit. The only thing I feel that I lack at the moment is someone to talk to face to face as I dont know anyone in Herefordshire in the same situation as me !! This makes me feel very alone but that emptiness is bridged by this website and by the facebook group, parents of type 1 children with diabetes. My problem is that I dont get much time for computer socializing !</p></blockquote><p></p>

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