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Message: <blockquote data-quote="czj" data-source="post: 579356" data-attributes="member: 62497">I guess your son's diagnosis has been a real shock. Everyone on the forum will do their best to help.I was diagnosed when I was 11, and my weight changed dramatically too. My sister had been diagnosed a year before so when I became thirsty I did my drinking in secret, delaying the inevitable. I lost a lot of weight, just like you son. As Sunday explained, insulin helps our bodies use the sugar we need. When we don't have it we can't get all the nutrition from our food, so our body uses our reserves, and we lose weight.Once we have insulin again we can get the sugar from our food, so we start to make reserves again, and so we put the weight back on.From my experience this spell of being so thin  doesn't seem to have done me any harm. Since your son is likely to be eating a fairly healthy diet from now on, here's hoping he stabilises at a weight you are both happy with.Good luck</blockquote>

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