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<blockquote data-quote="Heidi" data-source="post: 115067" data-attributes="member: 7660"><p>Hey Gayle,</p><p></p><p>Totally empathise and understand what you are going through at the moment.</p><p></p><p>I have a 13 year old daughter who was diagnosed T1 when she was 9, it is hard at first with lots of tears and guilt and anger of why me, why us, not fair and want to just be normal.</p><p></p><p>There is so much info and it's very overwhelming but it does as everyone says get easier and you do get to the point where they are still the person they are first and diabetic second.</p><p></p><p>When Paige was first diagnosed she was on two injections of Mixtard 30 insulin a day and blood tests 4 times a day, 3 meals at same time each day give or take an hour and snacks mid morning, mid afternoon and supper. We had to start off using syringes, as she was so upset at the hospital on diagnosis myself, husband and son who was 11 at the time all did a finger prick to show her it didn't hurt. my husband and self also injected each other with an empty syringe, this helped her fears big time. We got her to inject oranges with empty syringes initially and this helped build her confidence to do her own. Theres an organisation 'JDRF' if you search in google will bring it up, you can get a KIDSAC from them for free which includes Rufus a bear with sites to inject and blood test along with other things, my daughter liked that and may help. What insulin is Niamh on? </p><p></p><p>The school sounds like they are very clued up and all should be fine, sounds like you will have great support and understanding there.</p><p></p><p>It is very worrying and tiring, takes time to understand and get your head around it all.</p><p></p><p>Take Care, any questions, ask away.</p><p></p><p>Heidi x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Heidi, post: 115067, member: 7660"] Hey Gayle, Totally empathise and understand what you are going through at the moment. I have a 13 year old daughter who was diagnosed T1 when she was 9, it is hard at first with lots of tears and guilt and anger of why me, why us, not fair and want to just be normal. There is so much info and it's very overwhelming but it does as everyone says get easier and you do get to the point where they are still the person they are first and diabetic second. When Paige was first diagnosed she was on two injections of Mixtard 30 insulin a day and blood tests 4 times a day, 3 meals at same time each day give or take an hour and snacks mid morning, mid afternoon and supper. We had to start off using syringes, as she was so upset at the hospital on diagnosis myself, husband and son who was 11 at the time all did a finger prick to show her it didn't hurt. my husband and self also injected each other with an empty syringe, this helped her fears big time. We got her to inject oranges with empty syringes initially and this helped build her confidence to do her own. Theres an organisation 'JDRF' if you search in google will bring it up, you can get a KIDSAC from them for free which includes Rufus a bear with sites to inject and blood test along with other things, my daughter liked that and may help. What insulin is Niamh on? The school sounds like they are very clued up and all should be fine, sounds like you will have great support and understanding there. It is very worrying and tiring, takes time to understand and get your head around it all. Take Care, any questions, ask away. Heidi x [/QUOTE]
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