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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dot" data-source="post: 211023" data-attributes="member: 21377">My son was diagnosed at about the same age and I can say, hand on heart, that the thing that makes the biggest difference is not to make a big issue of it. I am sure that you will be advised to try and develop good eating habits, fixed meal times and no snacking (unless BG levels dictate otherwise) and to make things easier this is a rule that the while family sticks to. We all live by the same rules, so although my son has to do BG tests and injections, he generally eats and behaves the same as the rest of us. Growing boys hate anything that mark them out as different and for a long time my son hated anyone talking about his diabetes and he got really cross with us if we mentioned it to any one from outside the family. Now he is used to it - he has been diagnosed 2 1/2 years he i comfortable with being diabetic. It is part of who he is, but it doesn't define him.Try to carry on as normally as possible, and it will gradually just become routine - like brushiing your teeth.</blockquote>

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