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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1514929" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>Aaw, shucks, thanks, Misbee!</p><p></p><p>There was a post a week or so from a guy asking how his newly dx'd son could deal with football. It summed up the approach which needs to be taken - no question of stopping playing football, just what to do to carry on playing it.</p><p></p><p>Try to inculcate that spirit in your boy (and, although you will understandably be cautious, in yourself too).</p><p></p><p>Don't say he's diabetic, so he can't/shouldn't do that. </p><p></p><p>Instead, think, he's diabetic so what does he need to do so he can do it safely.</p><p></p><p>Often, it's little more than adjusting insulin amounts and making sure there's fast sugar available.</p><p></p><p>Me? In my younger days, I used to get up early, drive 100 miles to a ski-slope in the Highlands, hacked about on skis for 6 hours, went to the hotel pub, few beers, kipped in my tent in a five-seasons sleeping bag in the garden in the snow, skied the next day for another six hours, and drove home. There's so many aspects of that which would cause a non-T1 to ask, oh, should you be doing that? A couple of people actually asked me that. My answer was why shouldn't I, I'm not disabled, I pay attention to my sugars, I eat when I need to and I like ski-ing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1514929, member: 374531"] Aaw, shucks, thanks, Misbee! There was a post a week or so from a guy asking how his newly dx'd son could deal with football. It summed up the approach which needs to be taken - no question of stopping playing football, just what to do to carry on playing it. Try to inculcate that spirit in your boy (and, although you will understandably be cautious, in yourself too). Don't say he's diabetic, so he can't/shouldn't do that. Instead, think, he's diabetic so what does he need to do so he can do it safely. Often, it's little more than adjusting insulin amounts and making sure there's fast sugar available. Me? In my younger days, I used to get up early, drive 100 miles to a ski-slope in the Highlands, hacked about on skis for 6 hours, went to the hotel pub, few beers, kipped in my tent in a five-seasons sleeping bag in the garden in the snow, skied the next day for another six hours, and drove home. There's so many aspects of that which would cause a non-T1 to ask, oh, should you be doing that? A couple of people actually asked me that. My answer was why shouldn't I, I'm not disabled, I pay attention to my sugars, I eat when I need to and I like ski-ing. [/QUOTE]
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