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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 1994085" data-attributes="member: 372717">Just keep telling yourself that this will pass once your daughter learns to look after herself (she's 11 or 12 presumably?).   Once she's learnt how to cope with hypos, count carbs and adjust insulin doses for herself she'll take control and probably be desperate to get away from you and hang out with her friends.  Two weeks is nothing in the scheme of a T1 diagnosis - there's too much to take in and it can be totally overwhelming.  But she isn't going to be living like this for the rest of her life - yes, she'll be testing and counting and adjusting, but that'll be something in the background, and it shouldn't stop her (or you) living the rest of her/your life.I've been T1 since I was 8. Maybe I was lucky in that my Mun was T1, but I've never felt that I couldn't do anything because of my diabetes, (luckily I've never wanted to join the army or be an astronaut) and I don't feel that it's interfered with my social life or career choices. And I didn't have my mother watching me 24/7 once I was over the age of 10....Good luck, it will get easier, and there are lots of people ready to give you sympathy, support and advice if you need to vent on here.</blockquote>

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