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<blockquote data-quote="Emma1905" data-source="post: 346682" data-attributes="member: 57984"><p>Hi as a 30 year who has suffered with diabetes for 22 years I find this argument interesting !! For the first 10 years I suffered with hypos in the night with them being so severe they ended in fits. This resulted is numerous trips to the hospital an also mainly my mother checking on me every hour of the night to see if I was ok 365 nights year as the first few really shocked them an one resulted in a coma for 5 days ... My problem was I didn't have any symptoms or signs of a hypo during this day either!!With improved medication over the years these episodes have now subsided but I've just asked my mum if it was today would she claim... Her answer is a resounding no an she states that that was her job and you find away to cope she said what would be the point in trying to convince you nothing had changed an you were still the same as everyone else an then claim for things... Her standpoint being that nearly all parents with children have sleepless nights through one thing or another but with the right equipment which costs nothing it can be managed.... Fact is children today even healthy ones with no conditions at some point will give you sleepless nights and I can understand where the government are coming from an as I diabetic on 4 injections an 3 tablets a day do I consider myself disabled again the answer is no!! When children hear about this you are openly telling them they are disabled which is not the case they can do everything their healthy counterparts can.... The human body is adaptable an will get used to the constant wake ups but for me if my child needed me 24 hours a day I'd find a way to cope and as for being unable to work I think that is a different department and dla is not to make up that money!! An if these hypos an high sugars are so constant then that needs to be looked at although there is still no cures there are now lots of ways to improve control.... To be honest from my standpoint I'd be gutted to find out I was on dla yes gutted to be diabetic and then the blow of I'm now considered disabled...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emma1905, post: 346682, member: 57984"] Hi as a 30 year who has suffered with diabetes for 22 years I find this argument interesting !! For the first 10 years I suffered with hypos in the night with them being so severe they ended in fits. This resulted is numerous trips to the hospital an also mainly my mother checking on me every hour of the night to see if I was ok 365 nights year as the first few really shocked them an one resulted in a coma for 5 days ... My problem was I didn't have any symptoms or signs of a hypo during this day either!!With improved medication over the years these episodes have now subsided but I've just asked my mum if it was today would she claim... Her answer is a resounding no an she states that that was her job and you find away to cope she said what would be the point in trying to convince you nothing had changed an you were still the same as everyone else an then claim for things... Her standpoint being that nearly all parents with children have sleepless nights through one thing or another but with the right equipment which costs nothing it can be managed.... Fact is children today even healthy ones with no conditions at some point will give you sleepless nights and I can understand where the government are coming from an as I diabetic on 4 injections an 3 tablets a day do I consider myself disabled again the answer is no!! When children hear about this you are openly telling them they are disabled which is not the case they can do everything their healthy counterparts can.... The human body is adaptable an will get used to the constant wake ups but for me if my child needed me 24 hours a day I'd find a way to cope and as for being unable to work I think that is a different department and dla is not to make up that money!! An if these hypos an high sugars are so constant then that needs to be looked at although there is still no cures there are now lots of ways to improve control.... To be honest from my standpoint I'd be gutted to find out I was on dla yes gutted to be diabetic and then the blow of I'm now considered disabled... [/QUOTE]
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