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<blockquote data-quote="biggav2609" data-source="post: 233225" data-attributes="member: 38743"><p>Hi there,</p><p></p><p>I am sorry to hear about your best friend and obviously you are more familiar with the complications that come with diabetes and uncontrolled blood sugars than most. My partner gavin has what is described as 'fragile' diabetes and is sensitive to insulin therefore he has a daily struggle with trying to keep his blood sugars within normal range and regularly suffers several severe hypos within a day without feeling any warning symptoms. Not only does he have hypos every day he also has hypers going into the mid 20s causing him to vomit and feel rather unwell, his kidneys, eyes, heart and circulation are all well at the minute but he has now had this for 15 years and its beginning to take its toll on him. He has had three d.k.a's nearly dying twice so we as a family are also more than aware of the struggles and the complications of living with diabetes, shannon has witnessed what her father goes through day in day out and how one minute he is within normal blood range then the next he is collapsing, this she has grew up with and unlike most children diagnosed with diabetes she knew exactly what the diagnosis meant and how it could affect her life. So yes my daughter is remarkable knowing all that she knows and still being able to take a positive attitude towards everything and i am very proud. I do not agree with your statement that diabetes does not have people and that people have diabetes, gavin has no control over his life and is not able to live life to the full like alot of people with the illness are able to therefore diabetes does have him and does control his life.</p><p>Im am very sorry to hear that your daughter is not taking being diagnosed very well and injecting/blood testing is proving to be an issue, as an adult it would be difficult to come to terms with it all so for a child its more than normal for it to be overwhelming, i wouldnt worry in time she will get there.</p><p>I stand by what i said but i do apologise if it has caused offence because that was not my intention. I am my own person with my own opinions and when you make a post on a chat forum then you are inviting people to share their opinions on what you have said. Your post is titled she is not diabetic which is very negative in its self and i felt some of what you had to say was you having a negative attitude which was the point i was trying to get across in my previous comment, i dont really know how you can say you always have a positive attitude because thats not what was portrayed to me through your post like im sure it would not be to some other people.</p><p>I would also like to point out we are not on a happy level over the diabetes as you have said and like you would love to wave a magic wand and make everything go away, but this is the real world and you take what life throws at you always trying to take something good out of a bad situation, those are the values that i am proud for me and my family to have. Life isnt fair, if it were the world would be a happy healthy place for all, my 8 year old daughter wouldnt have diabetes, my partner of 13 years wouldnt have fragile diabetes and my 2 year old son would not be autistic.</p><p>I wish you, your little girl and your family well for the future and i hope you all come to terms with everything soon as im sure you all will.</p><p></p><p>Kind regards </p><p>Emma</p><p>xxx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="biggav2609, post: 233225, member: 38743"] Hi there, I am sorry to hear about your best friend and obviously you are more familiar with the complications that come with diabetes and uncontrolled blood sugars than most. My partner gavin has what is described as 'fragile' diabetes and is sensitive to insulin therefore he has a daily struggle with trying to keep his blood sugars within normal range and regularly suffers several severe hypos within a day without feeling any warning symptoms. Not only does he have hypos every day he also has hypers going into the mid 20s causing him to vomit and feel rather unwell, his kidneys, eyes, heart and circulation are all well at the minute but he has now had this for 15 years and its beginning to take its toll on him. He has had three d.k.a's nearly dying twice so we as a family are also more than aware of the struggles and the complications of living with diabetes, shannon has witnessed what her father goes through day in day out and how one minute he is within normal blood range then the next he is collapsing, this she has grew up with and unlike most children diagnosed with diabetes she knew exactly what the diagnosis meant and how it could affect her life. So yes my daughter is remarkable knowing all that she knows and still being able to take a positive attitude towards everything and i am very proud. I do not agree with your statement that diabetes does not have people and that people have diabetes, gavin has no control over his life and is not able to live life to the full like alot of people with the illness are able to therefore diabetes does have him and does control his life. Im am very sorry to hear that your daughter is not taking being diagnosed very well and injecting/blood testing is proving to be an issue, as an adult it would be difficult to come to terms with it all so for a child its more than normal for it to be overwhelming, i wouldnt worry in time she will get there. I stand by what i said but i do apologise if it has caused offence because that was not my intention. I am my own person with my own opinions and when you make a post on a chat forum then you are inviting people to share their opinions on what you have said. Your post is titled she is not diabetic which is very negative in its self and i felt some of what you had to say was you having a negative attitude which was the point i was trying to get across in my previous comment, i dont really know how you can say you always have a positive attitude because thats not what was portrayed to me through your post like im sure it would not be to some other people. I would also like to point out we are not on a happy level over the diabetes as you have said and like you would love to wave a magic wand and make everything go away, but this is the real world and you take what life throws at you always trying to take something good out of a bad situation, those are the values that i am proud for me and my family to have. Life isnt fair, if it were the world would be a happy healthy place for all, my 8 year old daughter wouldnt have diabetes, my partner of 13 years wouldnt have fragile diabetes and my 2 year old son would not be autistic. I wish you, your little girl and your family well for the future and i hope you all come to terms with everything soon as im sure you all will. Kind regards Emma xxx [/QUOTE]
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