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<blockquote data-quote="Star47" data-source="post: 906278" data-attributes="member: 100096"><p>Hi Tracey, my 19 year old son has Type 1. Have a read of this article <a href="http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/diabetic-who-became-blind-after-3561641" target="_blank">http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/diabetic-who-became-blind-after-3561641</a> about a 24 year old lady. You could perhaps print it out and put it in an envelope together with a card from yourself telling your daughter how much you love and care for her perhaps her sister might manage a card too in the same envelope and either post it to her or leave it in her room, perhaps other family members could do a card with caring messages, don't say anything about the diabetes in your cards the article speaks for it's self. Or, just send cards and leave the article lying around the house for her to come across as and when. The idea of actually posting cards to her is just to keep it light. perhaps send funny cards with happy messages. One thing I've learn't as a parent, is that when it all gets negative it just gets worse, they know that they are doing the wrong thing and feel very negative already and sometimes find it hard to express themselves, oh yes and another idea, look up diabetic Danica on you tube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/DiabeticDanica" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/DiabeticDanica</a> she is fabulous! have a watch yourself she done lots of videos and is very popular hope this helps you all in some way <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star47, post: 906278, member: 100096"] Hi Tracey, my 19 year old son has Type 1. Have a read of this article [URL]http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/diabetic-who-became-blind-after-3561641[/URL] about a 24 year old lady. You could perhaps print it out and put it in an envelope together with a card from yourself telling your daughter how much you love and care for her perhaps her sister might manage a card too in the same envelope and either post it to her or leave it in her room, perhaps other family members could do a card with caring messages, don't say anything about the diabetes in your cards the article speaks for it's self. Or, just send cards and leave the article lying around the house for her to come across as and when. The idea of actually posting cards to her is just to keep it light. perhaps send funny cards with happy messages. One thing I've learn't as a parent, is that when it all gets negative it just gets worse, they know that they are doing the wrong thing and feel very negative already and sometimes find it hard to express themselves, oh yes and another idea, look up diabetic Danica on you tube [URL]https://www.youtube.com/user/DiabeticDanica[/URL] she is fabulous! have a watch yourself she done lots of videos and is very popular hope this helps you all in some way :) [/QUOTE]
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