As a daughter, diagnosed 27 years ago. I can tell you that my Mum has never stopped feeling like you...
I'm 50 this year.
My dad when he died 20+ years ago, asked for all donations to go to diabetes research, as it would be the last thing he could do to help me.
Caring, extra concern and extra support for your diabetic child will never go away, but it will change as the years go on.
My parents knew that in those days that blood meters were so expensive for the patient to buy, that there was limited types of medication, car insurance was a nightmare, life assuance, mirtgage protection etc was also a 'no go' in those days. My parents have always given me more financially than my non diabetic brothers, because my life they thought was going to be financially more bother.
Nowadays, there is hugely more support from drugs, hospitals and car insurers are less bother.. So there is a lot better care and outcomes for any person..
We diabetics are all somebodys son or daughter... But the future is bright and far better now than previous.. And it will get better...
Even at 50 when I visit my mum she sees me blood test and asks what my levels are! I dont think that nearing 80 years old that she actually knows what they should be.. But she has never been able to stop asking..it used to annoy me, but now I realise more fully just how much being a diabetic parent affects the parents as well.
Of course, we didnt have the internet when I was diagnosed, so there wasnt any support for my parents at all... It must have been very hard for them.