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<blockquote data-quote="kirst" data-source="post: 25286" data-attributes="member: 11630"><p>hi, its the first time ive used this forum, but i read your discussion and i thought i should reply as i can totally understand your concerns for your daughter. My 3 year old daughter was diagnosed with type one diabetes when she was just 18 months old. As she was diagnosed so young she doesnt know much different, and is not bothered by her jabs and even does her blood tests by herself already. At the moment it is slightly easier as she can now tell us how she feels and if she is having a hypo. But initially it was so hard trying to get her insulin dose right and i used to worry so much about complications. </p><p>I have spoken to the diabetes nurse about problems with eyesight and she reassured me that there would only be problems if the diabetes was poorly controlled over a long period of time (as in years and years), and if we carried on controlling her diabetes as best we could, which is really difficult at first but does get easier, the risk of complications would be not much different than someone without diabetes.</p><p>In a way it must be more difficult for you as your daughter was diagnosed at 9years, and must be so hard . I often worry that there is a chance our 6 year old could develop diabetes, and how dreadful it would be to suddenly have to give injections, etc. </p><p>The nurse has trained the nursery school teachers how to do jabs, and also my sister and mother in law know, which is reassuring when they babysit etc,</p><p>when my daughter was first diagnosed i read up about diabetes, searched stuff on the internet which just made me so confused and upset as i always read about complications, but since then i have spoken to diabetics who have healthy lifestyles, and realised that we need to encourage our daughter to control her diabetes as best she can and teach the importance of having a healthy lifestyle.</p><p>i really can sympathise with you, but im sure as time goes on you and your daughter will find coping with diabetes will get easier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kirst, post: 25286, member: 11630"] hi, its the first time ive used this forum, but i read your discussion and i thought i should reply as i can totally understand your concerns for your daughter. My 3 year old daughter was diagnosed with type one diabetes when she was just 18 months old. As she was diagnosed so young she doesnt know much different, and is not bothered by her jabs and even does her blood tests by herself already. At the moment it is slightly easier as she can now tell us how she feels and if she is having a hypo. But initially it was so hard trying to get her insulin dose right and i used to worry so much about complications. I have spoken to the diabetes nurse about problems with eyesight and she reassured me that there would only be problems if the diabetes was poorly controlled over a long period of time (as in years and years), and if we carried on controlling her diabetes as best we could, which is really difficult at first but does get easier, the risk of complications would be not much different than someone without diabetes. In a way it must be more difficult for you as your daughter was diagnosed at 9years, and must be so hard . I often worry that there is a chance our 6 year old could develop diabetes, and how dreadful it would be to suddenly have to give injections, etc. The nurse has trained the nursery school teachers how to do jabs, and also my sister and mother in law know, which is reassuring when they babysit etc, when my daughter was first diagnosed i read up about diabetes, searched stuff on the internet which just made me so confused and upset as i always read about complications, but since then i have spoken to diabetics who have healthy lifestyles, and realised that we need to encourage our daughter to control her diabetes as best she can and teach the importance of having a healthy lifestyle. i really can sympathise with you, but im sure as time goes on you and your daughter will find coping with diabetes will get easier. [/QUOTE]
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