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<blockquote data-quote="Picci" data-source="post: 389594" data-attributes="member: 12512"><p>My heart is breaking for you all. You know, when I was diagnosed I don't remember suffering or feeling sorry for myself, I really don't. Mum and dad did a super job of supporting me and I never felt I missed out with the food children love. Mum used to bake cakes etc and sit with a pencil and paper calculating the carbohydrate so that it could be incorporated into my diet. When diagnosed in 1979 carbohydrate counting was the norm. Looking back over my childhood I can honestly say it will have been my parents suffering more than me, honestly. That won't make you feel better because I am a mum and if my child became diabetic I too would feel like you, but I know your children will be suffering less. I've had a super life, I lived in Italy for 17 years.... My parents were worried sick about how I'd get my insulin etc and the health care, but I wasn't going to let anything stop me. The italian health service provided all I needed ( however the standard if care was inferior to the uk) but I thankfully have an excellent understanding of my condition and knew how to look after myself. I feel compelled to let you know that I have wonderful memories of my childhood and I can't recall ever suffering. I was 10 and know that makes a difference to being 3 for example, but us parents as always are the ones who suffer more, that's a fact. Chin up everyone, I'm thinking if you all as I test and inject and think about my insulin dose and carb intake, and I know you will be doing it for your children,,hugs</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from the <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig" target="_blank">Diabetes Forum App</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Picci, post: 389594, member: 12512"] My heart is breaking for you all. You know, when I was diagnosed I don't remember suffering or feeling sorry for myself, I really don't. Mum and dad did a super job of supporting me and I never felt I missed out with the food children love. Mum used to bake cakes etc and sit with a pencil and paper calculating the carbohydrate so that it could be incorporated into my diet. When diagnosed in 1979 carbohydrate counting was the norm. Looking back over my childhood I can honestly say it will have been my parents suffering more than me, honestly. That won't make you feel better because I am a mum and if my child became diabetic I too would feel like you, but I know your children will be suffering less. I've had a super life, I lived in Italy for 17 years.... My parents were worried sick about how I'd get my insulin etc and the health care, but I wasn't going to let anything stop me. The italian health service provided all I needed ( however the standard if care was inferior to the uk) but I thankfully have an excellent understanding of my condition and knew how to look after myself. I feel compelled to let you know that I have wonderful memories of my childhood and I can't recall ever suffering. I was 10 and know that makes a difference to being 3 for example, but us parents as always are the ones who suffer more, that's a fact. Chin up everyone, I'm thinking if you all as I test and inject and think about my insulin dose and carb intake, and I know you will be doing it for your children,,hugs Sent from the [url=http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig]Diabetes Forum App[/url] [/QUOTE]
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