My Son was just diagnosed with type 1 diabedes...

POSTED BY: chrisisall
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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 3:25 AM

I'm feeling pretty shattered right now... anyone here have any positive stories to share on this? Good & continuing outcomes with this affliction?
I could use a little right about now...

Thanks.

The laughing Chrisisall

WISHIMAY

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 4:27 AM

It's just something ta work around...Nobody's kid is perfect...
My cousin's kid is diabetic, born with it...was in a coma by the time they figured it out...He's still an active little bugger, though...and he's broken more things and had more surgeries than he's got years...still kickin' though...and there are special camps for diabetic kids that have med staff on hand, just FYI...

My sympathies to your son, health challenges suck...

This run in your family?

RIONAEIRE

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 5:47 AM

How old is your son? At first it will be an adjustment for all of you guys, checking sugar, eating accordingly, figuring out how much insalin he needs based on daily activities and foods etc. But you guys will settle into the new normal and most kids with it grow up to have pretty ordinary lives. Just make sure that you and mom are all the same page communication wise about his health needs etc. I know you guys are getting/have gotten divorced recently. My little second cousin has it and he's an ordinary 9 year old, rambunctious and loves Star Wars, normal kid. He really enjoys diabetes camp each summer because all the other kids are experiencing similar things to what he experiences and its no biggie, they're all working on it and so it is normal.

The adults I know with type 1 both have it under good control and it doesn't get in their way of following their dreams. Sure it can be inconvenient and one needs to stay on top of it, but its manageable.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

FREMDFIRMA

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 9:11 AM

Man, the hits just keep comin for you, don't they ?
Hang in there guy, we're here for you.

Truthfully I know very little, we have previously dealt with a diabetic before (and mood swings don't help, that for sure) and the key seemed to be keeping on top of it - very rigid, iron-handed management and no slacking on diet or testing, which many tend to sluff off when they start feeling better, and they really shouldn't.

As for how to manage that level of discipline over time, all I can offer is a maxim from my business, but I guess it applies here as well - good habits drive out bad habits, develop the former or risk the latter.

The rest of it seems common sense, avoid crap like MSG, HFCS and whatnot like the plague, especially the latter as it's worse for diabetics, not that it's good for anyone, really.

If he has a hankering for sweets, carob as I recall was passable, I don't remember whether honey was ok or not - you'd really have to consult someone on diet, or at least google and crosscheck...
Alas this one is outside my expertise, and you know how useless I can be in that case, lol.

Still, if you need anything, information-wise, you just holler, eh ?

-Frem

LWAVES

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 9:59 AM

Hey man, sorry to hear about this for you and especially SonIsAll. Send him my sympathies.
He has posted here and that makes him one of us (one of us, one of us, one of....). Whatever help/advice we can give he is more than welcome to.

The only diabetic I know is my Dad, he was diagnosed just before last Xmas. It hasn't stopped him doing anything except from an eating and drinking standpoint.
All I can really offer from his situation is to get into a steady routine with what you need to do as quick as you can. Make it part of ordinary daily life so that it's just like brushing teeth or some other regular activity. After that it's just a case of being careful but you will all get used to it.
And I have to reiterate the point about you and MrsIsAll/ExIsAll - if you aren't together then definitely make sure you agree on this. Make sure you both give him the right food/drink etc and that his insulin level is constant. The last thing any of you want is one saying he's alright to eat something and the other saying he isn't and having his levels going up and down.

From what little I know it is very manageable and shouldn't stop him leading a normal life as long as you all play by the rules of the condition.

Again wish him my best and let us know how you all get on.

"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

EVILDINOSAUR

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 11:59 AM

My dad has had type 1 diabetes since he was a kid and it really hasn't effected him much at all. He's all kinds of active, he's in his late 50's and still showing no signs of slowing down. And with the technology available these days, it's getting easier and easier to live with.

"Haha, mine is an evil laugh."

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 12:38 PM

Thanks everyone! Oh, and no divorce...
Settling into the reality today.
gotta go to the Docs now.

GEEZER

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 1:34 PM

My experience with a family member is pretty much the same as everyone else. My cousin's husband had type 1 for as long as I knew him(pretty much since I was born), and it didn't keep them from doing much of anything: working, traveling, socializing. Just had to watch diet, monitor glucose levels, and take insulin. He made it into his eighties.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

PHOENIXROSE

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 1:44 PM

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory has excellent sugar-free chocolates. There's an ice cream brand called Clemmy's that was made for diabetics by a diabetic, and it's quite tasty. (just don't overdo it or it can upset the stomach)
Also, meat and vegetables are good for you!
And if he watches sugar his whole life, as he should, his teeth will be soooo healthy.

I could actually ramble for days about the benefits of not eating sugar, if you want to hear more.

What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.

BYTEMITE

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 2:02 PM

Aw.

Well, I don't have any stories, but I wish you well. PR can probably help you here a lot.

By no divorce, do you mean you patched things up with the missus? That's something going right at least.

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