MeanMom
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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Parent
Hi - my 11 year old daughter was dx in March this year. with an HbA1c of 16.7.😱
She first started loosing weight in the summer of 2008, but as we do not possess scales i did not know what she had weighed before so could not prove this to the doctor. First went to the doctor October 2008 and was told it was her age and not to worry. Unfortunately as she had never been a great drinker we looked upon her increased thirst as a good thing. Went back to the doctor in the spring of 2009 as she was still slowly loosing weight and had not grown since the October. Still told it was her age but to ' keep an eye on her' -
By the summer she had grown 2cm but had lost another kilo. All this time she was eating like a horse BTW. Went back to doctor in October of 2009 to be told she had grown so why was I worried? Broke down and begged them to do something as she felt so rotten all the time and the school was on back about her attendance. Doctor agreed to do a blood test, which came back with some slight Vitamin deficiency so they recommended multi vitamins. She did begin to feel a bit better but did not put on any weight or grow and continued to eat everything in sight and/or be really thirsty.
Just after Christmas she started complaining that she couldnt see the TV, so we were going to make an appointment with the optitian. Then my Dad was suddenly taken into hospital, very ill, and optitians were the last thing we were thinking off. My Dad died of pancreatic cancer on 26th February 2010
After the funeral i took K to the optitian, and it was the optitian who finally diagnosed her. We were referred back to our GP - who it turned out had not tested her for D when the previous blood tests were done (i assumed she had been tested then) Immediately sent to hospital and the rest as they say is history!
K has cateracts which i know is due to long term high blood sugar but of course no one will actually come out and say that but with an HbA1c of over 16 at dx she had to have been diabetic for at least three months - and I think it was closer to 18 months.
Day to day we are managing quite well and after feeling rotten for so long it is good to feel (mostly) well again. It is the long term problems that scare me, especially as my Dad died of pancreatic cancer, had type 2 diabeties and lost most of his sight. Everyone says it is a coincidence, but the more i find out about D the more i find out that there are no answers and who says there isnt a genetic link there somewhere?
Sorry for the long post - needed to get it of my chest 😱
She first started loosing weight in the summer of 2008, but as we do not possess scales i did not know what she had weighed before so could not prove this to the doctor. First went to the doctor October 2008 and was told it was her age and not to worry. Unfortunately as she had never been a great drinker we looked upon her increased thirst as a good thing. Went back to the doctor in the spring of 2009 as she was still slowly loosing weight and had not grown since the October. Still told it was her age but to ' keep an eye on her' -
By the summer she had grown 2cm but had lost another kilo. All this time she was eating like a horse BTW. Went back to doctor in October of 2009 to be told she had grown so why was I worried? Broke down and begged them to do something as she felt so rotten all the time and the school was on back about her attendance. Doctor agreed to do a blood test, which came back with some slight Vitamin deficiency so they recommended multi vitamins. She did begin to feel a bit better but did not put on any weight or grow and continued to eat everything in sight and/or be really thirsty.
Just after Christmas she started complaining that she couldnt see the TV, so we were going to make an appointment with the optitian. Then my Dad was suddenly taken into hospital, very ill, and optitians were the last thing we were thinking off. My Dad died of pancreatic cancer on 26th February 2010
After the funeral i took K to the optitian, and it was the optitian who finally diagnosed her. We were referred back to our GP - who it turned out had not tested her for D when the previous blood tests were done (i assumed she had been tested then) Immediately sent to hospital and the rest as they say is history!
K has cateracts which i know is due to long term high blood sugar but of course no one will actually come out and say that but with an HbA1c of over 16 at dx she had to have been diabetic for at least three months - and I think it was closer to 18 months.
Day to day we are managing quite well and after feeling rotten for so long it is good to feel (mostly) well again. It is the long term problems that scare me, especially as my Dad died of pancreatic cancer, had type 2 diabeties and lost most of his sight. Everyone says it is a coincidence, but the more i find out about D the more i find out that there are no answers and who says there isnt a genetic link there somewhere?
Sorry for the long post - needed to get it of my chest 😱
