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Hi Emmylou, Welcome. So glad you have joined this site, there are a wealth of information and support on here for people in your shoes, caring or supporting loved ones with their diabetes, There is a very good forum on here dedicated to Parents with kids who have been diagnosed (you may find useful tip there which will help you support your daughter, especially in these difficult new days). Will she be joining the forum too? I hope she does. How is she coping with it so far?. There are so many people you and she can chat with and ask questions of, who will help guide her and encourage her. Its a difficult time for a family and with anything new, it seems mountainous at first but knowledge is the cornerstone of strong understanding. We are all here for you.
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Hello @Emmylou
Sorry to hear about your daughter. It must have come as a shock. How did her diagnosis come about? Was it spotted early? Or did she get quite poorly and need hospital care?
I was diagnosed just a few years older than your daughter at age 21, and while T1 has been a bit irritating and I convenient at times, I’ve managed to negotiate the next 30-odd years with not much to show for it, apart for some leathery fingers, and the ability to guesstimate the carbs in a plate of food from about 30 paces
You might find some of the links here are a good starting point for information, particularly Ragnar Hanas’s book (don’t be put off by the title, it’s very useful for understanding T1 however old you are!): https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/board...for-people-new-to-diabetes.10406/#post-938456
Let us know how you are getting on, and keep asking questions 🙂
Sorry to hear about your daughter. It must have come as a shock. How did her diagnosis come about? Was it spotted early? Or did she get quite poorly and need hospital care?
I was diagnosed just a few years older than your daughter at age 21, and while T1 has been a bit irritating and I convenient at times, I’ve managed to negotiate the next 30-odd years with not much to show for it, apart for some leathery fingers, and the ability to guesstimate the carbs in a plate of food from about 30 paces
You might find some of the links here are a good starting point for information, particularly Ragnar Hanas’s book (don’t be put off by the title, it’s very useful for understanding T1 however old you are!): https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/board...for-people-new-to-diabetes.10406/#post-938456
Let us know how you are getting on, and keep asking questions 🙂
MrDaibetes
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Hello @Emmylou and welcome to the forum. I am sorry to hear about your daughter being diagnosed, but fingers crossed it was caught very early so she did not go into DKA.
With all the research and technology out there diabetes is much better to manage and I hope this forum will help you. Please feel free to ask questions and we will hopefully answer them the best we can or direct to you some answers.
With all the research and technology out there diabetes is much better to manage and I hope this forum will help you. Please feel free to ask questions and we will hopefully answer them the best we can or direct to you some answers.
Emmylou
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Hi, thank you for the welcome. My daughter had the symptoms for months (constantly thisty, peeing a lot, rapid weight loss, no energy and passing out) we put it down to teenage hormones/starting college being more active. She went to the doctors about something else but mentioned the above symptoms. So they booked her in for a blood test a week later. Diabetes was not mentioned. She went for blood test at 11.30am and by 4.30pm we had a call to get her to hospital asap as she has type1 diabetes.Hello @Emmylou
Sorry to hear about your daughter. It must have come as a shock. How did her diagnosis come about? Was it spotted early? Or did she get quite poorly and need hospital care?
I was diagnosed just a few years older than your daughter at age 21, and while T1 has been a bit irritating and I convenient at times, I’ve managed to negotiate the next 30-odd years with not much to show for it, apart for some leathery fingers, and the ability to guesstimate the carbs in a plate of food from about 30 paces
You might find some of the links here are a good starting point for information, particularly Ragnar Hanas’s book (don’t be put off by the title, it’s very useful for understanding T1 however old you are!): https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/board...for-people-new-to-diabetes.10406/#post-938456
Let us know how you are getting on, and keep asking questions 🙂
When we got to hospital the staff were a bit shocked I think to see her walk in. They tested her sugar levels straight away and she was at 33!
So a complete shock to all of us as no family history.
Emmylou ☺
trophywench
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I empathise with your daughter (and you - but never having been in your position I just haven't the slightest how you feel) though I was 22, so nipped in the Docs on the way home from work and wham.
I highly recommend the Ragnar Hanas book - which hadn't been written when I was diagnosed and although work had an enormous computer at Horsham, no way did any person own one! LOL
Here I am knocking 70 with great grandkids and I still appear to be alive - she WILL survive. T1 will NOT kill her - unless SHE makes it do so. Won't even be all that restrictive either - cos there are ways around all sorts of activities in these more enlightened days! If she agrees to pander to its whims (and she'd be well advised to do that, even through gritted teeth) it won't be tempted to be spiteful and bite her in the bum. (And if she doesn't choose to comply - it can be very very vicious indeed.)
Good luck to her!
I highly recommend the Ragnar Hanas book - which hadn't been written when I was diagnosed and although work had an enormous computer at Horsham, no way did any person own one! LOL
Here I am knocking 70 with great grandkids and I still appear to be alive - she WILL survive. T1 will NOT kill her - unless SHE makes it do so. Won't even be all that restrictive either - cos there are ways around all sorts of activities in these more enlightened days! If she agrees to pander to its whims (and she'd be well advised to do that, even through gritted teeth) it won't be tempted to be spiteful and bite her in the bum. (And if she doesn't choose to comply - it can be very very vicious indeed.)
Good luck to her!
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