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Hi newbie parent of 13 yr old son newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes

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Juliesax

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newbie mum of son 13 yrs old recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, help .
 
Hi @Juliesax Sorry to hear about your son’s diagnosis. Is he in hospital or at home? How are you managing? Is there anything in particular you’d like help with or just the general shock of things?

Type 1 is a massive change at first, but it does gradually get easier. It might not seem like it now, but it will slowly become easier.

It’s late now so you might not get many replies until tomorrow, but please do write more.
 
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Hi @Juliesax Sorry to hear about your son’s diagnosis. Is he in hospital or at home? How are you managing? Is there anything in particular you’d like help with or just the general shock of things?

Type 1 is a massive change at first, but it does gradually get easier. It might not seem like it now, but it will slowly become easier.

It’s late now so you might not get many replies until tomorrow, but please do write more.
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Thank-you so much for your quick reply, we’ve just come out of hospital first week, he’s suddenly starting to process what’s happened, and is now scared to inject ,its so hard, they say it’s delayed shock, just don’t know how to help him , it’s heartbreaking . I know in time it will get better but I’m a single parent and with the COVID lockdown we feel so alone .right now
 
Hi and welcome.

I’ll respond properly tomorrow but just want to let you know we’re here for questions (nothing is too silly) and to support you too.
 
Hello and welcome to the forum @Juliesax
 
Hi, and welcome to the forum. I'm sorry that your son has been recently diagnosed with T1D. Hopefully, the forum can help and support you if you have any questions feel free to ask away.
 
Hi again 🙂

Will he let you do the injections for him? If he’s happier that way, I wouldn’t push him for now. That way you’ve removed one stress from him. It’s all so much, especially for a child.

I’m going to tag @stephknits who has a recently diagnosed child.

The other thing I’d say is to let him talk. Listen to his upset and his anger. Also, please stress he’s not alone. There are many, many Type 1s just like him and we’re doing ok. It might not seem like it but soon things will become second nature for him and he’ll be able to fit diabetes into his life not be ruled by it.
 
Bless you, it's a rollercoaster ride those first couple of weeks. The heart palpitations will stop.. I never thought they would! Our son's diagnosis was Jan so just before lockdown and I do think it must be even scarier with lockdown as hospital appointments etc will by phone. Have you got a good team behind you at the hospital? Are they keeping in touch?
Talk and listen to each other - we have had lots of wobbles. Life just seems unfair at the minute.
 
Hi, yes my daughter aged 16 diagnosed on 1st May. She wouldn't inject herself at all and actually got more worked up as time went on than at the start. We followed a stepped approach recommended by our DSN where she practiced holding the pen, dialed up her dose, put her own needle on, took it off etc until she was doing everything but the actual injection. I would then put the needle in and she would push the end down. She did her first injection by herself the day before yesterday. Still not completely there and I am sure she will freak out and not want to do it again.
Welcome to the forum, a fantastic bunch of people where nothing is too small a thing to ask and we are all here to support each other.
 
How was it this morning? As @stephknits says a stepped approach can be really helpful. Just because he’s older doesn’t make it any easier. It’s still a new and scary thing. It will soon become normal for all of you.
 
Welcome to the forum @Juliesax

Sorry to hear about your son’s diagnosis, but so glad you have found the forum.

T1 diabetes can be quite isolating to live with, but it can be so much easier when you have others to connect with who are walking the same path.

Sorry to hear your lad is struggling with injections at the moment. It can be very stressful and overwhelming at first. Hopefully the hints and tips from other parents on the forum will help.
 
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