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[Steff]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

 

[firewalker]

Hi everyone
many thanks for your welcomes and support.
Robster65 thank you also. I agree completely with what you say about Kurtis being influenced by my behaviour. It is for that reason that I never let him know how this affects me. He looks after his own care with a little help from me and has done so since just after diagnosis. We put a positive spin on anything that is happening and explain how it will benefit him in the long run.

 

[Robster65]

Hi everyone
many thanks for your welcomes and support.
Robster65 thank you also. I agree completely with what you say about Kurtis being influenced by my behaviour. It is for that reason that I never let him know how this affects me. He looks after his own care with a little help from me and has done so since just after diagnosis. We put a positive spin on anything that is happening and explain how it will benefit him in the long run.

That sounds like a brilliant way of facing things.🙂

The potential consequences of every decision made can feel overwhelming at times. I'm sure he'll come through fine and will be chilled out by it all in a few years time.🙂

Rob

 

[shiv]

Hi firewalker 🙂

I'm 23, diagnosed when I was 2.

I know of a family in Mansfield, the son is 13 and has had type 1 for several years. He is really proactive with raising funds for JDRF and raising awareness of type 1 - he might be a good person for your son to get in touch with.

They organise a Walk to Cure in Nottingham which is taking place on Oct 2 this year, if you look at the bottom of this page you can see the details:

http://www.jdrf.org.uk/walk/landing...tionTitle=Volunteer+organised+Walks#Mansfield