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I still hate injecting

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Hi

I feel exactly the same, my little boy is 3 and he was diagnosed this week, it is heartbreaking to make them cry, he wails, please stop hurting me mummy it's naughty, I have to stay strong whilst I'm doing it and then have a cry out of the room afterwards, I just hope it gets easier.....:(
 
I just wanted to say to all of you parents - you're amazing. Adrienne hit the nail on the head - you are literally life savers, you face such anguish but what you are doing for your kids is giving them a future. I think you are all wonderful.

My little lad is nearly 5 & not good at all with blood, eye drops, anything medical really, he can make me feel terrible for even getting a splinter out, so I can imagine how it must be with the daily intrusions & hurts from diabetes. I was diagnosed at 11 months & what Adrienne and another mum says is right - I know no different but trust me, it's more of a blessing that way - it's just part of me. If anything it's probably meant I'm a more grounded person than I might have been.

My mum, who was a nurse (lucky for me! 🙂) was my primary diabetes care giver, but she died before I ever had a proper chance to thank her for all the many sleepless nights, the worry, the care she took to help me in spite of myself. So I'm going to say this to you guys, on behalf of your kids, until they are old enough to do it themselves - Thank you, thank-you for sticking with this marathon, thank you for saving our lives, every day. Any distress caused by a jab is transient - the benefit will bless your kids for their whole lives. Hang on in there guys, you are amazing. xxx
 
Twitchy said:
I just wanted to say to all of you parents - you're amazing. Adrienne hit the nail on the head - you are literally life savers, you face such anguish but what you are doing for your kids is giving them a future. I think you are all wonderful.

My little lad is nearly 5 & not good at all with blood, eye drops, anything medical really, he can make me feel terrible for even getting a splinter out, so I can imagine how it must be with the daily intrusions & hurts from diabetes. I was diagnosed at 11 months & what Adrienne and another mum says is right - I know no different but trust me, it's more of a blessing that way - it's just part of me. If anything it's probably meant I'm a more grounded person than I might have been.

My mum, who was a nurse (lucky for me! 🙂) was my primary diabetes care giver, but she died before I ever had a proper chance to thank her for all the many sleepless nights, the worry, the care she took to help me in spite of myself. So I'm going to say this to you guys, on behalf of your kids, until they are old enough to do it themselves - Thank you, thank-you for sticking with this marathon, thank you for saving our lives, every day. Any distress caused by a jab is transient - the benefit will bless your kids for their whole lives. Hang on in there guys, you are amazing. xxx
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Couldn't agree more Twitchy. Well said. I was Dx in my 20s so can only look on in awe at parents of CWDs. You are all complete superheroes.
 
Sorry, I'm not a parent but I had to post on this...

I have had T1 diabetes since I was 10, so for the first at least 4 years, it was all left to my parents.

Now I am 29 and do you know what gets my through my down times? Remembering and imagining what my mum and dad went through to keep me here in the first place. I'd rather inject myself than anyone else, and it's easier to manage something for yourself than it is for others.

Yet my mum went through exactly what you all are. And every day I am thankful to her for everything she did. Even now, being nearly 30, she'd still take every injection or blood test for me if she could.

I see the helplessness in her eyes, how much she wants to take it away from me, the guilt that I've got it (wasn't her fault, but I imagine lots feel like they did something)...it's hard to see as I know there's nothing I can do to make her feel better - it's not going to go away.

But we do appreciate it all when we grow up, and we do know how hard it must have been for you when we were younger, and always will be. I'm more bothered about my mum having me with diabetes, rather than me actually having diabetes sometimes! You will all get there. You are keeping your kids alive, and I really do appreciate that it isn't nice to do, but they will be thankful to you in the end...take it from someone who knows.

x
 
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