http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...talking-children-BBC-newsman-Justin-Webb.html
BBC USA correspondent on diagnosis of his son as Type 1
BBC USA correspondent on diagnosis of his son as Type 1
quite a nicely written piece, I'd be interested to see what the parents on here think....?
Dear Northerner,Agreed, although I thought there was just a little hint of 'Type 2's, it's their own fault' in it. I was thinking about this the other day when that report came out about how diabetes is on the increase. Can't remember the exact details, but over a period of years there had been around 42,000 new cases. 1250 were Type 1 and the rest were Type 2. Around 80% were overweight at diagnosis, that means 20% weren't, which means about 8,000 were T2 without fitting the stereotype - 6 times the number of T1. So you've got a far greater chance of being T2 without it being your 'own fault' than T1!
Sorry, got carried away with statistics there!
"But under the surface we are in a torment of shock and heartbreak"
"Without it we are full of useless sugar. We die. And until relatively recently that would have been Sam's certain fate. "
I know it's terrible to kind out one of your kids has a condition like this, but it could be soooo much worse than diabetes. Some people are so over dramatic and depressing!
quite a nicely written piece, I'd be interested to see what the parents on here think....?