Comments on: Parents with Diabetes Biggest Fear

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:26:10 +0000

I hope everything is good. As a parent I know how hard it can be when your daughter/son gets sick. Keep posting!

By: karend1

karend1 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:35:16 +0000

I have been Type 1 for 42 years and when it came to the time to start thinking about having kids, I saw the movie Steel Magnolias and that did me in.

I could not imagine passing this disease down to my children.

Regrets, yes!!

I am just so glad I have my two nieces close by now, 3.5 and 1.5, but I still worry that they could develop this disease.

I am so glad your daughter is doing well.

By: JaimieH

JaimieH — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:25:22 +0000

I feel like I pay extra attention to my kids symptoms which maybe is a good thing but it gets so scary to think of the “what if’s”…

I check the kids every year (they are 9 & 10 now) on their birthdays…my daughter loves to check, my son hates it LOL

This past soccer season there was a week where she was really struggling in her practices & game time…she was really tired, drinking extra etc…the fear in my gut was overwhelming but all was good…thank God!

By: Windy

Windy — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:27:25 +0000

I have so been there, man. Very glad to knw it’s all ok. =)

By: Cherise

Cherise — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:49:40 +0000

Tony-

I am glad your meter 98! I couldn’t imagine my daughter or anyone else child fighting with what WE deal with on a day to day bases.
The other day my daughter told me her blood sugar was low. I grabbed my meter and it read 77…*sigh*. I smiled. Thanked God and prayed she doesn’t get it.

Be Blessed

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:14:45 +0000

@Shannon – I feel for you and applaud your initiative no educating yourself. The test for type1 diabetes is interesting. Honestly, my first reaction was, I don’t know if I would want to know. After talking about it with my wife and pondering it for a while, we came to this conclusion – you’re going to worry anyway, so why not find out if the changes are better or not that they will develop type 1. I’m going to discuss this with my Endo, do some research and will report back on this blog.

@Rachel – MAN, 16 months old is SO young to have to deal with everything that goes along with diabetes. The only good part is that Tristan will never know anything different, until we find that cure. You know both sides, getting the confirmation that Tristan has diabetes and also that Connor does not. Keep up the great work!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:45:53 +0000

Glad to hear everything is ok. I know the feeling of worrying about everything. When Connor turned 16 months old…. I saw signs everywhere because that’s the age that Tristan was diagnosed at. Tristan endo tested him and everything was fine…. like you said until the next time that I get the “feeling”.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:25:11 +0000

Tony you had me going there for a minute. It was the worst feeling when my 4 year old was diagnosed a few months ago. Our lives are going on though. It is hard, but hey this is the card that has been delt.

So I was going to tell you actually, my daughter’s Endo is really into Type 1 reasearch. He is well known for our state (Utah) and many others too for his reasearch and really ahead of the game, so I have been told. We learned that there is a test that all family members can do that will show the chances of getting T1 Diabetes. They test for 4 different antibodies and if there is enough they tell you the chances of it developing later (not that it will, but it is still nice to know.) Since my father in law is diabetic (it is still up in the air if he is T1 adult onset or T2) we felt that is was important to have my boys tested too. Our entire family is doing the free testing with the Endo on May 12. My sister in law that lives in Texas had the same test done for her kids. Maybe this is something that you can have done for your daughter.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:33:32 +0000

@Scott – Who hasn’t thought about taking a sledge hammer to their meter after getting that message only to learn they are either 32 or 432 when it works.

@Lee Ann – Looking back, it was never a consideration for me to have/not have children based on me having type 1. However, if I was on the fence to begin with, it might just be enough to go that route. I value your perspective because I was adult onset at 22 and never had to experience diabetes as a child or teen. Thank you for your comment and welcome to Blogging Diabetes.

@Karen – Yeah, you and me both! I was SO relieved and hope I don’t even have to go down that path. I give parents with children that have diabetes a lot of credit for what they go through every single day.

@Hannah – What I have been told by my doctor is that by me having diabetes, the odds are only slightly higher that my child(ren) will develop diabetes. Question (completely optional) – do you or the father have diabetes? I ditto my earlier comment to Karen – I give you a lot of credit for having to deal with a child having diabetes. My suggestion is to educate and support yourself and son with the best medical team you can ask for. Don’t settle for mediocre care.
Thank you for your comment and welcome to Blogging Diabetes.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:56:48 +0000

Glad to see a normal number for her! My son is 10 and was diagnosed three months ago. I worry for the future when he gets married, whether he’ll choose to have children or not, whether my daughter’s at risk…it’s overwhelming sometimes.