Comments on: Our diagnosis story.

By: Mamabear

Mamabear — Sun, 09 May 2010 23:40:24 +0000

When my son was diagnosed 20 years ago, I was in complete shock. I lost about 25 pounds due to the stress. My husband didn’t think that it was a big deal, and all of the care fell to me. In those days (1980′s), the glucometer was a big machine. You had to put a hanging drop of blood on the strip, put it in the machine, and wait for one minute. Then you wiped off the blood and put it in for another minute. Often the machine would say, “Not enough blood”, and we would have to do it again. Glucometers have come a long way! I am still waiting for the cure that the doctors said would be a reality by the time he was 21. NOT!
My son is 27 years old now, and he still has to struggle with this terrible disease every day.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:50:21 +0000

Thanks Jacquie. I am sorry about your daughter’s dx. I wish that someone would find a way so that no more kids are dx’d with this awful disease. I am glad you found my blog too. Many people find connections through it and I am glad to be here for you.
Leslie

By: jacquie

jacquie — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:31:21 +0000

Hi Leslie,my daughter Brianna was diagnosed with type1 4 months ago and its been hard,i feel i have aged 50yrs in those 4 months.Some days are a breeze and some well as you know are definately not.I am happy to have found your blog,in a masochistic kind of way it makes me feel not so isolated in dealing with it myself as well as helping my daughter deal with it.p.s. I definately agree with you in feeling like I could write a book on those first few days leading up to and after diagnosis,every second of it is etched in my mind like a bad dream.Take care and keep up the good work x