From One Parent of a Child with Type 1 Diabetes to Another….
I have walked in your shoes. For over nine years now, but I still remember the anguish of putting on those shoes, how they felt too tight, how they blistered …
Twin Girl and Type 1 Diabetes
How my daughter getting Type1 Diabetes improved our life..
Improved? How can a chronic, incurable, condition that arrived unexpectedly one day at our door improve our lives? Am I mad? Or just blindly optimistic. Let me explain. I like …
A day in the life of a Parent to a Type 1 Child
Today is challenged, I am running on about three to four hours sleep, I have a UTI, and a full day of work ahead. I have work to do, and …
Parenting a Type1 Child: Have you grieved yet ?
Have you grieved yet ? These were words said to me by our diabetic nurse, about 3 weeks after diagnosis when we sat in my bungalow having a cup of …
What about me? A mum to a Type 1 child
What about us? I know, I run the risk of sounding like a stroppy teen (which I have plenty of experience of). But what about the parents of the kids …