Mr. Hirsch’s personal journey was a comfort as I read his book flying to join my newly diagnosed son in the hospital.
If you hate shots, you’re not alone. Unfortunately, for those with Type 1 diabetes, taking shots is a major part of life. As a parent, the requirement that you poke and stick your child with needles is certainly one of the most difficult adjustments you’ll need to make.
People with Type 1 diabetes have [...]
As your child heads back to school after being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, it can be nerve-wracking. Will they go too low? Will they eat their food? What if they need glucogon? There’s a lot to worry about.
As a parent it is your responsibility to ensure that the school is willing and capable of [...]
Given our son’s size and weight, our endocrinologist (diabetes doctor) has asked us to only allow him to eat snacks with zero carbohydrates between meals. As he gets older and his body grows, it’ll be easier for him to absorb the spare gram of carbohydrate, but right now, even a little causes spikes in [...]
How do you explain to your child why and how they got Type 1 diabetes? It is one of the most difficult conversations you’ll have. And it will be one that comes up again and again.
Why people contract Type 1 diabetes is still a mystery. Scientists agree that it is partly due to some [...]
More and more people around the world are becoming familiar with diabetes. But if you were to ask “Type 1 or Type 2?” you’d typically get blank stares.
The most common form of diabetes globally is termed Type 2 diabetes. Almost 90% of all diabetes cases in the US are Type 2, and in Thailand, where [...]
It took us a good four weeks to understand something was wrong with our son. We had no idea what the symptoms were for Type 1 diabetes and it wasn’t until he had lost almost 10 pounds and was having to go to the bathroom hourly that we finally brought him into the hospital.
As Type [...]
One of the first things you’ll want to do when your child has been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes is to order a medical id. There are a couple of different forms of ids but the most common are bracelets and necklaces.
In searching around, we found the site www.stickyj.com to be very useful. They have [...]
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