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Permalink Reply by Karen on January 10, 2008 at 1:51am

I have a son who became a diabetic at age 4 and he is now 24. I found this site by accident one day while surfing diabetic sites. I think it is a great way to share experiences and knowledge. Also maybe finding out something new that you didn't know. Or just listening to someone else's story. Everybody has one. Everyone needs a friend now and then.

Permalink Reply by Albert Chen on January 10, 2008 at 7:45am

Thanks for sharing Karen. there are a lot of parents of children with diabetes out there who are heavily involved in blogging. I'm sure they'd appreciate the feedback and support from someone who has lived through it all.

I've posted links to their blogs on my own blog under the "More Diabetes Blogs" drop-down menu.

And you're right: everyone has a story and everyone needs a friend!

Permalink Reply by Patsy on January 10, 2008 at 10:25am

I dropped by here because my son was dx'd when he was 9 yrs old and is now 21. He doesn't take care of himself and I worry so much about him. I was looking around to find answers.

Permalink Reply by Albert Chen on January 10, 2008 at 10:54am

Motivating someone to care is definitely the difficult part about diabetes management. Maybe you could get him to check out dLife.com, blogabetes or blogs like sixuntilme.com, diabetesmine.com or maybe get him into signing up for TuDiabetes.

Ultimately, he needs to understand that the choices he makes now will greatly affect his quality of life in the near future.

Permalink Reply by Karen on January 10, 2008 at 12:08pm

I'm sorry that you are going through this with your son. It sounds like what I was going through with my son. It is just beginning to change now that he is 24. I struggled all the years in between trying to teach him. Providing articles, talking about the complications that can happen etc. I think it has to be in the diabetics mind to want to do something about his or her diabetes. We only can be there for support even if it means seeing that person hit rock bottom. As much as it hurts to see our children making wrong choices we often have to step aside and life take its course. In my son's situation it took two years ago developing diabetic retinopathy. The end result was losing vision in one of his eyes. There was a concern for a period of time whether he would go completely blind. This scared him deeply. Now he is beginning to make the right choices.

Permalink Reply by Just Little Me on February 20, 2008 at 7:40am

Hello All
I started being interested in diabetes when I found out that my then boyfriend (now husband) had it. I knew very little about it before. 25 years later - going from no endocrinologist back then and an A1c of 13.5 to at best an A1c of 7.something to now at 10.5 - I've seen it all - well maybe not all - but I've seen and learned lots. Still looking for more info on a daily basis and looking for support - it's a tough road for him - I can only imagine, but it's a pretty tough road for me too.

Permalink Reply by Tonya Roberts on June 6, 2008 at 6:40am

I started caring more recently since my grandfather has taken some serious turns for the worse in his health. He has both type II diabetes and dementia. My grandmother has been taking great care of him, but she needs breaks here and there and I wanted to be able to help. The more I thought about it, the more concerned I got. What if he spaces out or gets weak? What does that mean? What do I do? Stuff like that.

Anyway, that's why I am here and I am looking forward to gaining insight from the rest of the group and getting to know more about all of you as well as diabetes in general!

Permalink Reply by Tasha on July 1, 2008 at 8:45am

I started become more aware about diabetes when i found out that my BF has type 1 and my gradfather has type 2. I joined Tu Diabetes to learn more about diabetes and what i should do in case of emergency. My grandfather has things under control just fine (my grandmother and he are very fiyt active people).
My boyfriend also has his diabetes under control but i just want to be able to have an open conversation with him about it and be there for him on bad days. Any more information is always welcome!
Thanks so much everyone!

Permalink Reply by Mitzi Yavoski on July 19, 2008 at 2:39pm

I'm a diabetes educator and love my work. Some of my most valuable information comes from those I work with.

Permalink Reply by dlanakila on February 22, 2009 at 8:39am

My son was diagnosed at 9 and is now 26. It was a very tough road through his rebellious teenage years. Around 16 he started coming out of it and taking better care of himself. At 23 he had an idea and together with his mom and myself we founded SugarStats.com. Marston is the tech behind all of it. I wish we had something like this 10 years ago as it would have made it so much easier. Marston has been friends with Manny before either of us launched our sites. We both launched about the same time, TuDiabetes about 4 months before us. Manny is great and doing something positive with his diabetes. So all of you parents pulling your hair out, hang in there. It can get really good.

Permalink Reply by angie on August 24, 2009 at 5:02am

hi all well i guess the eaziest way to explain it is my boyfriend (soon to be husband) is diabetic but i cant be with him at the moment as he is in jail im 17 will be 18 in less than a month hes 20 and he dosent tell me a thing about how hes doing any more he told me a few times he told me a few times how hid blood sugar was but stopped in the last few months i found this sight while on ning i was looking through the ning sites looking for one on being diabetic/ being with a diabetic and this was the first one i found i joined last night or the night before i worry about him since the blood sugar was always good but they were starting to get a lil off from what my mom said was normal/ ok (my mom used to do in home care so she has some nurse training) and soon after they started getting odd he stopped telling me what they were and i decided i would learn as much as i could so i can help him i want to learn but i dont want to be pushy with him to learn it from him and my grandmother who is also diabetic has altimeters and my step grandfather takes care of her and checks all of that but she cant tell me any of the stuff i kneed to know and my step-grand father cant tell me half of it because i dont understand what hes saying any more and i kneed to know it so i can help my other half when he gets out so thats my reason im here because i kneed to be here for my self and for the info i will be able to get to help those i love especially my other half

Permalink Reply by Laura on December 7, 2009 at 10:27am

I became more intrested in Diabetes when I found out my boyfriend now fiance has type 1. It is really hard on him sometimes and it is also hard on me. I always worry about him while I'm at school. So I started trying to find sites that could tell me more about Diabetes and find people who have been married and how they lived day to day and also to figure out maybe a ball park of what I can exptect when he starts to get older.

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