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Millie
Joined: 20 Oct 2009
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Location: Brisbane
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 Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:31 pm Post subject: Proud Mum |
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| Just had to share this with others who will appreciate the situation. Last night Zac (t1d for 2yrs) looked at me and said, I am so lucky, mum, I have never been hurt. I feel at school and both my knees were bleeding, but otherwise I have never broken a bone or really hurt myself. Winning a gold at the olympics could not make me more proud of his positive attitude and determination. Is diabetes so run of the mill that he doesn't see it as an illness or disability? Maybe I just spend enough time worrying for the both of us. Millie |
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Isobel (k's mum)
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Location: Canberra
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:21 pm Post subject: Re: Proud Mum |
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That's great Millie that he has such a positive attitude!
| Millie wrote: | | Maybe I just spend enough time worrying for the both of us. |
I think I do this! K is not interested in focussing at all on any negative stuff associated with diabetes. 6 years into it, though, I don't spend that much time worrying or dwelling on things either any more...
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Bill(OB)
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Joined: 30 Nov 2006
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Location: Bendigo, Victoria
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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Kids really are wonderful. I have written before about how Claire took me aside when she was quite small and explained to me, very seriously, that she was just the same as everyone else, except that she has insulin as well.
Claire has *never* used her diabetes as an excuse or a lever. She sometimes talks about one of the teachers at her old school who is T1. Very scornful, as the teacher was diagnosed at about 30, not 3 like Claire, yet she often talks about how very hard it all is.
I share your pride in your young bloke - kids give me hope for the future. I think we can learn a lot from them.
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S
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Location: Perth
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| Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 3:16 pm Post subject: Re: Proud Mum |
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What a great kid you have!
| Millie wrote: | | Is diabetes so run of the mill that he doesn't see it as an illness or disability? |
Just recently our friend's newborn had to have surgery the day after birth. I reminded hubby that a year ago our newborn nephew had to have surgery for testicular torsion (so after the surgery he's perfectly fine) and that hubby himself had to have surgery as a newborn (again, after the surgery he was fine). I told hubby "We are so lucky we've had nothing go wrong with our kids". Hubby looked at me like I was an idiot and asked me sarcastically if I'd forgotten that we had a daughter with diabetes and coeliac disease. And you know what, I had. It has obviously just become so routine to me that it doesn't even register as abnormal these days. |
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roddy
Joined: 21 Feb 2008
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Location: Sale, VIC
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Well I thought i'd add my proud mum moment. We have a new girl at our school just diagnosed and she is it the class next to DS10's (3 in grade three), anyway it was her first day back at school and she had a hypo at some point during the day, and the teacher asked DS what the correct thing to do was. I felt quite proud not only the he could do that, but also he must have felt quite special to have told he about it |
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felloa
Joined: 22 Feb 2008
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Location: Perth, WA
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| Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 1:31 am Post subject: |
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What a nice topic. 19 yr old (with T1, coeliac, graves & emotional problems) said in car that she is lucky that 'no-one can see what my health problems are' and she felt it would be 'much worse' to have a problem that could be seen and therefore judged. Bought tears to my eyes.
14 yr old has been asked by the school nurse to talk to a recently diagnosed child in the junior school about pumps, which she is happy to do.
My girls are gorgeous!!!!!
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roddy
Joined: 21 Feb 2008
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Location: Sale, VIC
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| Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 5:37 am Post subject: |
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Sometimes it's new to have something nice to say about it !
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she felt it would be 'much worse' to have a problem that could be seen and therefore judged. Bought tears to my eyes.[/quote](sorry trying to make one of those little box thingys)
You telling me that brings tears to me eyes. DS's other problems are tha kind to be judged on. if his having a bad day. |
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S
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| Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 12:48 am Post subject: |
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Just adding my proud mum moment. Tonight Ally went to a birthday party. Normally I stay with her to monitor her food and bolus her (as she's only 6.5), but DH was out and I couldn't really stay as I had the other 3 younger kids with me.
So tonight I labelled her food with how many carbs in each thing and left her to it, hoping she would remember to bolus as well as be able to add it all up correctly. I take all her food to parties as she's coeliac, and there's rarely GF foods at parties, so it was easy for me to label it all.
She ate her pizza, brownies, biscuits and lollies and helped herself to some cheese from a platter. And she bolused herself for everything she ate - I can't believe she didn't forget anything. When she won a choc frog in a game she even remembered the carbs in them and bolused for it. When we got home and I tested her....7.9! I'm really, really proud of her. Two and half hours of dealing with diabetes completely on her own, and she did such a great job  |
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Tuataragirl
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Location: Wellington, New Zealand
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:34 am Post subject: |
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Is there something about the genes of Type 1 kids that makes them really nice? My Mr 10 this week said to me "No one at school likes D - they think he's weird. But he's my friend. I look for the good in people!"
Aren't they all amazing and aren't we lucky they're ours?
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