I'm the momma of two boys, C and E.
My oldest, C, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (July 2009) and celiac disease (Sept 2009) at the age of 10 and pumps with the Animas OneTouch Ping. In December 2011, he received his 4-month-old Diabetic Alert Dog in-training.
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Most days, C makes good decisions with his diabetes management. I trust him when I’m not around to make the right choices and know what to do. Every once in a while, that is not the case and it’s hard not to let that frustration destroy my day. Take today for example. C woke at [...]
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Every time I feel like I have things under control, I realize I’m failing. The last week has been great. C’s numbers have been good, he hasn’t felt sick, I’ve been cooking good dinners, been trying to keep up with exercising the dogs, I wake up to check his blood 2-3 times per night, more [...]
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I’m averaging 3-4 phone calls from C a day from school telling me every reason under the sun why he’s not feeling well and needs to come home. I work, mind you. And my work gave me more hours back two weeks ago. So far I have not been able to work these extra hours [...]
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Every once in a while I get reminded that C REALLY DOES have diabetes and celiac FOREVER. It makes me sick to my stomach when it happens. Today I got registration papers in the mail from the summer camp he goes to every year. He’s not going this year. I don’t have enough hours at [...]
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I’m so tired. I’m tired because I can’t sleep. Since I don’t sleep, I’m too tired to get hungry and I forget meals. Then I get a cold. Ugh. Sometimes I get so stressed about C and making he’s healthy and eating the right amount of good food minus the gluten that I realize I [...]
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home a week and things are going pretty well. I’m feeling a lot less emotional and moving on. Life’s close to normal. The scheduling with meals at the same time every day might be the hardest part for me right now. I’m still so darn tired and I have to stay up until 9:00 to [...]
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Two days home and it’s getting more and more stressful! AGH! I had to call the hospital today to get advise from (calmed down by) a nurse. We went to the movie theater today though and all went well. I’m trying to make sure I leave the house. I could be a hermit and be [...]
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