Type 1 diabetes

Hello! I just joined this list. My name is Suzanne and I am a 52
year old grandmother of a beloved grandson, Ethan (age 7) who was
just diagnosed with Type I diabetes this week. I am hoping to learn
by reading the posts and being able to ask questions of experienced
members. My husband and I see this little guy and his little brother
(Sam, age 4) several times a week and will need to be able to care
for him appropriately to manage his disease when he is with us. The
diagnosis was a shock to the whole family. There is no family
history on my son’s side, and my daughter in law was adopted, so we
had no clue to even be watching for this. Luckily, he was diagnosed
before he became comatose, so he is getting a good start toward
managing this. He is already doing the glucose testing pokes himself
and wants to learn to give himself the injections. His mom and dad
have been just great. I am so proud of them. They have remained
calm and matter of fact and both of them stayed with him in the
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If you know of any websites containing useful information - why not
add them to the bookmark list. Good information on diabetes is
scarce - at least in the UK!
Thanks in anticipation,
B. Kellas

Dear All,
Just realised that I have used my main email address for membership
of a “web mail group”. The spammers will be sending me junk mail by
the bucket full. I will remove myself from the members list and sign
up again later with an alternative email address.
Please feel free to send any messages directly to my current email
address - but I have to stop those blasted spammers otherwise I will
have to close my main email a/c to get rid of them.
B. Kellas - back soon I hope!

Does anyone use this instead of regular insulin? The endocrinologist
just suggested we switch.
Melissa

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday, and here’s hoping for progress
in the new year!
Melissa

In the Winter 2001/2002 issue of Pediatric Update published by
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, there is an
article by Carin Cunningham, Ph.D. titled “Study Examines
Psychological and Quality-of-Life Issues Affecting Children with IBD
(inflammatory bowel syndrome)” and in that article Dr. Cunningham
says: “It’s not like having a broken leg or diabetes.”
Can you believe that Dr. Cunningham so easily belittles diabetes and
thinks having Type 1 diabetes is “simply” like having a broken leg?
Personally, I find this comparison insulting. Is this what they are
teaching to the doctors of tomorrow?
Carin Cunningham, PhD, is an Instructor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry
at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine.
Phone: 216-844-3230
Fax: 216-844-7601
Email: cxc55@…
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JDRF Research E-Newsletter #13
November 20, 2001
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Research E-Newsletter is
published twice a month to provide all those interested with the
latest information about research on Type 1 diabetes and its
complications.
Subcribe to the JDRF Research E-newsletter!
In This issue:
Restoring Normal Blood Sugar Levels and Complications: Two JDRF
Centers Launched at U. of Pennsylvania
Restoring Normal Blood Sugar Levels: Helping Beta Cells Survive
Complications: JDRF-Funded Scientists Report at Neuroscience Meeting
Update: NIH Posts Stem Cell Registry
1. Restoring Normal Blood Sugar Levels And Complications: Two JDRF
Centers Launched at U. of Pennsylvania
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I am married to Dan. We have one daughter. Her name is Heather. She
is 13. We are stationed at Minot AFB in ND. We moved here in June
of this year. Before that we were at Seymour Johnson AFB in
Goldsboro NC. We’d been there forever…it was my husband’s first
base of assignment. Heather was born there.
I have diabetes (type one since the age of 15 months) and so does
Heather (type one since the age of 5). Because of my diabetes…Dan
joined the AirForce for the insurance (champus back then). This came
about by his asking how my parents managed to pay for my diabetes. I
am a military brat as well. My father was also in the AirForce.
Anyhow the rest is history and Dan is now a pharmacy tech. Which is
also helpful since I am on so many medications including insulin.
That way he can keep me informed of side effects etc. I used to do
nursing myself (LPN) until side effects and complications from
diabetes set in (just after my pregnancy). So I became a SAHM. Which
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my name is Eileen Todesco. I was diagnosed as having Type 1
diabetes on Oct. 11, 2001. It threw me for a loop big time because
there is no history of diabetes in my family. I’m in my early 30’s so
you can assume it was a big shock to me. I hope to garner any piece
of information I can learn about diabetes. My bg’s are level now…
when I was first hospitalizied, my bg was 649! Yikes.. my question
now is about the insulin pump. From what I’ve been hearing, the pump
is literally a big time-saver, allowing diabetics more freedom. Any
of you have opinions on this? Eileen

I will not be posting for a few days. I am going to take some time
for myself. My grandmother who was terminally ill and in a nursing
home…was beaten a few weeks back. Now after that trauma she has
passed away.
I am very sad and will miss her very much…although I am certain she
has gone on to a better place!
I will post an intro when I return…
I will see you all again in a few days!
Love Always,
Denise