Hi From the gold coast Aus
Hi Laura…. I read ur email .. sounds so similar to my story .. Nicolas was diagnosed in March of 2001. He had jsut turned 6 years old. We were devastated .. shocked & naive. There was no history of type 1 diabetes in my family either .. I knew nothing at all. I spent a week in hospital with Nicolas learning all i could possibly learn .. We had to practice giving the injections .. the hospital wouldnt let us go home until we were clear on everything .. But i find everyday we are learning .. there are good days and bad days .. Finding him stuff to eat that he likes is a big problem and then getting him to eat any meal im under an hour is hard. **Sigh** Nicolas was giving his own injections 2 weeks after he was diagnosed.. but soon tired of it and we had to give them again .. then in the last month he started again and measuring his insulin up under supervision .. But once again he stopped this time because 2 times he tried to give himself an injection but the needle must
have been a bit blunt or his skin too tuff.. So he stopped again. Nicolas is on Actrapid and Protaphane in the morning and again at night. He copes pretty well .. tho thre are days when he says mum this diabetes sucks .. and days when we sit and cry together .. then we have good days too .. when he says mum it isnt so bad because what other kid gets jellybeans at midnight LOL 
We have to laugh or i think i may just cry. So Take care and go one day at a time.
Leanne mum to Nicolas aged 8 DX @ 6 23rd March 2001
September 8th, 2003 at 8:46 am
By the way - if anyone has any snack ideas (for ‘free’ foods) I’d love to hear them. He’s getting kind of tired of salami and cheese and hardboiled eggs!
My son is also getting tired of eggs and won’t eat cheese at all anymore! We give a lot of peanutbutter. PB on a spoon to lick off (be careful that they don’t take a large bite cause they can choke on it and it can get lodged in their throat with no way out!), PB on a celery stalk calling it ‘mud on a log’ or something, and Pigskin (you know, it’s like a bag of chips)!!!!! It’s carb free!! Also, rice cakes are only 9-10 carbs. Nuts are also almost free. What about other raw veggies like green peppers, broccoli and cauliflower? I used to call them ‘baby trees and snow trees’ when my kids were little. Also, maybe find a carb free dressing for the dip.
It’s not easy! Benita