Another new person
Hi I am new to this and to message groups as well. I was diagnosed
with type 1 when I was 5 and am now 26 and live in London, UK. Is
everyone on this board mainly american?
I feel really healthy and would like to reassure parents with
diabetic kids that my mother barely thinks about it now and I can
honestly say it doesn’t affect me much as long as I am good. I was
sent to diabetic camps in the summers arranged by Diabetes UK from
age 5 and found it great for meeting other diabetic kids and learning
stuff and am going to help out on one this year. More recently, I
have found that walking to work and back every day - 8 miles - don’t
know what that is in km, really helps blood sugar levels.
My brother recently got type 1 at age 28 and has been finding out
about the glycemic index which is new to us. Has anyone tried it
found it makes a big difference? Does anyone have any advice?
And are there any diabetic women out there who have kids post
diagnosis? How was it? Are your children diabetic?