So there is a BIG difference between type 1 diabetes and type 2. Type 1 you can eat pretty much what you want but you have to count cars every time you open your mouth. The carbs are calculated by the amount of sugars minus the amount of fiber – Continue Reading
Early Days
YOU need to control this!
Dealing with the hospital during clinic appointments was our new normal. …And because it was Sick Kids they emphasize that the kid get a chance at being a kid. My son would go to school with a little fanny pack of his new equipment. Poking his finger at lunch for Continue Reading
Sights and sounds and stuffed animals
There is something wonderful about a children’s hospital. We all pray we will never have to use one but they know about kids! We got to the hospital and were awaiting our turn in the packed emerg at the Hospital for Sick Kids in Toronto, Ontario. I wasn’t quite sure Continue Reading
I cried for a year
It took well over a year to get through this diagnosis and the isolation and depression that came with it all. My emotions were all over. First and fore most blaming myself for this disease when there is no known cause. There are facts of Finland having the largest population Continue Reading
I prayed I was wrong
I had mentioned that I had found out from a commercial of they symptoms and signs of diabetes that I had watched when I was a kid. You don’t expect something to be wrong with your child – ever! When you first have them…they are an infinite realm of possibilities Continue Reading
What just happened here?
Waking up that next day was hard. I wasn’t sure what just happened here. Our lives spun on a dime. This was our new normal. We had spent 36 hours at the hospital the first day…surely this next day would be easier. My thoughts are now racing – remember this Continue Reading
First Diagnosis -36 hours of hell!
First thing in the morning when I am hoping to go home with our son but we were whisked off to a room called ‘Diabetes Daycare’ with a room number within the hospital. We were introduced to my sons nurse and my new partner in Diabetes. And by partner I Continue Reading
“Sign, sign everywhere a sign…”
I had remembered watching commercials over and over again as a kid. If you have these symptoms – you could have diabetes…frequent urination (check), urgency in urination (check), drinking more than usual (check) were among the commercials short message. I had no idea what made me think of it, but Continue Reading
The beginning
I am a mom of a diabetic. My son has lived with Type 1 diabetes since he was 10 years old. (Diagnosed on April 13, 2006) A date I will never forget. There were so many children being diagnosed with a very adult disease at that time with no signs Continue Reading