I think it's super important that we, as parents, do whatever we can to teach our kids that their disease doesn't have to change their lives. As...
My daughter recently told me that her younger half sister, who is nearly four, has received no vaccines, and won't receive any until she starts...
The appointment with the nephrologist was so much easier than I thought it would be. They said that the tests indicated there was inflammation,...
Her reply is sometimes "I forgot" and other times "I don't know." And, honestly, I have not been good about testing her in the middle of the...
Unfortunately, the reality is that our household is just my daughter and myself and I have been chronically ill (with more than one illness that...
Unfortunately, as any parent of a teenager will tell you, having full control of anything they do is nearly impossible. And I am not always as...
So, it's been almost a year since I was last on here...last year we were having control issues, and I was not as tough on my daughter as I should...
After a misguided move away from the forum, I'm back, tail between my legs, head bowed in shame. We've gotten very lazy, very sloppy, and the...
This forum was the best resource I had when Cass was diagnosed, and I was trying to figure things out. As time went on, we got comfortable with...
Co-parenting is hard...co-parenting with diabetes is...some days there just aren't words. Does your son's dad go with you to Endo visits? I'm...
Yeah, I was more shocked by how much she got paid for her wedding than by how much her wedding cost. It does seem distasteful, though...all that...
If they provided me with a carb count, I might not be as adamant about the cell phone, because my main issue is that she's losing so much of her...
Heather, did you have any problems getting the phone thing put into his 504? I think that's a great letter...wish I'd had e-mail address so I...
Okay, so Cassidy's school has a rule that none of the kids can have their cell phones out at school, even during lunch or breaks, or the cell...
Cass starts 7th grade tomorrow...new school, new teachers. I've spoken to the school secretary and to the district nurse. We're scheduling her...
Did she just forget? Because I know that happens...heck, it happens to me and I'm only 34! It isn't great, but it does happen, because we are...
I think it's a good idea, too, to let the first aid office know you're there with your T1 kid. The park we went to, they told us that if we ran...
We didn't carry her meter. We left it in the first aid office. It gave her some where air conditioned to sit for a minute while she tested....
We went to the waterpark last week before her pump start (thank god...I don't think I could have handled it with a pump). I had her test after...
Kids believe the bad stuff will never happen to them (how they continue to believe this after being diagnosed with d is beyond me, but they do...)...
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