Do your kids understand your diabetes?

30 July 2010
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We’ve had a few posts on this blog about non-T1 parents trying to understand diabetes from their kids’ point of view, but I’m interested in hearing from you T1 mums and dads out there who have kids on how you’ve found your kids’ understanding of the condition change as they get older. I know a regular reader, Sarah mentioned that her kids grew up from a young age hearing something like “hang on, Mummy’s just got to check her blood sugar” and I know that my son is going to have the same experience. But how do they change over time? Are they naughty and eat your sweets? Have you ever had them help you out of a hypo? Do…

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By Nic on 30 July 2010 at 10.00 am
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Thursday poll: What’s the hardest part of diabetes?

29 July 2010
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If you have a suggestion for a future poll, please email me with your thoughts.

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By Nic on 29 July 2010 at 9.33 am
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Aaron: The end is nigh

28 July 2010
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After months of planning (some of it in secret) I’m all but ready to grab my passport and run out the door to my seat on Tahiti Nui flight TN102 to Papeete, then LA and then Montréal!

Needless to say, I’m rather excited about this prospect (especially given the looks of the image to the left and my 1 week stay there) but I still have this nagging bug around the whole diabetes aspect of it all. It’s not enough of a worry to deter me from stepping on the plane by any means but it does create a heck of a lot of extra work. I was packing on Sunday avo so that I got a feel for just…

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By Aaron on 28 July 2010 at 9.00 am
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Only five days left to vote!

27 July 2010
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Hi all. I have reason to believe that BeingDiabetic is in the top three for the Lifestyle category of the Netguide Awards and implore you to cast another vote (or ten) this week…. go to http://www.techday.co.nz/webawards and vote for BeingDiabetic in the Best Lifestyle site as many times as you like. Wish us luck! (And thanks for this!)

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By Nic on 27 July 2010 at 10.24 am
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New BeingDiabetic article added.

26 July 2010
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I’ve been meaning to put this up for a couple of weeks…. in the latest national Diabetes magazine was an article I wrote about T1 and childbirth. To read it, go here.

If you’re interested in the topic of T1 and pregnancy, you can also see a full list of my posts on the topic here.

Finally, if you’re reaaaallly interested, I am speaking on the subject at the Diabetes Youth NZ conference in Rotorua at the end of August. There’s still a small amount of time to register, I believe – you can go here to do so.

Have a good week y’all.

Nic

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By Nic on 26 July 2010 at 9.41 am
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