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This is a discussion on New member within the Introductions and Announcements forums, part of the Introductions category; I am interested in finding other spouses of this disease. And maybe helping my husband find some more people his ...
I am interested in finding other spouses of this disease. And maybe helping my husband find some more people his age that understand what he is going through.
Welcome to the board. Feel free to ignore everything I type![]()
LOL Psycho Penguin, You know what you doi'n.Welcome Mrs Type 1 as you will find plenty of help here.
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Peter...
Welcome to DF. Please tell us more about your husband.
Diagnosed - 02/28/08
A1C - (8/10/2009= 5.7; 03/02/09 = 5.6 ; 12/29/08 = 5.8 ; 09/17/08 = 5.5 ; 05/27/08 = 5.7 ; 04/03/08 = 7.7 ; 02/29/08 = 10.1)
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Diet and exercise only since 01/15/09
Welcome. You have found a good forum.
John 3:16
Diagnosed 09/18/08 A1C level 13.5
12/09/08 A1C level 7.1
06/08/09 A1C level 6.2
12/10/09 A1C level 6.4
HI & Welcome. Glad you found us! I know this forum will be a great help to you and your husband.
Karen
My husband is a Type 1 diabetic and he is actually the only diabetic we know personally. We are really interested in finding friends that can understand what he goes through and someone we can talk to. We live in Northeast Florida. We met in August of 2000 and in December of 2000 he was diagnosed. It has been very rough on him he was 15 when he found out and he had a hard time adjusting to it. I almost lost him when i was 6 months pregnant with our son and that was a bit of an eye opener for him. Since then he has been very carefully taking care of himself but its still difficult sometimes. And i try to help but sometimes i just CAN'T understand what he is going through.
How close to Jacksonville are you?
Hi Mrs. T1,
And welcome to your husband too. Invite him to get involved here. We're all in the same boat and this is a great place to get to know other diabetics. We are all ages and all permutations of diabetes, so he may enjoy chatting also.
Having children seems to be a high point in everyone's life. For those of us with diabetes or other health complications, it does tend to bring things into focus. Good for him for realizing how important he will be as a dad!
We're glad you found us.
Mich
Hi Mrs.Type1,
Welcome to the forums, I think it is great that you are trying to better understand what you husband is going through. I also think it is good that you can be honest and admit "sometimes i just CAN'T understand what he is going through." That's perfectly understandable, but the fact that you accept that you can't understand it is good.
Is there anything in particular that you need help with? It might also be a help to your husband if he was to join us here.
By Endurance, we conquer - Shackleton Family Motto
Insulin resistance is futile - I will win - me
Metformin 2500mg daily, Enap 5mg, Victoza 1.8mg
Diagnosed T2 on 26th Nov'07, with FBG of 21mmol/L (378mg/dL) and A1c of 11.6%.
Most recent A1c 20/08/12: 8%
Hi Mrs T1, Welcome and congrats for wanting to learn more about your husbands health problems. Wish I was in FL and could talk in person. THis is a good site. Take time to research some type 1 threads. Keep reading and remind him to test and do be helpful by cooking the types of foods that make it easy for him to choose to eat wisely.![]()
Janlaton![]()
type 2 40 years
Avandia, Glipzide & Metformin
Grandmother to 4 wonderful children
I have diabetes, It does not have me!
I will try to get my husband involved if i can. He works alot and does not have much free time. I am a stay-at-home mom so i can be on here as much as i want. The thing we really want is to meet other people pur age with this disease. We are also looking for advice on our son. We have problems with having high and low blood sugar since he was 8 months old or so. I have seen my 2 year old's blood sugar be as high and 280 and as low as 20 and it took us about 45 minutes to an hour to get his BS back up to just 70 that was with fruit juice and peanut butter i think there was some cake frosting involved that time as well. The doctors just keep telling us that he is too young to have diabetes which we know is bull. He eats like a grown man and doesnt gain any weight. He drinks constantly he has to always have a drink. He has gained all of 2 pounds maybe from his 1st birthday to his 2nd. They have checked him for numerous thyroid conditions but they refuse to check for diabetes. Even with my husbands extensive family history.So we dont know what to do.
Get a new doc for your son. Can you take him to an endo without havingto get a referral? If so make an appt immediately!
Janlaton![]()
type 2 40 years
Avandia, Glipzide & Metformin
Grandmother to 4 wonderful children
I have diabetes, It does not have me!
I am trying to get him into an endo as soon as possible and will let everyone know what they say. Are there any test i can request to be done?