Parents slowly losing their marbles

ramrummy · #1 (**permalink**) 10-11-2006, 07:01 AM

Aren't there any non diabetic parents with diabetic little ones who use this site? The 'childrenwithdiabetes' forum is pretty lifeless at this time. This site is far more interesting, even though the posts are mostly from adults with type 1. I have to do BGLs every 2 hours tonight to test basals and its going to be hard to stay awake.

JediSkipdogg · #2 (**permalink**) 10-11-2006, 07:13 AM

There are quite a few diabetic parents on this site and the #1 that comes to my mind is "Eri's Mom" (that's her forum name.) She has dealt with alot in the diabetes world over the past few months and that of being a mother, it's been hard on her, but she can possibly give some great pointers. I know we have others on here as well, and if you look under people's names when they make a post it says something like.....

JediSkipdogg
Senior Member
I am a: Type 1

^^^^^^^^^^ Some say Parent of Child or Type 2, etc....

ramrummy · #3 (**permalink**) 10-11-2006, 07:22 AM

Thanks, yes I like to check what people have in their profiles, I think that I must just keep them. I'll keep looking as it really is nice to find people who know what its like.

HollyB · #4 (**permalink**) 10-11-2006, 08:32 AM

Hi, I'm a mom and I cruise both forums. I agree this one is interesting and I've learned a lot from the people here! My son's a teenager, so it's like a window into his life to come.

rzrbks · #5 (**permalink**) 10-11-2006, 10:19 AM

Quote:

HollyB

Hi, I'm a mom and I cruise..............

How brave of you to admit this in public. Lol

HollyB · #6 (**permalink**) 10-11-2006, 02:02 PM

Seems to me people have admitted to much worse on this forum... Okay, maybe not MUCH worse.

gettingby · #7 (**permalink**) 10-11-2006, 02:21 PM

Another parent on here is nantomsuethom. Her son Thomas is on a pump.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HollyB

Seems to me people have admitted to much worse on this forum... Okay, maybe not MUCH worse.

LMAO Holly. I resemble that remark.

Mariel's Mom · #8 (**permalink**) 10-12-2006, 09:44 AM

I'm a parent of a 6 year old - diagnosed last year. She has been on a pump since May. I monitor this site (and the CWD site.) This site is indeed quite interesting. The people are colorful (sometimes onery - but in a very funny way) and I have learned a lot. (People are very helpful to answer questions).. Plus there are many laugh out loud moments when I read some of the posts. This site gives me hope that Mariel can be OK as she grows up and becomes an adult T1. Unfortunately like you have noticed there really is no content under the parent section which is why I turn to the CWD site. Plus it is very helpful to speak to people who are caring for the "mini" diabetics (although I hate the term diabetic) and experiences dealing with children can be very different based on their "mini"- ness and general childlike behaviors and habits.

Any ideas on how to juice-up the parent section? (oops - maybe juice is the wrong term)

HollyB · #9 (**permalink**) 10-12-2006, 05:03 PM

Maybe we should do more cruising...

Okay, well, here's an actual parenting post that some of you non-parents who have experience with travel etc. might be able to help with? My son's in grade 9, and since his diagnosis a year ago has never been away for more than a couple of days or more than a 2 hour drive away from us.

There's a school music trip this year -- probably to the US, so that's a long way away, in another country, supervised by people with only a rudimentary knowledge of diabetes. Aaron is really competent with this disease, but this still scares me.

So. What can I do in terms of preparation, contingency planning, whatever, to feel more confident that in the event of some kind of emergency or near-emergency things will be handled OK?

ramrummy · #10 (**permalink**) 10-12-2006, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HollyB

Maybe we should do more cruising...

Okay, well, here's an actual parenting post that some of you non-parents who have experience with travel etc. might be able to help with? My son's in grade 9, and since his diagnosis a year ago has never been away for more than a couple of days or more than a 2 hour drive away from us.

There's a school music trip this year -- probably to the US, so that's a long way away, in another country, supervised by people with only a rudimentary knowledge of diabetes. Aaron is really competent with this disease, but this still scares me.

So. What can I do in terms of preparation, contingency planning, whatever, to feel more confident that in the event of some kind of emergency or near-emergency things will be handled OK?

Woo, not looking forward to that one, a friend of mine has a 17yr old, was dxd at 12. Basicaly, she says that you don't trust anyone else to be responsible for your child, at least not totally, because they will usually let you down. When her son goes to camp, she writes everything down, sending a copy with the child, and with every teacher going with them, plus leaving a copy at the school and with everyone on the personal contact list. She gets the teacher's mobile numbers and a specific itinerary, then she makes sure that the mobile is fully charged and sends the charger too. Everything is planned to the last detail, it is like a military manouver,but she said that she at least can get a few hours sleep now when he goes away. For someone who likes to think the best of people, I am constantly surprised by people's ignorance and self absorbency.

Eri's mom · #11 (**permalink**) 10-12-2006, 09:55 PM

I used to visit the other site a while ago, now this is the only diabetes site I come to

The ppl here are amazing and so caring and so filled with helpful information...

BriOnH · #12 (**permalink**) 10-12-2006, 11:33 PM

Hope you keep all your marbles!!

If it's any consellation my mom raised me back when there was urine testing and pork insulin that caused baaad lows at times. She did a FANTASTIC job. I know you can too!!!!!

side note: she is visiting tonight. Man her cooking is the BEST!!

ramrummy · #13 (**permalink**) 10-12-2006, 11:52 PM

Sorry, e1 was a bad night when I sent post and there wasn't anyone to whinge too, oh poor baby LOL. Ok now, getting used to bits of sleep, reminds me of when the kids were newborns - thought I was past that. Anyway, I just wish someone would post something new so I can get the misspelled title off the screen. How come I was able to fix the actual post, but the main title stayed the same?

Harold · #14 (**permalink**) 10-13-2006, 01:08 AM

Fixed the title. Thought you did it on purpose.

brandon'smom · #15 (**permalink**) 10-14-2006, 07:52 PM

I am not a diabetic , but my 11 year old was diagnosed 3 months ago, but Thank God he is not taking no Insulin i am trying to mantain his BS controlling food , but i been noticing moods changes that i guess is affecting his BS specially when he goes with his daddy on everyother weekend. But not sure , i guess i need help !!!