tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post6772406325408547010..comments2012-01-03T00:18:10.837-05:00Bennethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17411395744352827620noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post-75791721127260084402012-01-03T00:18:10.837-05:002012-01-03T00:18:10.837-05:00As parent of a type 1 toddler (onset at 17 months), your post brings one of my favorite quotes to mind: "If things were simple, word would have gotten around." - Jacques DerridaMichael Vetter - Type 1 Chroniclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00923408822746837664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post-46017087023420921052011-12-30T17:23:33.362-05:002011-12-30T17:23:33.362-05:00I agree so much with this. Being a teenager with diabetes was so hard . Everyone always asked what your numbers are and what are you eating. Mix in stress of school and you get diabetes depression. Communication is very hard with diabetes and you must never be negative to them. I always say, would you say that to someone with cancer. The response is always no but cancer is different than diabetes. Diabetics are probably the number one set of people that are bullied.The Diabetic Camperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05016099400056275030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post-11413777962710991932011-12-30T15:51:45.487-05:002011-12-30T15:51:45.487-05:00Once your child moves away from home and manages D on his/her own, I think the sleepless nights will continue. Only it will be worse because there is nothing you can do to care for your child. You have to trust in your child and fate. I do trust that she will take good care of her diabetes if she is able, if she is alert and awake. She already does everything that is required and is very responsible. But I worry that she will fall into too deep a sleep, suffer a low,and not wake up the next morning.For this reason I hope she does not live alone but has roommates and hopefully a caring spouse. That fear will not dissipate until a cure is found.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post-25512916459005493932011-12-30T15:30:48.728-05:002011-12-30T15:30:48.728-05:00Excellent points, Bennet. You're right: nothing is easy and we all do our best. But having that place to share, to vent, to just communicate about all the unease of it all does so wonders... in making it easier. Maybe it's the sharing the burden part that gets easier as we share and communicate.Michael Hoskinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06551066714605052991noreply@blogger.com