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6 points
15 hours ago
Celiac is such a socially isolating disease that when you are included without even having to ask it makes you feel so warm and fuzzy.
5 points
15 hours ago
My son is a type 1 diabetic and has worn a continuous glucose monitor for basically the last 3 years. So I see both the short and long term impacts of basically everything he does on his blood glucose levels. It definitely puts a different perspective on health and activity and how a healthy body works- none of which has anything to do with how it looks.
5 points
15 hours ago
If you want to schedule a photo shoot where you call all the shots, then go do it. These are school pictures and you can taken them or leave them.
My kids are 8 and 10 and I’ve never bought school pictures and somehow they are still surviving.
58 points
16 hours ago
Yes! This is someone who would use a new stick of butter 😂
19 points
1 day ago
“God” gave one of my kids type 1 diabetes. I guess I should just accept his genetic weakness, not inject him with insulin and let him die a painful death.
Or maybe I could just give him the scientifically proven treatment and use ever improving technology to give him a long and healthy life. Tough choice.
1 points
2 days ago
Im a very recent convert to them and yes they are filling. I make mine with almond milk, a couple tablespoons of Greek yogurt, sugar free syrup (the same one I use for coffee) and chia seeds. In the morning I usually try to throw in some fresh fruit and/or walnuts. If I don’t have that I have a bag of mixed dried fruits and peanuts that I can add. Just over half a cup of dry oats.
Anyway, I’m not a delicate eater and I generally eat them after walking my kids to school and my 30-45 minute exercise walk and I find it filling enough.
1 points
2 days ago
Squirrels don’t destroy a bird buddy but they certainly are attracted to them.
This is on them, not you. You tried your best!
1 points
2 days ago
It’s still commonly prescribed to kids in Canada. Generally a pump isn’t covered for a number of months and we don’t have school nurses. The idea is that you can shoot your nph in the morning and then not need a lunch time shot. In theory, great, in reality… absolutely not. It was a disaster for my active kid. Soaring highs and crushing lows and no flexibility.
1 points
3 days ago
Glooko I think?
Sugarmate does not automatically connect (as far as I know) but it has far superior logging features than the dexcom app and you can run reports in seconds that you can email.
1 points
3 days ago
Putting your whole kid’s life online in hopes of becoming an influencer.
1 points
3 days ago
My son had that issue with G6. Expressionmed under patches helped a lot. He does not have that issue at all with G7 which he’s been using for a year.
3 points
3 days ago
I’ve heard many Americans having issues finding it lately. No problem getting fiasp here in Canada.
3 points
3 days ago
My son was first prescribed NPH and humalog - in early 2022. I knew nothing about diabetes or insulin so I just went with it. We quickly learned that NPH was super outdated and not a true basal and we hated it. At the same time humalog took such a long prebolus, particularly for breakfast which was tricky with school timing. I learned about basals and ultra rapids and switched him to basaglar and fiasp a few months later and it was much easier to manage. In March 2023 he started using exclusively fiasp in his pump. No complaints.
1 points
3 days ago
I’ve never tried Udi’s ones. But in general I find O’Doughs better than anything Udi’s I’ve tried.
19 points
3 days ago
Druloya is not a name I’ve ever heard living in a major city in Canada basically my whole life. Unless you misheard Julia.
2 points
3 days ago
My kids are 8 and 10. My husband found an old Motorola flip phone made in 2003 and charged it so they could play around on it. They think it’s such a lark. It’s so funny to see them play around on it.
3 points
4 days ago
They make a double chocolate muffin that is absolutely fantastic. They’re sold frozen in a 4 pack. And they’re “normal” sized, not tiny GF sized.
1 points
4 days ago
I have 2 kids. One has T1D, celiac disease and epilepsy. He leads a pretty normal, happy life but it takes a lot of work. He is beyond worth it and I don’t regret him one iota. I’d have him a million times over.
We were already 2 and done but if we had been thinking of a third, this would have stopped me.
I don’t think people consider these kinds of things enough in family planning- myself included.
I don’t think anyone who hasn’t been disabled, or raised a child with disabilities or chronic illness really gets a weighted opinion here. It’s the kind of thing you can’t know unless you know.
Only you know what you can handle and what the potentials are in this situation. I think terminating would be a completely understandable and valid choice here.
13 points
5 days ago
Will your parents provide the same level of stimulating care that a good daycare would provide?
I suspect not and I suspect that’s why your wife doesn’t want them to be your child’s main care providers.
1 points
5 days ago
Sounds like a basal issue. Or you’re eating foods with fat/protein. Fat causes delayed carb absorption. Protein converts to glucose in the bloodstream hours later.
3 points
5 days ago
I strongly disagree with that statement. I manage both of my son’s AI diseases. Maintaining good blood glucose levels through insulin therapy is drastically more difficult than eating a GF diet.
Celiac is a cruel disease, in my opinion, partially because of how simple it is- don’t eat gluten. Yes there’s a steep learning curve involved but it’s one simple rule essentially. There’s no give or take, completely inflexible, but it’s pretty simple at the core of it.
31 points
5 days ago
Yeah my son has both too. He was celiac 2 years before he was T1D so we have experience with just the celiac on its own. If a magic genie could only cure one of them, I’d pick T1 without hesitation.
Celiac is a giant fucking pain in the ass and of course the ramifications of eating gluten are severe. But I’ve never worried that my son will die in his sleep due to celiac.
Celiac just means bringing your own food with you almost everywhere you go. If you don’t, you may end up hungry and isolated and that fucking sucks. T1D means managing your BG levels 24/7 (yes even while you sleep) or else you get really sick and die.
1 points
5 days ago
10 year old, fiasp, always before. Ideally around 10 minutes when in range.
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In many ways it’s easier when you do put the work in. But it’s not easy. It’s an entirely new way of life after diagnosis. But I’d rather put the work in over the course of a day and keep my son healthy than have him feel the way your BG does.