A while back I was searching for something diabetes related and came across this site that had quotes from parents of diabetic kids. I wish I could find it again so I could send it to my inlaws. One of the quotes was something along the lines of stop eating all those vegetables and have some cookies. Another was - “You’re not going to bed until you finish your ice cream!“

I have been tweaking the Karate Kids insulin in the mornings. He was always low at his lunch time check. I had him at a good balance before halloween, which threw it off a hair, he would spike, but we knew why. So he was going along ok until last week, without candy he was seeing some higher numbers at lunch, so yesterday I added a .5 of a unit. Guess what? I got a phone call that he was low. So I decided I was right all along and went back to what I was giving him before. Then I realized that the juice boxes I bought had 10 less grams of carbs than the ones I been buying. So was I right? Or was it because he got the carbs he is supposed to instead of the extra I had been giving him… or is it something different entirely… It gets so frustrating because I feel like I am force feeding him half the time. Don’t get me wrong he is a good eater, it is just hard sometimes to come up with 60 carbs for a meal. We had it cut down at his check up a couple months ago, with an adjustment to the insulin to coincide, but we have had to go back to the 60 carbs (30+ for snacks I was doing 40 for his morning snack at school until I bought the wrong juice boxes) and I am back to force feeding again. I hate for the hour before he leaves for school to be all about me pushing him to finish and him fighting me. It sucks! And the thing that is most frustrating is I don’t know how long this will last. He is still considered to be in “Honeymoon” so any day now that could all change… or a year from now… who knows?

Anyway I just really wish I could find that page again. It was so dead on what I go through on a daily basis.

 

Because I am sick of repeating myself!!!

What’s the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes?
Type 1 Diabetes is a disorder in which the body does not produce insulin (a hormone that aids in moving sugar from the blood to the cells).  This type of diabetes can be due to a virus or autoimmune disorder in which the body does not recognize an organ as its own and attacks it.  In this case the body attacks an organ known as the pancreas where insulin is made.
Those with Type 1 Diabetes are required to take insulin injections to move sugar from the bloodstream.  This type of diabetes is usually diagnosed before age 40.

Type 2 Diabetes occurs when insulin that the body produces is less efficient at moving sugar out of the bloodstream.  Some sugar is moved out of the blood, just not as effectively compared to a person with normal insulin efficiency.  High blood sugars are a result of this.
Diet, exercise, weight loss, and possible medications are the treatment for this type of diabetes.  Occasionally, someone with Type 2 may be placed on insulin to better control blood sugars.  This type of diabetes is associated with physical inactivity and obesity.  Type 2 Diabetes used to be thought of as the adult onset type of diabetes.  However, an alarming rate of children are now being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes.

Unlike you that have Type 2, The Karate Kid can have what he wants as long as we follow a schedule and keep to the diet he has been given. He can have carbs!! Unlike you who are controling your diabetes with diet and aren’t supposed to, but do anyway. That is what the insulin injections are all about. So you can stop now with the repeated questions. They scare him and make him feel bad. He knows exactly what to do and what not to do. And so do we.