Comments on: Mother’s Intuition http://www.d-mom.com/mothers-intuition/ The sweet life with a diabetic child Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:27:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: kelly http://www.d-mom.com/mothers-intuition/#comment-22333 kelly Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:35:57 +0000 http://www.d-mom.com/http:/www.d-mom.com/sample-post/#comment-22333 Some how I am just reading this post. I have tears streaming down my face because it takes me back to that same time with my daughter and although she was older at the time of dx, the symptoms, urgent call from the doctor and our reactions were so similar it is well, creepy. I just knew something wasn't right with her but she looked so "normal". The fog and rush of emotions we lived in for the following 5 days in Children's Hospital still haunts me. Not a day goes by that I don't pray for a cure in their lifetime. Some how I am just reading this post. I have tears streaming down my face because it takes me back to that same time with my daughter and although she was older at the time of dx, the symptoms, urgent call from the doctor and our reactions were so similar it is well, creepy. I just knew something wasn’t right with her but she looked so “normal”. The fog and rush of emotions we lived in for the following 5 days in Children’s Hospital still haunts me. Not a day goes by that I don’t pray for a cure in their lifetime.

]]> By: StacyMitchL http://www.d-mom.com/mothers-intuition/#comment-19149 StacyMitchL Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:24:33 +0000 http://www.d-mom.com/http:/www.d-mom.com/sample-post/#comment-19149 I am just now reading this post. It is amazing how we all have such similar stories. Thanks for sharing. I am just now reading this post. It is amazing how we all have such similar stories. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Tonya http://www.d-mom.com/mothers-intuition/#comment-16509 Tonya Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:05:18 +0000 http://www.d-mom.com/http:/www.d-mom.com/sample-post/#comment-16509 Wow, as a mom with a newly diagnosed 6 year old, this really touched me. Our story is so similar, and yet so different. Thank you for sharing this. Thank you, so very much. Wow, as a mom with a newly diagnosed 6 year old, this really touched me. Our story is so similar, and yet so different. Thank you for sharing this. Thank you, so very much.

]]> By: Leighann http://www.d-mom.com/mothers-intuition/#comment-3733 Leighann Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:59:56 +0000 http://www.d-mom.com/http:/www.d-mom.com/sample-post/#comment-3733 Wow Kristin, what a shocker! But I guess the good thing is that you probably caught it early in the game. Wow Kristin, what a shocker! But I guess the good thing is that you probably caught it early in the game.

]]> By: KristinD http://www.d-mom.com/mothers-intuition/#comment-3732 KristinD Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:47:07 +0000 http://www.d-mom.com/http:/www.d-mom.com/sample-post/#comment-3732 we have the opposite..Sarah was 5 and dx on her last day of preschool..she had no symptoms..yet..it was her routine physical, and they asked for a urine sample..then we were asked what she had for breakfast..embarassed, she had coco puffs, her favorite and ovaltine..the same breakfast she'd had for 3 years..we left for a blood test. by the time we got home from preschool we were told she needed a fasting blood test..we did that, went for a pancake breakfast, of which she ate 2 bites..she fell asleep on the way to preschool, and on the way home..then we got the call..and our lives changed..it took me by such surprise because she hadn't shown any signs. we have the opposite..Sarah was 5 and dx on her last day of preschool..she had no symptoms..yet..it was her routine physical, and they asked for a urine sample..then we were asked what she had for breakfast..embarassed, she had coco puffs, her favorite and ovaltine..the same breakfast she’d had for 3 years..we left for a blood test. by the time we got home from preschool we were told she needed a fasting blood test..we did that, went for a pancake breakfast, of which she ate 2 bites..she fell asleep on the way to preschool, and on the way home..then we got the call..and our lives changed..it took me by such surprise because she hadn’t shown any signs.

]]> By: Carolyn Cooper http://www.d-mom.com/mothers-intuition/#comment-941 Carolyn Cooper Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:59:46 +0000 http://www.d-mom.com/http:/www.d-mom.com/sample-post/#comment-941 Oh, boy, my eyes filled up reading this. As another mother in your situation, I do understand. Here is how the diabetes drama unfolded in my family: http://promotinghealthandpatienteducation.blogspot.com/2008/12/type-1-diabetes-and-grief.html Oh, boy, my eyes filled up reading this. As another mother in your situation, I do understand. Here is how the diabetes drama unfolded in my family:

http://promotinghealthandpatienteducation.blogspot.com/2008/12/type-1-diabetes-and-grief.html

]]> By: leighann http://www.d-mom.com/mothers-intuition/#comment-696 leighann Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:55:46 +0000 http://www.d-mom.com/http:/www.d-mom.com/sample-post/#comment-696 I think parents know more than doctors sometimes give them credit for. I know each and every time my son is getting an ear infection and try to get treatment before it gets bad (which sometimes backfires if a different doc won't treat him). I am also thankful that our doctor took it seriously and acted quickly. All based on her drinking too much milk in one day. Looking back, I think I probably knew a few days before I called the doctor. I think parents know more than doctors sometimes give them credit for. I know each and every time my son is getting an ear infection and try to get treatment before it gets bad (which sometimes backfires if a different doc won’t treat him).

I am also thankful that our doctor took it seriously and acted quickly. All based on her drinking too much milk in one day.

Looking back, I think I probably knew a few days before I called the doctor.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.d-mom.com/mothers-intuition/#comment-685 Jennifer Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:44:39 +0000 http://www.d-mom.com/http:/www.d-mom.com/sample-post/#comment-685 Thanks for sharing your story. Since I didn't know you when she was first diagnosed this was a great glimpse back. Aiden was diagnosed pretty early on and it was purely because of mother's instinct. I don't say that to toot my own horn. I just knew that something wasn't right. I usually don't rush to the doctor but I figured that paying $20 for a co-pay was worth the peace of mind. Thank goodness I did and that my husband believed in me and came with us. Thanks for sharing your story. Since I didn’t know you when she was first diagnosed this was a great glimpse back. Aiden was diagnosed pretty early on and it was purely because of mother’s instinct. I don’t say that to toot my own horn. I just knew that something wasn’t right. I usually don’t rush to the doctor but I figured that paying $20 for a co-pay was worth the peace of mind. Thank goodness I did and that my husband believed in me and came with us.

]]> By: Michael Hoskins http://www.d-mom.com/mothers-intuition/#comment-684 Michael Hoskins Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:04:23 +0000 http://www.d-mom.com/http:/www.d-mom.com/sample-post/#comment-684 Thank you for sharing your story, Leighann. This brought incredible tears to my eyes (which is somewhat ackward as I'm currently at work reading and probably should have waited until I got home...). I'm a 30-year old Type 1 who was diagnosed at age 5, an only son of a Type 1 Mom who diagnosed herself at the same young age. She's in her late 50s now with relatively few complications and non that are incredibly significant. But her greatest fear was always that her child - which docs said she couldn't have up until the time I was born in 1979 - would someday become diabetes. That fear materialized, and it still haunts her each day. It has become my greatest fear, and especially difficult to deal with now that I and my wife of 5 years want to start a family. Without any complications myself after 25 years and a full and productive and happy life, I know that diabetes isn't all-limiting and is manageable. But that fear is there, and it's one only a parent can feel. I fear the day when my son or daughter hints at being overly-thirsty or in need of bathroom-runs.... Fear more than anything. But your voice and the others within the Diabetes Online Community make it easier and help incredibly. Thank you for all you write here! MWH Thank you for sharing your story, Leighann. This brought incredible tears to my eyes (which is somewhat ackward as I’m currently at work reading and probably should have waited until I got home…). I’m a 30-year old Type 1 who was diagnosed at age 5, an only son of a Type 1 Mom who diagnosed herself at the same young age. She’s in her late 50s now with relatively few complications and non that are incredibly significant. But her greatest fear was always that her child – which docs said she couldn’t have up until the time I was born in 1979 – would someday become diabetes. That fear materialized, and it still haunts her each day. It has become my greatest fear, and especially difficult to deal with now that I and my wife of 5 years want to start a family. Without any complications myself after 25 years and a full and productive and happy life, I know that diabetes isn’t all-limiting and is manageable. But that fear is there, and it’s one only a parent can feel. I fear the day when my son or daughter hints at being overly-thirsty or in need of bathroom-runs…. Fear more than anything. But your voice and the others within the Diabetes Online Community make it easier and help incredibly. Thank you for all you write here! MWH

]]> By: @bibledude http://www.d-mom.com/mothers-intuition/#comment-682 @bibledude Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:36:27 +0000 http://www.d-mom.com/http:/www.d-mom.com/sample-post/#comment-682 Oh, man.... This brings back SO many memories and feelings for me. My son (almost seven now) was diagnosed at 17-months old, and I remember feeling lots of the same things... Thank you for sharing your story! Dan King Oh, man….
This brings back SO many memories and feelings for me. My son (almost seven now) was diagnosed at 17-months old, and I remember feeling lots of the same things…

Thank you for sharing your story!

Dan King

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