Welcome Mat

Welcome & thanks for stopping by my blog where both you and I can learn and teach, & teach and learn everything we possibly can about juvenile diabetes...a disease of many complications.

You have just crossed the welcome mat into a domain where the more we all think we understand about diabetes, the more confused we may become. That is where the great web of ours connects so many great people, some providing information and comfort, and some desperately looking for it. That is what this blog is for....for the many parents who are lost without the ever-so-generous people who share their experience & knowledge of this devastatingly silent disease. I hope everyone who frequents my blog will either feel better knowing they have learned something valuable, shared a common experience, offered their advice or opinion, or just simply listened to someone who needs to be assured, informed, or just needs heart warming words or a helping hand.

Caring for a child with juvenile diabetes (or anyone with diabetes for that matter) can be very challenging in many aspects. It seems simple, but can be very complicated. Diabetes is a slow, and silent disease that cannot be underestimated or ignored in any way, especially during childhood. When everything seems to be under tight control, it can become unmanageable in a hurry. The fact that you are dealing with a child with sporatic eating habits and activity levels makes it even more challenging. That is the very thing that makes juvenile diabetes so difficult to manage. Children with juvenile diabetes have mood swings, their parents go through periods of depression, feelings of guilt, helplessness, and sadness. Children and adults alike can live a healthy, happy, and productive lives with diabetes just as could a perfectly healthy person.

Being a parent of a child with juvenile diabetes for 5 1/2 years, I have been through a good majority of the ups & downs, and I'm sure it will run it's course over and over again. I do not imply that I know everything about diabetes...I still have plenty of learning to do. Sometimes it feels like we have a good handle on things and understand what's going on...until things get so bad, we try to figure out what went wrong, it gets pretty darned complicated and confusing, not only for the newly diagnosed child, but even for children and adults who have had diabetes for many years.

I hope to bring some issues regarding juvenile diabetes front and center, not only to help myself, but to shed some light on common and uncommon things that parents have experienced, good and bad, so that everyone, myself included, can have a better understanding of this dreadful disease, and the impact it has on your child and family as a whole. Having diabetes is by no means easy, but can be so much easier with some work, dedication, and sharing info with others.

Bring your ideas and comments forward so we can address them. We are all in this together. Please email me with your life stories and I will post them, or you may comment about mine or others. No passwords or moderating here...just honest help from honest people.

Stay tuned for frequent updates to this blog, and for my diabetes story, coming soon.

Thanks for reading, and have a healthy day........

--- Bryan (author)

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