Hi y'all.... new here and son with diabetes

My son, Dylan, was diagnosed with diabetes last summer.  (at age 4).

It seems strange to me, since I know of no one in our families that had this.  (I have something like 90 cousins, too!).

My wife's family was smaller, but don't know of any of her's with this, either.

He's doing good, but the "honeymoon" just ended, I think.   His BG has gotten harder to control lately, and his insulin doses are going up.   We had him in a clinical trial for "interferon" which is expected to lengthen the honeymoon, but he was evidently in the "control group".   (That is a sucky thing, to have a "control group" when a drug has already proven to be promising.... don't they already have enough data on how diabetes progresses????). :(

He's on a combination of "H" and "N", and handling it like a trooper.

Oh yeah.... and "Cigna" is a crappy health coverage option my company has chosen to go with!

Hope you all are doing well.

God bless,

dano

Gilbert,

Thanks for your prayers! Those are powerful! Saved my neck more than once, fer sher!

Sorry, I hadn't checked back here in a while. I did after posting, the next day, and didn't see any replies.

It takes a while to get a "constituency" built up, on sites like this, I guess. I'll have to try and find a few more of your posts... to see how diabetes has affected your life.

Dylan is checking his own BG on ocassion, now. It will be a while before he can give himself a shot, but that will come pretty soon, I guess. He's playing T-ball this year, so that should be an adventure.

Hope you are doing well.

God bless,
dano

Hello My son has diabetes and he is 14. He has had it for 3 years now. Glad your son is doing good. My son's sugar stays high. All he wants to do is eat. well just wanted to let you know you are not alone. and I'm new here.
Kathy

Sweetheart,
Check with your dietician about adding more fat to your son's diet to hold off the hungries. Also, I was part of a diabetic test group for Kelloggs Cereals at Michigan State University and we had some really awesome results in our blood sugar readings and management.

The test was to check the effectiveness of added fiber, specifically psyllium (can't spell it!) to the diet and it's effects on blood sugar management. I didn't understand all the ins and outs of the result data but the bottom line was psyllium taken after a starchy meal (or in the cereal that we tested) levels out blood sugar readings for about 3-6 hours. It doesn't restrict the absorption of the calories... just slows their getting into the blood stream so the blood sugar doesn't peak so high.

They were very excited about the results and mentioned that psyllium fiber may be added to a cereal in the future aimed at the diabetic population. They also mentioned that it could be added to pasta's (usually a diabetic no-no ) in the future to help diabetics with that as well.

As a result of the testing I have added psyllium to my diabetes management after any meal where I think I may have gone overboard on the starches. I disolve 1 heaping tablespoon in 1/2 glass of warm water and chug it down. I follow it with a glass of cool water. I buy my fiber at the dollar store after I found it contained the same ingredients as the big $13.00 can at the drug store.

You may want to discuss this option with your doctor and see if you son is willing to try it. The psyllium also helps with a full feeling so he may not want to eat as often. Hope this helps.

By the way, the study was at MSU and was under the Food Science & Human Nutrition, Human Ecol, Dept. It was in 2002 and was called the Type 2 Diabetes and Psyllium Study sponsored by Kelloggs.