Hi Andre, welcome to FUD!
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HI all , my name is Connor i am 26 years old
I work as an engineer in a small office in Detroit
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2020 will be a year youāll never forget. Iām sorry to hear he was diagnosed. On a good note, there has never been a better time to be diagnosed. Todayās technology is amazing and diabetes is one disease that responds very well to it. While it will take you time to figure out the new ānormalā, in no time youāll be back at it doing the same things you do today.
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Thanks @jim26. 2020 is one of those years, yes. Weāve already put him on a Dexcom G6 and itās pretty helpful. Looking at pens and pumps, but no decision yet. Weāre pretty open to technology, so for all I care, weāll make him all bionic if it helps him 
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Welcome @AravConnor, looking forward to learning more about you. We have a small but dedicated community and love new members!
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Sorry to see you join us @Andre, my son was diagnosed 5 years ago when he was 12. I really know what you are going through. We have many excellent members here that can help with dosing for all those sports and activities. Since diagnosis my son has run cross country, played junior high and high school baseball, played several soccer seasons, gone hiking and multi-day backpacking, swimming, etc. After you get the hang of it, diabetes wonāt be what gets in your way.
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Thanks for the motivation @Chris. This is how we approach it: we wonāt let it get in his (our) way. Heās taking it pretty well, and weāre so proud of him.
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Welcome, fellow Canadian! 
Pretty soon weāll outnumber the Americans. I grew up in Ottawa and later the Valley. Diagnosed at 9 in '71 and spent a week in the Riverside Hospital. What a long way weāve (collective, but royal too) come since then!
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Hi Andre,
Welcome to FUD.
This is something I did for the parents last year. Itās a long thread, a lot of reading, but it might be of interest to you as a parent.
Itās not really about treating diabetes though. It is different than the typical advice you get from diabetes forums. It doesnāt really talk about treating diabetes much at all.
I look forward to hearing about your sonās running!
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It is definitely worth the read.
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Thanks @Eric, long post, but definitely worth it (as @Chris correctly stated). Heck, diabetes or not, your determination is inspirational for anyone. You gotta love running to go through all that! Iām confident our son can achieve great things, if he so chooses. Hopefully many more of these to come:
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That is so awesome! Congrats!
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That is Awesome!
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Welcome to all the new folks! If youāre a parent of a younger child, new into the world of Diabetes, and you ever have questions, please send me a PM anytime and Iāll do my best to help! Our son, Liam was diagnosed at 2 and is now going on 7. We are PODders, we Loop, we use Novolog and the Dexcom G5 (soon to be the G6 once they boot us off the G5ās.)
Welcome to this community of very sincere individuals who work to make our lives #unlimited in spite of Diabetes.
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Let me add my welcome as well. I am an occasional contributor here - was diagnosed with T1D at 50! Now Iām 60 and use a TSlim and a Dexcom g6 with humalog. It is a whole new set of behaviors and your son will have to include a bit more planning for whatever he does - the trick is āmanagementā and then you can learn to live with the disease.
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Hello! Iām Natalie and I have Type 3c diabetesāI survived necrotizing pancreatitis 2 years ago but lost most of my pancreas. So Iām insulin-dependent and take pancreatic enzymes with every meal (the latter are way more expensive than the former, btw).
I still produce some insulin on my own, so my biggest challenge is not giving myself too much insulin before meals. I just started using a Dexcom G6 and I really like the level of control itās giving me over my blood sugar. At some point, whatās left of my pancreas is just going to stop working entirely, so Iām grateful for this period of time where Iām not having major BG swings (which is typical of T3cs).
Found this community while I was looking for info on the Dexcom, and this seems like the sort of online community I like best. Glad to be here. 
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Really glad you found us and started posting @eilatan. Looking forward to learning more about you on the boards. Glad you survived the necrotizing pancreatitis, that sounds scary. Of course many diabetics share the insulin problem, it is amazing how many paths lead to insulin injections. So many differences, so much the same.
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Welcome, @eilatan. You may be the first Type 3c forum contributor (I might be wrong though, my memory is horrible), but either way I look forward your diabetes perspective and contributions!
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