# \#coping

**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tag/coping/174.md

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## [The things parents hear from their T1 children that break their hearts](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-things-parents-hear-from-their-t1-children-that-break-their-hearts/763)

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**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\
**Replies:** 52\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-things-parents-hear-from-their-t1-children-that-break-their-hearts/763 "2018-02-14T02:25:36Z")

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I've heard two so far that just tear me up inside... "You gonna bolus me, papa?" "You dropped the PDM, papa." For any 3 year old to know these terms/phrases is just...depressing, and sad, and tears me up inside. Wh…

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## [Why it seems like we'll never hit a 5.something A1C (a picture essay)](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/why-it-seems-like-well-never-hit-a-5-something-a1c-a-picture-essay/601)

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**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/why-it-seems-like-well-never-hit-a-5-something-a1c-a-picture-essay/601 "2017-05-22T20:53:56Z")

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Lately I've become discouraged about the possibility of lowering our son's A1C further without significant life changes. Most of the time, we do a pretty good job keeping him under 200, and at least 60 percent of the t…

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## [Living With Autoimmune Disease(s): What's Wrong With Me?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/living-with-autoimmune-disease-s-whats-wrong-with-me/363)

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**Author:** [@britt\_j](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/britt_j)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/living-with-autoimmune-disease-s-whats-wrong-with-me/363 "2017-04-06T02:29:48Z")

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A touching piece by an autoimmune patient. I had an autoimmune disease. Then the disease had me. —Meghan O’Rourke; The New Yorker; 26 August 2013

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## [The C Word (Diabetes Complications) by Ninjabetic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-c-word-diabetes-complications-by-ninjabetic/583)

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**Author:** [@britt\_j](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/britt_j)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-c-word-diabetes-complications-by-ninjabetic/583 "2017-04-23T03:09:06Z")

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http://diabetestimes.co.uk/ninjabetic-the-c-word-in-diabetes/ “My first experience of discussing diabetes complications was, shall we say, less than adequate. I was 16 years old and had been newly diagnosed with Type 1…