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"susanjoneslewis" wrote in message
...
Dallas, my 11 year old son went to the dr yesterday for a checkup and a
refill on his allergy meds. Dal weighs 170 lbs and is 5'1. He's always
been a "big" kid for his age and I suspect always will be, his father is
6'3 and a hefty guy. the Dr who is semi-new to us has pre diagnosed
Dallas as having juvenile diabetes(t1). What I mean by pre diagnosed is
we have a bloodworkup and screening tomorrow morning, Dallas will have
to fast and then go to do the lab work, then I guess in a day or so we
will see where it all stands. The dr bases his assumption on several
things, the weight loss/gain yo-yo of course being the primary symptom.
Secondly was the fatigue and cravings he almost *always* has. Third, he
looked at Dal's skin and I'm not sure what he concluded from that, he
said something about brown patches, especially on his knuckles and at
his throat. I'm not sure what all that was about, I have not seen
anything about that on diabetes websites I've visited. But he does have
them. Fourth and Fifth he has constant thirst and frequent urination
(I'm sorta used to him being thirsty all the time and carrying a drink
with him almost non stop and having to go pee 100 times a day) Six, the
binge/closet eating/cravings that I've try to brush off as "a phase" or
as "that's just Dallas" for so long.

On top of this of course as I've mentioned before Dallas is ADHD(no
flames please, he's been screened and I'm very secure with the dx of
ADHD and yes I realize that it's over-dx'ed and over-rx'ed, and no I'm
not a lazy mother who doesn't discipline her child)

And on top of that Dallas has encopresis - which we are treating with
therapy and routine meds to assist his bm's.

*sigh*
I felt like a ton of bricks was dropped on me when the Dr said "juvenile
diabetes"
I felt sick and stupid. How come I didn't recognize this and why wasn't
it diagnosed sooner?
After all my time spent changing my WOE to what it is today, why am I
blind to what was obviously right in front of me in my son. I know it's
dumb to beat myself up like this, but I have to wonder where I messed
up. Mark reacted a bit differently which ****ed me off too, he was
pretty nonchalant about it and passed if off with a "if he ate better.."
speech which I could have done without a f*cking lecture at that
particular moment. I may have said 2 words all night after that.


I'm sorry to hear about this, Susan. Don't beat yourself up because you
didn't recognize it. My daughter had lost quite a bit of her hearing before
her teacher (who had a deaf child) or I recognized the problem. Looking
back we also wondered how we could have missed the signs.

Beverly









Dallas doesn't know much about diabetes yet and we have briefly touched
on the subject so far, about how his eating habits will need to change.
How he will need to start taking on more exercise with me than he does
now(he walks with me almost 3x a week) I guess once we find out more
from the lab work we can move further into diet and exercise for him.

I don't really have many questions for you guys, except.. anyone have
links or resources for me on this issue? and anyone have a child with t1
diabetes? If/when we get a dx of t1 on him, should I seek the advice of
a nutritionist? endo? which type of help should I get in that area? If
its t1 I don't think I will feel comfortable with just our family dr.

Thanks gang for listening. I've gotta go now and dream up something for
dinner.

Susan
280/191/165(mini)/140

Thanks for the suggestion ig, I will pick up the book next week when I
get into Austin.

Susan
280/191/165(mini)/140

"Ignoramus19080" wrote in message
...
Try reading Dr Bernstein's Diabetes solution, which is especially
applicable to type 1 children. It is an excellent book. I am deeply
saddened by his diagnosis, although I wonder whether Dallas could
actually be a T2. T1s can actually have a relatively long and
productive life, as long as they are meticulous in keeping their
diabetes under control.

Please do not blame yourself too much, you are not a doctor and could
not even fathom such a disease... Not much you can do to prevent T1
diabetes, either.

i

In article ,
susanjoneslewis wrote:
Dallas, my 11 year old son went to the dr yesterday for a checkup
and a
refill on his allergy meds. Dal weighs 170 lbs and is 5'1. He's
always
been a "big" kid for his age and I suspect always will be, his
father is
6'3 and a hefty guy. the Dr who is semi-new to us has pre diagnosed
Dallas as having juvenile diabetes(t1). What I mean by pre diagnosed
is
we have a bloodworkup and screening tomorrow morning, Dallas will
have
to fast and then go to do the lab work, then I guess in a day or so
we
will see where it all stands. The dr bases his assumption on several
things, the weight loss/gain yo-yo of course being the primary
symptom.
Secondly was the fatigue and cravings he almost *always* has. Third,
he
looked at Dal's skin and I'm not sure what he concluded from that,
he
said something about brown patches, especially on his knuckles and
at
his throat. I'm not sure what all that was about, I have not seen
anything about that on diabetes websites I've visited. But he does
have
them. Fourth and Fifth he has constant thirst and frequent urination
(I'm sorta used to him being thirsty all the time and carrying a
drink
with him almost non stop and having to go pee 100 times a day) Six,
the
binge/closet eating/cravings that I've try to brush off as "a phase"
or
as "that's just Dallas" for so long.

On top of this of course as I've mentioned before Dallas is ADHD(no
flames please, he's been screened and I'm very secure with the dx of
ADHD and yes I realize that it's over-dx'ed and over-rx'ed, and no
I'm
not a lazy mother who doesn't discipline her child)

And on top of that Dallas has encopresis - which we are treating
with
therapy and routine meds to assist his bm's.

*sigh*
I felt like a ton of bricks was dropped on me when the Dr said
"juvenile
diabetes"
I felt sick and stupid. How come I didn't recognize this and why
wasn't
it diagnosed sooner?
After all my time spent changing my WOE to what it is today, why am
I
blind to what was obviously right in front of me in my son. I know
it's
dumb to beat myself up like this, but I have to wonder where I
messed
up. Mark reacted a bit differently which ****ed me off too, he was
pretty nonchalant about it and passed if off with a "if he ate
better.."
speech which I could have done without a f*cking lecture at that
particular moment. I may have said 2 words all night after that.

Dallas doesn't know much about diabetes yet and we have briefly
touched
on the subject so far, about how his eating habits will need to
change.
How he will need to start taking on more exercise with me than he
does
now(he walks with me almost 3x a week) I guess once we find out more
from the lab work we can move further into diet and exercise for
him.

I don't really have many questions for you guys, except.. anyone
have
links or resources for me on this issue? and anyone have a child
with t1
diabetes? If/when we get a dx of t1 on him, should I seek the advice
of
a nutritionist? endo? which type of help should I get in that area?
If
its t1 I don't think I will feel comfortable with just our family
dr.

Thanks gang for listening. I've gotta go now and dream up something
for
dinner.

Susan
280/191/165(mini)/140

Thanks Dewolla, and you are in mine

Susan
280/191/165(mini)/140


"Dewolla Stepon" wrote in message
news:V8pCc.81187$Hg2.26185@attbi_s04...
Susan, I don't have any info or help, but you and Dallas are in my
prayers.
Hang in there.

- Dewolla

"susanjoneslewis" wrote in message
...
Dallas, my 11 year old son went to the dr yesterday for a checkup
and a
refill on his allergy meds. Dal weighs 170 lbs and is 5'1. He's
always
been a "big" kid for his age and I suspect always will be, his
father is
6'3 and a hefty guy. the Dr who is semi-new to us has pre diagnosed
Dallas as having juvenile diabetes(t1). What I mean by pre diagnosed
is
we have a bloodworkup and screening tomorrow morning, Dallas will
have
to fast and then go to do the lab work, then I guess in a day or so
we
will see where it all stands. The dr bases his assumption on several
things, the weight loss/gain yo-yo of course being the primary
symptom.
Secondly was the fatigue and cravings he almost *always* has. Third,
he
looked at Dal's skin and I'm not sure what he concluded from that,
he
said something about brown patches, especially on his knuckles and
at
his throat. I'm not sure what all that was about, I have not seen
anything about that on diabetes websites I've visited. But he does
have
them. Fourth and Fifth he has constant thirst and frequent urination
(I'm sorta used to him being thirsty all the time and carrying a
drink
with him almost non stop and having to go pee 100 times a day) Six,
the
binge/closet eating/cravings that I've try to brush off as "a phase"
or
as "that's just Dallas" for so long.

On top of this of course as I've mentioned before Dallas is ADHD(no
flames please, he's been screened and I'm very secure with the dx of
ADHD and yes I realize that it's over-dx'ed and over-rx'ed, and no
I'm
not a lazy mother who doesn't discipline her child)

And on top of that Dallas has encopresis - which we are treating
with
therapy and routine meds to assist his bm's.

*sigh*
I felt like a ton of bricks was dropped on me when the Dr said
"juvenile
diabetes"
I felt sick and stupid. How come I didn't recognize this and why
wasn't
it diagnosed sooner?
After all my time spent changing my WOE to what it is today, why am
I
blind to what was obviously right in front of me in my son. I know
it's
dumb to beat myself up like this, but I have to wonder where I
messed
up. Mark reacted a bit differently which ****ed me off too, he was
pretty nonchalant about it and passed if off with a "if he ate
better.."
speech which I could have done without a f*cking lecture at that
particular moment. I may have said 2 words all night after that.

Dallas doesn't know much about diabetes yet and we have briefly
touched
on the subject so far, about how his eating habits will need to
change.
How he will need to start taking on more exercise with me than he
does
now(he walks with me almost 3x a week) I guess once we find out more
from the lab work we can move further into diet and exercise for
him.

I don't really have many questions for you guys, except.. anyone
have
links or resources for me on this issue? and anyone have a child
with t1
diabetes? If/when we get a dx of t1 on him, should I seek the advice
of
a nutritionist? endo? which type of help should I get in that area?
If
its t1 I don't think I will feel comfortable with just our family
dr.

Thanks gang for listening. I've gotta go now and dream up something
for
dinner.

Susan
280/191/165(mini)/140

Thanks Chris,

I have been pouring over the internet today looking at information and
trying to get it all in my head. I hope as well that the lab work turns
out well.

Susan
280/191/165(mini)/140

"Chris Braun" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 23:19:23 GMT, "susanjoneslewis"
wrote:

Susan, I'm sorry you and your son have gotten this news. Maybe the
tests won't show what the doctors fear. If they do, I hope you can
find the best resources possible to help deal with it. You and your
family are in my prayers.

Chris
262/145/ (145-150)

Thanks Ocean for the support, I too was a fat kid and I have tried hard
to make Dal feel normal but at the same time I've tried to make sure he
knew there were issues. Thing is, the ADHD has seemed to take the
spotlight as far as moderating his behavior, not his eating habits. I
guess that's where I've failed as a mom. It just seems like it is
becoming more than I am emotionally equip to handle right now.

Susan
280/191/165(mini)/140

"OceanView" wrote in message
...
"susanjoneslewis" wrote in
:

Dallas, my 11 year old son went to the dr yesterday for a
checkup and a refill on his allergy meds. Dal weighs 170
lbs and is 5'1. He's always been a "big" kid for his age
and I suspect always will be, his father is 6'3 and a hefty
guy. the Dr who is semi-new to us has pre diagnosed Dallas
as having juvenile diabetes(t1). What I mean by pre
diagnosed is we have a bloodworkup and screening tomorrow
morning, Dallas will have to fast and then go to do the lab
work, then I guess in a day or so we will see where it all
stands. The dr bases his assumption on several things, the
weight loss/gain yo-yo of course being the primary symptom.
Secondly was the fatigue and cravings he almost *always*
has. Third, he looked at Dal's skin and I'm not sure what
he concluded from that, he said something about brown
patches, especially on his knuckles and at his throat. I'm
not sure what all that was about, I have not seen anything
about that on diabetes websites I've visited. But he does
have them. Fourth and Fifth he has constant thirst and
frequent urination (I'm sorta used to him being thirsty all
the time and carrying a drink with him almost non stop and
having to go pee 100 times a day) Six, the binge/closet
eating/cravings that I've try to brush off as "a phase" or
as "that's just Dallas" for so long.

On top of this of course as I've mentioned before Dallas is
ADHD(no flames please, he's been screened and I'm very
secure with the dx of ADHD and yes I realize that it's
over-dx'ed and over-rx'ed, and no I'm not a lazy mother who
doesn't discipline her child)

And on top of that Dallas has encopresis - which we are
treating with therapy and routine meds to assist his bm's.

*sigh*
I felt like a ton of bricks was dropped on me when the Dr
said "juvenile diabetes"
I felt sick and stupid. How come I didn't recognize this
and why wasn't it diagnosed sooner?
After all my time spent changing my WOE to what it is
today, why am I blind to what was obviously right in front
of me in my son. I know it's dumb to beat myself up like
this, but I have to wonder where I messed up. Mark reacted
a bit differently which ****ed me off too, he was pretty
nonchalant about it and passed if off with a "if he ate
better.." speech which I could have done without a f*cking
lecture at that particular moment. I may have said 2 words
all night after that.

Dallas doesn't know much about diabetes yet and we have
briefly touched on the subject so far, about how his eating
habits will need to change. How he will need to start
taking on more exercise with me than he does now(he walks
with me almost 3x a week) I guess once we find out more
from the lab work we can move further into diet and
exercise for him.

I don't really have many questions for you guys, except..
anyone have links or resources for me on this issue? and
anyone have a child with t1 diabetes? If/when we get a dx
of t1 on him, should I seek the advice of a nutritionist?
endo? which type of help should I get in that area? If its
t1 I don't think I will feel comfortable with just our
family dr.

Thanks gang for listening. I've gotta go now and dream up
something for dinner.

Susan
280/191/165(mini)/140



Sorry to hear, but the sooner you know the sooner you can deal
with it. I was a fat kid too, but when I was 12 at 5'9 I was
140, so he must be pretty far into the obesity range.

My mother used to say I was big-boned (I'm not), or I had
"baby fat" (11 years later). It would have been better for me
if she'd said, you're fat and you're going to have social
ridicule and poor quality of life your whole short life if you
don't make some changes. Instead, she bought the junk food I
demanded and enabled me to continue gaining. I wish she'd
given me more "tough love."

Anyway, good luck with the tests.

I never said I didn't recognize the obesity jayjay. I said I didn't see
the TYPE 1 DIABETES. In more than several of my past threads I have
mentioned my son and his weight issues (walking with me, maybe going to
the gym with me, etc)

Thanks for the support?
Sorry if I sound touchy on the subject, but I *am* touchy on the subject
and I hope you thank God every single day that you have an average
child. And as far as feeling bad for me for "not recognizing this
sooner"? Don't feel bad for me. We'll cope. But understand something,
this is not type 2 diabetes, it's not brought on by diet. It's an organ
failing to do its job which leads to the weight gain/loss. How the HELL
am I supposed to know what his pancreas is doing or not doing? I am not
a doctor.

It's like if your DS got diagnosed with something horrible(God forbid)
like cancer or something equally as devastating and my saying, "well,
jayjay, he had red food dye once, didn't you realize it would cause
cancer?"

Don't even respond to this, because I really don't feel like defending
my maternal wisdom or lack of it right now.

Susan(yes, I'm bitchy)
280/191/165(mini)/140


"jayjay" wrote in message
...

"susanjoneslewis" wrote in message
...
Dallas, my 11 year old son went to the dr yesterday for a checkup
and a
refill on his allergy meds. Dal weighs 170 lbs and is 5'1.

I'm not meaning to flame here. But really - how did you NOT see the
obesity
if he's 11 yrs old, 5'1" and 170lbs!!!

My 5' tall 10 yr old weighs 85lbs and he's not underweight or super
skinny,
just a typical 10 yr old who's hormones haven't kicked into full speed
yet
to fill him out. He's gonna out grow me in height this year. My DS
has
always been a "big kid" for his age - towering over the kids his age.
But
certainly not in weight/height ratio.

I feel bad for Dallas, and for you for not recognizing this earlier.
He
now has to learn to monitor himself so closely, a huge responsibility
for a
kid his age, and it does take away from allowing a kid to be just a
kid.






He's always
been a "big" kid for his age and I suspect always will be, his
father is
6'3 and a hefty guy. the Dr who is semi-new to us has pre diagnosed
Dallas as having juvenile diabetes(t1). What I mean by pre diagnosed
is
we have a bloodworkup and screening tomorrow morning, Dallas will
have
to fast and then go to do the lab work, then I guess in a day or so
we
will see where it all stands. The dr bases his assumption on several
things, the weight loss/gain yo-yo of course being the primary
symptom.
Secondly was the fatigue and cravings he almost *always* has. Third,
he
looked at Dal's skin and I'm not sure what he concluded from that,
he
said something about brown patches, especially on his knuckles and
at
his throat. I'm not sure what all that was about, I have not seen
anything about that on diabetes websites I've visited. But he does
have
them. Fourth and Fifth he has constant thirst and frequent urination
(I'm sorta used to him being thirsty all the time and carrying a
drink
with him almost non stop and having to go pee 100 times a day) Six,
the
binge/closet eating/cravings that I've try to brush off as "a phase"
or
as "that's just Dallas" for so long.

On top of this of course as I've mentioned before Dallas is ADHD(no
flames please, he's been screened and I'm very secure with the dx of
ADHD and yes I realize that it's over-dx'ed and over-rx'ed, and no
I'm
not a lazy mother who doesn't discipline her child)

And on top of that Dallas has encopresis - which we are treating
with
therapy and routine meds to assist his bm's.

*sigh*
I felt like a ton of bricks was dropped on me when the Dr said
"juvenile
diabetes"
I felt sick and stupid. How come I didn't recognize this and why
wasn't
it diagnosed sooner?
After all my time spent changing my WOE to what it is today, why am
I
blind to what was obviously right in front of me in my son. I know
it's
dumb to beat myself up like this, but I have to wonder where I
messed
up. Mark reacted a bit differently which ****ed me off too, he was
pretty nonchalant about it and passed if off with a "if he ate
better.."
speech which I could have done without a f*cking lecture at that
particular moment. I may have said 2 words all night after that.

Dallas doesn't know much about diabetes yet and we have briefly
touched
on the subject so far, about how his eating habits will need to
change.
How he will need to start taking on more exercise with me than he
does
now(he walks with me almost 3x a week) I guess once we find out more
from the lab work we can move further into diet and exercise for
him.

I don't really have many questions for you guys, except.. anyone
have
links or resources for me on this issue? and anyone have a child
with t1
diabetes? If/when we get a dx of t1 on him, should I seek the advice
of
a nutritionist? endo? which type of help should I get in that area?
If
its t1 I don't think I will feel comfortable with just our family
dr.

Thanks gang for listening. I've gotta go now and dream up something
for
dinner.

Susan
280/191/165(mini)/140

Thanks for the kind support Cynthia, I'm positive Dallas and I will cope
and make the most of a really crappy situation.

Susan
280/191/165(mini)/140

"Cynthia Perry" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 04:15:05 GMT, OceanView wrote:




Sorry to hear, but the sooner you know the sooner you can deal
with it. I was a fat kid too, but when I was 12 at 5'9 I was
140, so he must be pretty far into the obesity range.


I too am sorry to hear this and wish Susan the best coping with it.



My mother used to say I was big-boned (I'm not), or I had
"baby fat" (11 years later). It would have been better for me
if she'd said, you're fat and you're going to have social
ridicule and poor quality of life your whole short life if you
don't make some changes. Instead, she bought the junk food I
demanded and enabled me to continue gaining. I wish she'd
given me more "tough love."

Anyway, good luck with the tests.


Well, my mother DID say I was fat, that I shouldn't sit in her good
chairs because I'd break them, that I'd have trouble in life, etc...,
etc... etc... ad nauseum.

It certainly didn't help me any. I mean, I was living it, and I knew
about the social ridicule... which I probably would've gotten, fat or
not, as I was a shy kid, sensitive and artistic. (And I wasn't all
that fat as a kid... in high school, at 5'7", I was about 140 pounds.)

What it did to me was make me grow up feeling unloved, lonely and
horribly unhappy. And it didn't stop me eating. If anything, I
probably ate more for comfort. And I sneaked food. No, mom did not buy
*me* junk food, but she did buy things like Doritos, nuts, chips, ice
cream for my dad. And believe me, I found them and sneaked them, no
matter how well they were hidden.

And I ate extra of things like bread, butter, peanut butter, etc...
that were generally around the house.

Kids aren't stupid... they know when they are fat. Believe me, they
hear about it from school acquaintances, or just see they are
different from the norm. Telling them the consequences makes a
difference only a small percent of the time.

Just like telling kids the consequences of smoking or drinking or
unprotected sex or drugs keeps all kids from trying that.

I'm not saying that it isn't a good thing to let kids know what the
consequences are, but assume they are smart enough to know in many
cases. Harping on something like this often gets the opposite results
from what you want.

That said, your mom should not have continued to buy you junk food!
And it may not have helped to foster any illusions about your weight.


I feel for Susan and her son... it's easy for things to get out of
hand and now that they are, her son is gonna go through a tough time
adjusting to new dietary restrictions. And if he doesn't adjust, the
consequences are pretty bad.

However, at least Susan has learned for herself... and she can now
offer help to her son and support. She might also consider looking for
support groups for young folk with diabetes... that might give her son
a place to "air it out" when he needs to.

Cynthia

Thanks J.J. In WA for the information, I think it's either an Internist
or an Endo that handles diabetes. I will get more information after the
blood/labwork is back and go from there.

And no offense to the Mark comment taken. He was and is ignorant about
this disease and he ended up apologizing profusely about his little
speech after we did some online research today together.

Susan
280/191/165(mini)/140

"byakee" wrote in message
...
Hark! I heard "susanjoneslewis" say:

Dallas, my 11 year old son went to the dr yesterday for a checkup
and a
refill on his allergy meds. Dal weighs 170 lbs and is 5'1. He's
always
been a "big" kid for his age and I suspect always will be, his
father is
6'3 and a hefty guy. the Dr who is semi-new to us has pre diagnosed
Dallas as having juvenile diabetes(t1). What I mean by pre diagnosed
is
we have a bloodworkup and screening tomorrow morning,

snip

*sigh*
I felt like a ton of bricks was dropped on me when the Dr said
"juvenile
diabetes"
I felt sick and stupid. How come I didn't recognize this and why
wasn't
it diagnosed sooner?
After all my time spent changing my WOE to what it is today, why am
I
blind to what was obviously right in front of me in my son. I know
it's
dumb to beat myself up like this, but I have to wonder where I
messed
up.

I had many of the same symptoms last Winter (including the thirst
and urination), and even though I've had gestational diabetes in the
past, it *still* didn't sink into my head to check it out. And that's
my own body; you're second guessing the symptoms of someone else. So
please don't feel so bad -- now that you know, you're trying to get
him the best medical care, and that's the most important part.

Mark reacted a bit differently which ****ed me off too, he was
pretty nonchalant about it and passed if off with a "if he ate
better.."
speech which I could have done without a f*cking lecture at that
particular moment. I may have said 2 words all night after that.

No offense to Mark, but he's speaking out of ignorance. If Dallas
really is Type1, he didn't get it from his eating habits -- I'm
99% sure that it is hereditary, not environmental. For more info,
here is a good source:

http://www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes.jsp

I don't really have many questions for you guys, except.. anyone
have
links or resources for me on this issue? and anyone have a child
with t1
diabetes? If/when we get a dx of t1 on him, should I seek the advice
of
a nutritionist? endo? which type of help should I get in that area?
If
its t1 I don't think I will feel comfortable with just our family
dr.

I would seek an Internist -- I'm fairly certain that this is in their
area of expertise (that's who I go to). My local hospital offers
classes
in nutrition and diabetes management; maybe yours does too? Your
current
doctor should refer you to them if indeed your son is diabetic.

Best of luck, Susan, and please keep us posted...


--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
(COLD to HOT for e-mail)
"Why do my knees feel like the wanna tear up?"
- Carl, ATHF

I think shattered, overwhelmed, terrified, terribly ignorant and
downright sad sums up how I'm feeling about all this.
Thanks for the kind support janice, I will let everyone know the
progress.

Susan
280/191/165(mini)/140

"janice" wrote in message
...
Susan, I'm so sorry to hear this and can't even imagine how you must
be feeling. I don't think diabetes is one of the things you would
tend to look for in kids, despite all the recent publicity about the
increasing numbers due to poor diet, although from what I understand
diet may not be the cause of this type which presumably makes it
different from early onset of adult type diabetes which is apparently
starting to show up in younger kids.
You really need to decide what to do next after you get a definite
diagnosis. Do let us know how things go. This is really tough for
you and your family.

janice



On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 23:19:23 GMT, "susanjoneslewis"
wrote:

Dallas, my 11 year old son went to the dr yesterday for a checkup and
a
refill on his allergy meds. Dal weighs 170 lbs and is 5'1. He's
always
been a "big" kid for his age and I suspect always will be, his father
is
6'3 and a hefty guy. the Dr who is semi-new to us has pre diagnosed
Dallas as having juvenile diabetes(t1).

Thank you very much jmk, will do. I rely heavily on this newsgroup
(silly as it sounds) for a plethora of things. Information, warmth,
support, education, entertainment and sometimes simply a place to vent.

Susan
280/191/165(mini)/140

"jmk" wrote in message
...
On 6/23/2004 7:19 PM, susanjoneslewis wrote:

Thanks gang for listening. I've gotta go now and dream up something
for
dinner.

Susan
280/191/165(mini)/140


Susan, if there is anything that we can do to help, please let us
know.
We are all here for you.

--
jmk in NC