[lashbear]

Sorry to hear the news, but it's something that becomes routine for you (ie the shots & testing stuff) fairly quickly. Life with Diabetes is only slightly more complicated than life without.

Make sure she keeps a bag of jellybeans with her to deal with the inevitable hypos (never fun, but manageable - I get cranky/snappy and weepy when I have very low sugars - I also get the trembles.) and let her know that if there's any aspect of living with diabetes she'd like to chat about (or that you would like to know - Stoat has a lot of tales of living with a diabetic), just email me and I'd be glad to compare notes. Support is an important part of living with the disease, and helps to know you're not alone.

Mammasilva, er, ~MS~ is also a teriffic source of knowledge on this one, and has the added bonus of knowing how the medical system over there works as well. I feel that in Aus there's probably differences in counselling/diabetic education access etc.

I also have lots of recipes (good ones, not just Mock apple Pie) and would love to share.

Big LashPair Hugs to you and Madz from both of us.