diabetes and epilepsy

[veritymoon]

is anyone unlucky enough to suffer from both? my fiance 12yr old sister was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in feb 06 and has now just be diagnosed with epilepsy. anyone any advice or experiance?

[Redbel]

verity, I don't, but I'd like to send my best wishes to you and yours xx

[Dizzieblonde]

Epilepsy can be pretty well controlled these days Verity - Epilin seems to be the drug of choice, at least in adults, and it seems to work pretty well.

Diabetes is a bit more difficult to manage I'm afraid - if she's Type 1 then she's insulin-dependent (i.e. her pancreas produces no insulin at all), and she'll require daily insulin injections - usually before every meal or sometimes just twice daily if she's lucky - and regular fingertip-pricking for blood glucose monitoring. At least being younger then she'll pick it all up easily and get used to it in time though.

Good luck to her though - there's no reason she can't lead a normal life :)

[beryllium]

Hi veritymoon, this site may help you, it is run by people with epilepsy.

http://www.totally-insane.co.uk/E/integramod/i ndex.php?sid=069beeb45a3dd6591235931177df4ce1

B. xx