Self-Care for Parents of Children with Type One Diabetes: Get Started

Summary: As caregivers to a child with type one diabetes, most of us put our child’s needs before own own. This is the first in a monthly series about self-care.

Self care is never a selfish act.

I sort of had an awakening these past six months that made me take a look at myself and figure out what I needed to do to improve my quality of life. I found myself overweight and with chronic pain and knew that I needed to get myself back on track. My doctor gave me the goal of losing 10 pounds by m...