Would you be angry at this? Someone calm me down

Sugar isn't the problem in diabetes, it's all carbohydrates which the body will convert to energy - what varies is the speed.

For people with type 1 diabetes you'll be taught how to adjust insulin doses to match the carbohydrates in what you're eating - some sugary food from a grandmother will still be ok even if he does have diabetes providing you adjust the insulin.

Doesn't get around her failing to follow instructions:-/

I hope your DS is okay.

Any update? I hope all symptoms were not pointing to something more serious.

What did the GP's call achieve? An appointment to test your DS?

I hope all is well.

I am not sure about this - everything in moderation with T1 diabetes, as they would need to be on insulin- you can absolutely have a bit of sugar and you can also have some carbs. You just need to regulate this with your insulin requirements. It takes time to adjust and get used to things but the point is to have a well balanced, healthy approach to food.

My DH is a T1, as well as 3 other family members (all diagnosed between 10 and 14).

I hope he's ok?
Mil sounds a pita.

This is so difficult.

My Dh’s nana would give me bloody 2 year old Lucozade and DH would sit there and say nothing because ‘she’s old and it makes her happy’. 😡 I could turn a blind eye to cake and sweets, but lucozade was just a step too far.

It didn’t matter that I said it was unhealthy, could ruin his teeth, make him hyperactive, he doesn’t need energy drinks, he’s two, blah blah blah. She ignored me and I felt like some kind of health nut when I spoke up. Lovely woman but ate veg from tins and considered pizza exotic.

I could only control it when we were around, so we devised a plan that was ‘he’ll have this now (point to least offending treat) but we’ll take the lucozade to go! “ And I would promptly bin it once home. Mind you 2 year old wasn’t daft and would cry ‘I want now, I want now.’ And I looked like the evil mother.

And DH said nothing ‘cause she was his nana and he loved her.

sometimes people don't LISTEN to the ones that care for them i have a SIMILAR trial try putting on utube to faclliate a conversation get leaflets unfortunately u can't make a horse drink water my brother eats NOTHING but junk food & loads of fizzy pop weve TOLD him You are what you eat has just been told LOW oxgen in blood he say's doctor lying 😣😣 just be there for them

This is probably why so many mumsnetters marriages break down, they just don't listen and charge right in, 🙄 😂

It's the acid in the bubbles in fizzy drinks that damage teeth as well as sugar. She shouldn't be giving him fizzy drinks regardless of diabetes. Is your husband going to take this on and speak to her. If not he's the real issue. I absolutely wouldn't be using her for childcare ever again
She will just stuff shite into him behind your back and teach him "it's our secret from mummy".

How old is DS? I would be angry with MIL too but depending on his age, there's going to be an element of him not asking for/learning to say no to fizzy drinks, sweets, cakes etc.

Diabetes or not I'd be irritated to see him being fed so poorly there. Why do grandparents think it's loving to feed grandchildren junk?

She contacted the GP?

i know exactly the thread you mean

Is your dp going to speak to your mil? She was trying to give him 3 slices of cake?!

Glad he’s being seen OP. Sounds like you contacted the doctor as soon as you needed to. Your MIL is a fucking sick to give him that when you’re awaiting the doctor and to give it anyway when you said no

You might not have meant it this way, but as a T1, statements like this irritate me so much! It’s absolute scaremongering. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition, it’s not related to sugar/lifestyle/diet. Even if someone with type 1 would avoid all sugar and carbs they would still die without insulin. A slice of cake isn’t going to kill a child as long as insulin is given consistently…

OP, well done for getting him tested today. If it’s diabetes, please don’t worry. It would be a steep learning curve, but your son will be able to eat pretty much everything as long as insulin is given.

You are not wrong to be annoyed with your mil. Even if this isn’t diabetes, this much sugar is not good for a growing child. If it is diabetes, it won’t make his diabetes ‘worse’. In the absence of sugar and carbs a T1 will still need insulin.

I missed the bit where it only started two nights ago.

🤞🤞🤞 you’ll get a quick answer and it’s not diabetes!

Yabu for implying in your op that he'd been weeing at night over the summer.

Then admitting it only started 2 days ago.

I had the exact same with my DD who is 4 - increased urination ect - the DR's did the finger prick test and it was all clear - she did have a urine infection and needed antibiotics.

One finger prick test doesn’t diagnose diabetes. The test is an HbA1c blood test which measures blood glucose levels over the previous three months. If you meet the threshold diabetes id diagnosed and the same test is used to monitor it.

As a Mum of a type 1 diabetic, I wish people knew the difference between Type 1 and Type 2. 🙄

Hope your DS is ok, either way your MIL need to stop feeding him so much rubbish.

If. It’s type 1 l wouldn’t be trusting MiL with it at all because it may well include calculating and injecting insulin before eating. Even if type 2 I’d be wary because it sounds as though she’s in denial.

A thread on MN not so long ago ripped into a young mother for taking her child to A&E because she suspected diabetes. The consensus was that because the symptoms were inconsistent and mood there was no emergency and she should have seen her GP instead. OP has also indicated in her updates that the symptoms are inconsistent, not severe, and could well be something else. And she was awaiting a GP call back even before posting. MN is an interesting place sometimes.