Alex,
I know exactly how you feel.
I'm new to this forum. I am NOT diabetic, or insulin dependent. I am a reactive hypoglycemic: meaning my body produces an excess of insulin after I eat, usually after lots of sugar and/or carbs.
I was diagnosed in February, but I've been struggling since I was thirteen. I just turned 20.
I know what it's like to feel like a burden. My mum has to make special meals and buy special food for the house. I test my blood sugar roughly 20× a day both before and after I eat, before I drive, before work, etc. This disease gets in the way of EVERYTHING I do. I couldn't join the military, can't join the police force, can hardly hold down a job. All of my dreams are long gone. I can't even donate blood or plasma. I lost a baby after spending 3 DAYS IN JAIL because my blood sugar had been completely ruined the entire time I was in there ( got arrested for bench warrants on a traffic violation.) AND I wrecked my car last month- I've been trying to convince myself it wasn't because of the disease, but I can't say that I am sure of that.
So I completely understand how you feel.... I'm completely sick and tired of catering to my illness and I, too, hate that others have to cater to it too. It takes strong people to cope with body dysfunction such as our diseases. You're mum may struggle with your illness, but only because she doesn't truly understand just how crippling insulin issues can really be. Be patient with her, keep in mind that those around us struggle just like we do with our disease, and also maintain that struggling doesn't make you weak, and it doesn't make you less of a person. Maintain a high ground, it's hard to ride a boat to shore if you let people burn holes in the oar.