Recent Content by Davidcharles

Yeah I toke him to clinic we can't make all appointments as the clinic is 30miles away and I have to take time off work . This isn't a problem for me but he has to take the time for his work to . He is in transition from youth clinic to adult clinic same team just different building ...

As he was diagnosed at 4 we did everything for him the doctors were never that worried about him not being able to do all his injections he has had two pumps over the years bit his last one got taken away as they said he was miss using it . Since back on injection he was terrible to start my Mrs...

My son needs a injecting with everything he eats one long lasting of an evening and how ever many fast acting per meal . The problem is he won't eat meals he snacks all day on rubbish and sweets not thinking about the long term effects this will have . We show him pictures of bad control off the...

Thank you the thing is living with it over the last 13 years we pritty much we know what's ment to be done I still do his back ground insulin before bed this is the only reason he's not in hospital . He not done and fast acting in days or blood tests . As u say he knows and we have all the right...

This is how we approach it resontly but he lies to us saying he has done his tests and insulin but if we look he hasn't and now he earns some money he buy what ever food he wants when we are not around we find all number of sweet wrappers around and not just that it gos as far as he will take...

Thanks I do understand he has said he's in a bad place at the moment but plan ignoring his diabetes is not good at all to his health

At the moment he says that he's not interested in learning to drive as work for him is within walking distance and so is his collage

Thanks this is what the last doctor we saw told me he needs to take control of it himself till that happens we are going though such a rough time at the moment

Not sure we used to belong to a group called snack pack that brought type 1s together .he is having issues at collage not inviting his course and swoppping to a new one this year . But he is a typical teen he lives in his room only coming out for food or going to work the doctor's said he have...

When he was first diagnosed at the age of 4 we didn't now what was happening he had a bad tummy then feel pritty I'll we toke him to the hospital they just said it was a virus so we went home but 5 hours later he could barely breath and was DKA we toke him back to the hospital not happy with...

Often the teenage years can be quite traumatic for some and having a lifelong condition like type 1 diabetes is a real downer. He just wants to be like his mates, carefree and invincible too. So injecting and testing just gets in the way, hopefully it's just a phase, but I do feel for you...

Thank u this is a very stressful time for all of us he does now better having been diagnosed when he was 4 .

Hi we have already sat though many hours of therapy . He is no long at school he works now and he gos to collage . Each time we end up in an argument he says he would reather be dead then have to do insulin . It is horrible situation but all I want is for him to understand he has to and needs...

Hi not sure what to do my son is 17now and has had type 1 for many years . We have had ups and downs over the years with injection and pump . At the moment he is on injection but thinks he knows better when he's low or high but he is running high all the time . Unfortunately he is full of...