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    Diabetes does kill by ellen vdk

    to everyone who has given advice i now have my lovely son back he eventually he let his guard down and after lots of talkin and tears lifes good again.
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    Diabetes does kill by ellen vdk

    yes i have spoke to girlfriend numerously over months but only yesterday when i spoke and she tried talkin to him he called me a grass and said i have no business discussing him with his girlfriend and i dont keep sweets etc in the house he got pocket mnoey off his granda yesterday unknown to me...
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    Diabetes does kill by ellen vdk

    thank god i'm not alone listening to you is like listening to myself his pump was on yesterday and he took one dose because he wanted a lift in the car to his girlfriends as soon as i picked him up and brought him home off came the pump, he wouldnt put it back on him and my husband had a huge...
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    Diabetes does kill by ellen vdk

    annette i hope your son does not feel like my son does when he gets older it is heart breaking to watch and be helpless, but my sons DNS says teens are the worse age to be diagnosed as they are already going through so many emotions just growing up and becoming adults, but thanks for your support.
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    Diabetes does kill by ellen vdk

    lots of things you say sound familiar he doesnt see the long term effects, yesterday his DNS wanted him to go into hosp and he just laughed but he just seems to want to be in control of everyhting and because he cant he punishes me by taking off his pump, at the moment he hates school so because...
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    Diabetes does kill by ellen vdk

    Re: diabetes does kil by ellen vdk thanx for the reply and info vickie
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    Diabetes does kill by ellen vdk

    Re: diabetes does kil by ellen vdk thanx for the reply it just helps to get this off my chest sometimes, you know he says he feels okay and his DNS says this is normal because he thinks this is the norm but he has had it under control in the past and felt really well and admitted to this so i...
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    Diabetes does kill by ellen vdk

    i have been sitting reading the posts by ellen and how she lost her husband at xmas as some of you know my son who was diagnosed last september is more often than not non -compliant with his insulin he has his family worried sick about his health and like helen i feel so helpless i will try to...
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    how to deal with angry teenager

    its so difficult to handle as when hes lovely we are a family again we all spend time together go out for nice meals, and horse race meetings as this is the type of things we do etc then sometimes he says and not all the time can he have a whatever it is he would like, i reward his good...
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    how to deal with angry teenager

    things took aturn for the worse yesterday my son and my husband had a huge row over his behaviour, husband went out and got drunk took his anger out on my 19 year old daughter who was in our house with her boyfriend how embarassing he was going to lash out at me if i interfered, the whole house...
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    how to deal with angry teenager

    thanx for everyones replies, i have tried lots of the things you all suggest, and i know hormones growing up etc, but as an example he woke up last thurs said he didnt want to go to school he said he was foul and felt wild BM was 15 he wouldnt take a corrective dose, i was threatened with if he...
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    how to deal with angry teenager

    i have posted other topics but is there anyone out there who has a teenager on an insulin pump regularly non-compliant but is angry a lot of the time when he is nice he is a lovely lad but when nastly causes mayhem in the family and school can this be all put down to diabetes or have i just got...
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    not taking insulin

    thanks for that response he uses his diabetes to get his own way like can i have a new mobile phone and i'll take my insulin again he holds a gun to my head as i of course want him to be well and even though i can afford it i'm just not doing it any more it's killing me to see him like this but...
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    not taking insulin

    once again my son has not been taking his insulin this time it has lasted 4 days uses pump but obviously not at the moment his consultant tells me to butt out and let him work things out for himself hes 15 and very nasty i am a nurse so do know the dangers just need some advice how to handle...
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