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We have tried every sort of response to his drink excess and lack of care for his diabetes. He has always been very thin and never puts on any weight. His liver is fine according to the Diabetic nurses and apart from a little bit of laser treatment on his eyes, he gets off...

Does anyone have a suggestion on how to cope when a diabetic relative does everything to harm himself? My son and I have tried our very best to help my husband cope with his illness for 35years but he does everything to be awkward. He refuses to eat often and drinks alcohol instead. We are...

My husband who is a Type 1 and has been for 29years also has lost awareness and is on lanctus. When he was on animal insulin years ago he had much more hypo awareness symtoms. Although he has done a DAPHNE course his control has become very erratic lately, with extreme highs and extreme lows...

Is it a good idea to use alcohol to bring down blood sugar ? My husband's type 1 diabetes is a tremendous strain almost constantly now. He uses alcohol to bring down his blood sugar levels and is often very difficult. My son and I are not normally unkind to anyone who has an illness as we are...

My husband is giving my son and I alot of grief by drinking alongside his insulin injections. He has quite frightened me such that I felt the need to lock myself in the bathroom until my son came home when my husband tried to punch him when he tried to give him sugar for his hypo. Any advice?