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<blockquote data-quote="NicoleC1971" data-source="post: 2391503" data-attributes="member: 365308"><p>As a mum of a 13, 15 and 18 year old I feel for you. I was also that teenager as a girl diagnosed with type 1 age 11.</p><p>At the time it was exciting and I got lots of attention in hospital and felt very special. Then it got harder when the reality of being stuck with the daily grind of finger pricks and jabs plus carb counting sunk in. It is also extremely unfair which is like life in general but stings more when you're a teen. Sounds as if the diagnosis was traumatic for all concerned so I am not surprised she wants to pretend its not there.</p><p>You seem very supportive and it must be hard for you to have your support and love rejected with anger. </p><p>What helped me? I went on a diabetes teen event and it was good to be with other teens who got it.. Perhaps you could leave out some printed out forum discussions or notes on a diabetic weekend if such things are still happening at this time! My dad was also great by framing my diabetes as a shared family problem that we would tackle together e.g. by eating the right foods or buying her the right kit or a nice bag to put the caboodle in if such things motivate her. I know that getting into a confrontation and mentioning the terrible perils of not taking her insulin won't hit home sadly or will be weaponised against you as the person forcing such things upon her.</p><p>There's some good kit out there to take some of the stress out of things e.g. flash glucose monitoring or cgm (Freestyle libre or Dexcom) and now Tandem Slim IQ which even automatically doses according to your blood sugar reading. Even having a pump pushing the basal dose in the background helps. Dexcom , Roche and Medtronic also make pumps though these don't have the AI bit that keeps an eye on your glucose levels.</p><p>There is hope and I think if she gets through this horrible phase she will come out stronger and confident for having taken on the responsibility. Please keep reminding her of this when she does well. She's doing her future self a huge favour and what she is doing right now (or not doing) is a cry for help but I think you also need as much help as you can get too, hopefully from her clinic who will have seen this all before.</p><p>Best of luck ( I graduated, have a career and a family plus ran marathons in spite of many teenage and 20s bumps in my road! so there's hope too)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NicoleC1971, post: 2391503, member: 365308"] As a mum of a 13, 15 and 18 year old I feel for you. I was also that teenager as a girl diagnosed with type 1 age 11. At the time it was exciting and I got lots of attention in hospital and felt very special. Then it got harder when the reality of being stuck with the daily grind of finger pricks and jabs plus carb counting sunk in. It is also extremely unfair which is like life in general but stings more when you're a teen. Sounds as if the diagnosis was traumatic for all concerned so I am not surprised she wants to pretend its not there. You seem very supportive and it must be hard for you to have your support and love rejected with anger. What helped me? I went on a diabetes teen event and it was good to be with other teens who got it.. Perhaps you could leave out some printed out forum discussions or notes on a diabetic weekend if such things are still happening at this time! My dad was also great by framing my diabetes as a shared family problem that we would tackle together e.g. by eating the right foods or buying her the right kit or a nice bag to put the caboodle in if such things motivate her. I know that getting into a confrontation and mentioning the terrible perils of not taking her insulin won't hit home sadly or will be weaponised against you as the person forcing such things upon her. There's some good kit out there to take some of the stress out of things e.g. flash glucose monitoring or cgm (Freestyle libre or Dexcom) and now Tandem Slim IQ which even automatically doses according to your blood sugar reading. Even having a pump pushing the basal dose in the background helps. Dexcom , Roche and Medtronic also make pumps though these don't have the AI bit that keeps an eye on your glucose levels. There is hope and I think if she gets through this horrible phase she will come out stronger and confident for having taken on the responsibility. Please keep reminding her of this when she does well. She's doing her future self a huge favour and what she is doing right now (or not doing) is a cry for help but I think you also need as much help as you can get too, hopefully from her clinic who will have seen this all before. Best of luck ( I graduated, have a career and a family plus ran marathons in spite of many teenage and 20s bumps in my road! so there's hope too) [/QUOTE]
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