Hi,
I am getting to the end of my tether with my 14 year old son.
He is now at an age where he is more independent and goes out more regularly with his friends. He has a real reluctance to test his sugars even though his mates are all fine with it and he says he isn't embarrassed he just forgets. Well, I can understand this to a point, but he then proceeds to have either a bag of chips, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, whatever he can get his hands on even though he has a perfectly good home cooked meal at home and knows full well he shouldn't be having all this rubbish food.
Tonight I got engaged into another 'lecture' at him because he went out and all he had to eat was a Mars Bar, then came home and started to cut himself a piece of cake covered in butter icing. I said no, unless his sugars were ok and when he did them they were at 17.6! Needless to say he didn't have any cake but I was met with a very stroppy lad having a go at me because I was lecturing him.
He has been experiencing numbness in his feet and his DSN & doctor have both tried to talk to him and explain the damage he is doing but it doesn't go in.
I really don't know what to do with him...his hba1c was 9.3 on his last visit and he is getting worse at controlling it even though he has had it since the age of 6. Hopefully there are some parents out there who were in the same boat and have come through the other side who can advise!
Ta Julie
I am getting to the end of my tether with my 14 year old son.
He is now at an age where he is more independent and goes out more regularly with his friends. He has a real reluctance to test his sugars even though his mates are all fine with it and he says he isn't embarrassed he just forgets. Well, I can understand this to a point, but he then proceeds to have either a bag of chips, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, whatever he can get his hands on even though he has a perfectly good home cooked meal at home and knows full well he shouldn't be having all this rubbish food.
Tonight I got engaged into another 'lecture' at him because he went out and all he had to eat was a Mars Bar, then came home and started to cut himself a piece of cake covered in butter icing. I said no, unless his sugars were ok and when he did them they were at 17.6! Needless to say he didn't have any cake but I was met with a very stroppy lad having a go at me because I was lecturing him.
He has been experiencing numbness in his feet and his DSN & doctor have both tried to talk to him and explain the damage he is doing but it doesn't go in.
I really don't know what to do with him...his hba1c was 9.3 on his last visit and he is getting worse at controlling it even though he has had it since the age of 6. Hopefully there are some parents out there who were in the same boat and have come through the other side who can advise!
Ta Julie