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<blockquote data-quote="mentat" data-source="post: 442846" data-attributes="member: 86670"><p>You poor things, both of you! Diabetes is a suffering that cannot be understood by those who don't see it day to day. It can completely change your child.</p><p></p><p>Is she afraid of the pain? Or just had enough of diabetes? Or just being rebellious?</p><p></p><p>Does she understand why good sugars are important? Does she <em>agree</em> that good sugars are important?</p><p></p><p>Nobody's perfect. We're emotional creatures. Even those of us without diabetes have days where we just don't want to deal with the world. But if we have diabetes, we <em>have</em> to deal with diabetes. And that can make things even worse. We feel even more trapped. Eventually we snap and completely give up on diabetes.</p><p></p><p>I think an important lesson to learn is that it's OK to ignore a high sugar sometimes. Better to say "I can't handle it anymore", get a good night's sleep, and then pick it up again next day, than to force yourself to deal with diabetes endlessly, spend another week on the very edge and then give up injecting until you wake up in hospital.</p><p></p><p>Many type 1s, particularly in their teenage years, go months or years trying to ignore diabetes. That's a lot worse for their health than the odd night of high sugars. I think that you're doing the right thing by not pinning her down and injecting. I think you should back off further, and not have it even come to screaming. She needs one injection a day or else she'll die, but beyond that "no means no". You don't want her to associate diabetes with trauma and pain and a lack of freedom.</p><p></p><p>If necessary find an insulin that means she only needs 1 or 2 injections a day, and accept that the control won't be as good. Try to keep foods around the house that will result in smaller spikes. If she refuses to inject before eating, try to give her a low-carb meal that she's happy with. Strawberries even sprinkled with a bit of sugar or lemon juice are surprisingly low in carbs. A handful of strawberries and half a teaspoon of sugar is around 5g of carbs.</p><p></p><p>I suspect that if you reduce the pressure that diabetes puts on her she will start to be more open to it, more willing to talk and understand and accept it and take responsibility. And obviously once that starts happening control will improve again.</p><p></p><p>Best wishes for you both.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mentat, post: 442846, member: 86670"] You poor things, both of you! Diabetes is a suffering that cannot be understood by those who don't see it day to day. It can completely change your child. Is she afraid of the pain? Or just had enough of diabetes? Or just being rebellious? Does she understand why good sugars are important? Does she [i]agree[/i] that good sugars are important? Nobody's perfect. We're emotional creatures. Even those of us without diabetes have days where we just don't want to deal with the world. But if we have diabetes, we [i]have[/i] to deal with diabetes. And that can make things even worse. We feel even more trapped. Eventually we snap and completely give up on diabetes. I think an important lesson to learn is that it's OK to ignore a high sugar sometimes. Better to say "I can't handle it anymore", get a good night's sleep, and then pick it up again next day, than to force yourself to deal with diabetes endlessly, spend another week on the very edge and then give up injecting until you wake up in hospital. Many type 1s, particularly in their teenage years, go months or years trying to ignore diabetes. That's a lot worse for their health than the odd night of high sugars. I think that you're doing the right thing by not pinning her down and injecting. I think you should back off further, and not have it even come to screaming. She needs one injection a day or else she'll die, but beyond that "no means no". You don't want her to associate diabetes with trauma and pain and a lack of freedom. If necessary find an insulin that means she only needs 1 or 2 injections a day, and accept that the control won't be as good. Try to keep foods around the house that will result in smaller spikes. If she refuses to inject before eating, try to give her a low-carb meal that she's happy with. Strawberries even sprinkled with a bit of sugar or lemon juice are surprisingly low in carbs. A handful of strawberries and half a teaspoon of sugar is around 5g of carbs. I suspect that if you reduce the pressure that diabetes puts on her she will start to be more open to it, more willing to talk and understand and accept it and take responsibility. And obviously once that starts happening control will improve again. Best wishes for you both. [/QUOTE]
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