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<blockquote data-quote="Synonym" data-source="post: 138413" data-attributes="member: 22966"><p>Hi Vickie <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>Sorry things don't seem to be improving for your family since your last thread "not taking insulin" but at least you can come on here and vent your feelings. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> </p><p></p><p>He probably is angry and also disappointed that he has this brake on his life; he doesn't want it and you don't want him to have the problems he has either. His way of reacting may be to lash out at all and sundry and since you are the most convenient to hand person you get it most of all.</p><p></p><p>I wonder how your son would react if you really took his consultant's advice to 'butt out'? If you 'resign' from your post of chief minder it might even make him stop and think; it would be hard to do, especially as a nurse yourself, but it would stop him pushing your buttons to make you upset and angry. You would need to build a framework within which he would operate and you would all need to work out what that is. You would also need to stop reacting in the slightest to his attempts to engage or enrage you, not even to just make a face. </p><p></p><p>Perhaps you need to sit him down and just tell him how disappointed that you are for him about his diabetes and that you would do anything to help him but since it obviously isn't working for either of you, and he is verging on adulthood, you are wondering if he would prefer to take charge of his condition and ongoing health on his own. Talk about organising a framework and agreement and if he says "yes" then you must only contribute or comment when asked. It might take the angst out of everything for you all and the consultant may well be able to deal with him better 'man to man'. Sometimes as mums we are too close and he might well respond better to someone out of the family.</p><p></p><p>I know he is your baby but he really is almost an adult and you will have to trust him to manage on his own at some time. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> In addition he is a teenager which is a condition that only time will cure! :roll:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Synonym, post: 138413, member: 22966"] Hi Vickie :) Sorry things don't seem to be improving for your family since your last thread "not taking insulin" but at least you can come on here and vent your feelings. :( He probably is angry and also disappointed that he has this brake on his life; he doesn't want it and you don't want him to have the problems he has either. His way of reacting may be to lash out at all and sundry and since you are the most convenient to hand person you get it most of all. I wonder how your son would react if you really took his consultant's advice to 'butt out'? If you 'resign' from your post of chief minder it might even make him stop and think; it would be hard to do, especially as a nurse yourself, but it would stop him pushing your buttons to make you upset and angry. You would need to build a framework within which he would operate and you would all need to work out what that is. You would also need to stop reacting in the slightest to his attempts to engage or enrage you, not even to just make a face. Perhaps you need to sit him down and just tell him how disappointed that you are for him about his diabetes and that you would do anything to help him but since it obviously isn't working for either of you, and he is verging on adulthood, you are wondering if he would prefer to take charge of his condition and ongoing health on his own. Talk about organising a framework and agreement and if he says "yes" then you must only contribute or comment when asked. It might take the angst out of everything for you all and the consultant may well be able to deal with him better 'man to man'. Sometimes as mums we are too close and he might well respond better to someone out of the family. I know he is your baby but he really is almost an adult and you will have to trust him to manage on his own at some time. :( In addition he is a teenager which is a condition that only time will cure! :roll: [/QUOTE]
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