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<blockquote data-quote="vickiec" data-source="post: 138636" data-attributes="member: 23663"><p>thanx for everyones replies, i have tried lots of the things you all suggest, and i know hormones growing up etc, but as an example he woke up last thurs said he didnt want to go to school he said he was foul and felt wild BM was 15 he wouldnt take a corrective dose, i was threatened with if he kicks off at school it would be my fault for sending him, he has been having huge problems at school altercations with teachers confrontational etc, even though he has a great deputy head who has a lot of time for my son, anyway he put on a non- uniform jumper knowing fine well he would be comfronted about wearing it and sure enough i received a phone call that once again there had been an altercation between a teacher and my son and my son had walked out of his lesson, he had then been generally disruptive so a decision was made to exclude him from school on the fri, mon and tues, so my husband said that he was grounded for his behaviour my sons words were bye bye pump and he slung his insulin pump on the floor, this happens regulary, and yes i have started to back off and let him make his own mistakes, but about three weeks ago he had had no insulin for five days [i suspect he is still in honeymoon period as he has only been diagnosed since sept 09] but iwatched him becoming more and more ill in front of my eyes, and to make matters worse i am a staff nurse so no very well the problems and complications he is causing himself, on good days he might take his BM once a day rarely takes corrective doses and runs anywhere from 8mmols to 16-18 mmols so he never tries to keep it under perfect control, but its the total disregard for upsetting my husband and myself that is difficult to accept, i said earlier that does he do all this because he is spoilt by which i mean he gets everthing he asks for, but he will get new clothes one minute costing a fortune [designer labels] then cant even be bothered to have a normal conversation the next. i read this and think god i do go on a bit dont i but its like walking on eggshells all of the time</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vickiec, post: 138636, member: 23663"] thanx for everyones replies, i have tried lots of the things you all suggest, and i know hormones growing up etc, but as an example he woke up last thurs said he didnt want to go to school he said he was foul and felt wild BM was 15 he wouldnt take a corrective dose, i was threatened with if he kicks off at school it would be my fault for sending him, he has been having huge problems at school altercations with teachers confrontational etc, even though he has a great deputy head who has a lot of time for my son, anyway he put on a non- uniform jumper knowing fine well he would be comfronted about wearing it and sure enough i received a phone call that once again there had been an altercation between a teacher and my son and my son had walked out of his lesson, he had then been generally disruptive so a decision was made to exclude him from school on the fri, mon and tues, so my husband said that he was grounded for his behaviour my sons words were bye bye pump and he slung his insulin pump on the floor, this happens regulary, and yes i have started to back off and let him make his own mistakes, but about three weeks ago he had had no insulin for five days [i suspect he is still in honeymoon period as he has only been diagnosed since sept 09] but iwatched him becoming more and more ill in front of my eyes, and to make matters worse i am a staff nurse so no very well the problems and complications he is causing himself, on good days he might take his BM once a day rarely takes corrective doses and runs anywhere from 8mmols to 16-18 mmols so he never tries to keep it under perfect control, but its the total disregard for upsetting my husband and myself that is difficult to accept, i said earlier that does he do all this because he is spoilt by which i mean he gets everthing he asks for, but he will get new clothes one minute costing a fortune [designer labels] then cant even be bothered to have a normal conversation the next. i read this and think god i do go on a bit dont i but its like walking on eggshells all of the time [/QUOTE]
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