Hi @Little_Lucy ,
It's like most things in life.. Leaky roof? Place a bucket under the drip. However, that bucket will need emptying as it gets full.
Meanwhile there's water damage where the leak is located..
Start with getting back into the meter checks & don't be discouraged by any rogue results. Sounds like you're surrounded by cool friends...
Hi @Little_Lucy I think you have done the best thing possible to help yourself. Here is an extract from something I wrote in 2009, describing my life as a Type 1 in the early 1970's:Hi everyone,
So my name is Lucy, 16 years old and I’ve had diabetes for a little over 3 years and recently I’ve been finding it hard to find motivation to test my blood sugar, change my pump, check keytones and basically anything to do with diabetes.
I don’t really know what to do as when I first got it I used to be on top of everything and now I’ve become to be lazy with it and I know I need to change but I just don’t have any motivation to change.
Such as I’ll be at school and I’ll think I need to test my blood sugar before I eat but I just don’t even though I know I need to and my friends are used to it now and find it normal to here beeps from my pump or my metres and I also find there is lack of motivation to do it at home and I don’t know why.
I guess maybe I’m just sick of it? And I want to find the easy way but there is no easy way.
Has anyone gone through anything like this before who can give me some help on what to do?
Hi Little Lucy, I'd be surprised if any teenage type 1 didn't suffer from bouts of under motivation. If you wanted to put a label on it then that label would be diabetic burnout. Its really mature to have noticed so kudos to you and I hope I am not being patronising (my 16 yr old daughter would probably disagree - sorry).
Lots of wise words on here already and my only thought for you at age 16 is that it is a time of working out who you are and what your place in the world is versus just doing whatever your teachers, parents and even peers are doing.. Diabetes is just a thing you have to deal with 'on the side' but if you don't really know why or where you are heading in life (understandable at this stage) then it is likely you will feel under motivated to carry out the daily checks and dosing needed.
Not saying that you have to have a total life plan at any stage but this under motivation could be a sign that you are a bit adrift right now?
I am hoping this isn't a cry for attention but you don't sound like you are suffering emotionally?
Hi @Little_Lucy how are you today?
Hi @Little_Lucy I think you have done the best thing possible to help yourself. Here is an extract from something I wrote in 2009, describing my life as a Type 1 in the early 1970's:
This is probably because I was very poorly controlled throughout my time [at senior school]. One of the doctors at Southlands Hospital wrote to me saying:
Dear Grant,
Further to your visit to the Diabetic Clinic last week, I have noted that your blood sugar was 26mmol again, which I feel is rather high.
At the time I was affected by a teenage resentment of my condition, a perverse aversion to outside opinion, and a complete lack of awareness of the significance of any information. As I write this I can see all kinds of interference on the computer screen caused by retinopathy: I am unable to keep my hands steady (not because of Vin de Pays de L’Herault); and I am aware that my kidneys are struggling to survive. All this was wrapped up in those few words in the above letter. Throughout my life I have been regularly reminded, either through personal contacts, diabetic journals, visits to clinics, or through books, that all diabetics run these risks and that the condition, if unmanaged, can be fatal. Why is it that teenagers happily (?) ignore these warnings? On several occasions in the last thirty years I have been contacted by doctors, asking me whether I would be prepared to talk to a sixteen year old who is ignoring advice. Of course I would. Could they get in touch with me? On each occasion, nobody has telephoned. I think at this stage in life, when hormones are unruly, faces look like Spotted **** with a hairy frame, girls (or boys) are worryingly important, sexuality is uncertain, parents are a bloody menace and so on, the last thing a person needs is an uncomfortable label. I never wanted to talk about it. I’ve more than made up for it now. I have been able to manage The Enemy far more effectively since I have been prepared to discuss it. But, even at the age of twenty this can be daunting.
As a teenager I ignored the warnings, but I am also aware that this is a natural human reaction. You have more than telephoned a random local diabetic. You have reached out to thousands in one hit, which is admirable. You deserve every success. Good luck!
Thats the spirit! And this M&M agrees:@kitedoc
Thank you this was very helpful and I appreciate it and the thought very much and I think putting a bit of humour into it will help so thank you
As I am unable to publish details on this or any other public forum, I can only Private Message any info, but only if you are comfortable with that.Thank you very much this was very helpful and truly inspiring, what was it from Id very much like to read it as i sound like I would be able to relate
As I am unable to publish details on this or any other public forum, I can only Private Message any info, but only if you are comfortable with that.
Literally just sent my reply!Have messaged you
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