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I am seeking advice from any parents who also struggle with getting there child to take insulin. My daughter is 13 years old and was diagnosed with type 1 two years ago. She has had DKA twice in this time and taken in to hospital another two times due to her ketones being high. Every day is a battle with her to take her insulin. I count her carbs for home and school as she wont do it and will just guess the amount of insulin to take. She refuses to let myself or her dad at weekends watch her take her insulin as she will only do it on her legs and refuses to do it anywhere else and as shes 13 doesnt want to pull her trousers down in front of us to do it. I have tried everything to make it easier for her and have even gone to the measures to ser my alarm and test her during the night when shes asleep. She barely will engage with the diabetic team and wouldn't speak with a psychologist as she doesnt feel she needs this. Due to her recent visit to the hospital she has now a social worker involved but I cant see this making any difference. She tells them what they want to hear at the time and then when they go away the fight to get her to do it begins again. Iv tries trusting her like she has asked but this has been at it's worse as she still doesnt do it properly. I am so concerned for her health and as a mum I feel I am neglecting her but I just dont know what else I can do, it just doesnt seem to bother her at all. Has anyone else experienced this and is there anything more i can do to help her. Iv tried talking and explained to her I am scared she is going to become really unwell and doing it in a way where I am not nagging but again it just does not seem to sink in. She is in denial and thinks nothing will happen even though doctors and family have gone over and over with her the side affects and she been in hospital at the worse stages of DKA. I really dont know what else I can do, I never realised how hard this would be for her or us
I am seeking advice from any parents who also struggle with getting there child to take insulin. My daughter is 13 years old and was diagnosed with type 1 two years ago. She has had DKA twice in this time and taken in to hospital another two times due to her ketones being high. Every day is a battle with her to take her insulin. I count her carbs for home and school as she wont do it and will just guess the amount of insulin to take. She refuses to let myself or her dad at weekends watch her take her insulin as she will only do it on her legs and refuses to do it anywhere else and as shes 13 doesnt want to pull her trousers down in front of us to do it. I have tried everything to make it easier for her and have even gone to the measures to ser my alarm and test her during the night when shes asleep. She barely will engage with the diabetic team and wouldn't speak with a psychologist as she doesnt feel she needs this. Due to her recent visit to the hospital she has now a social worker involved but I cant see this making any difference. She tells them what they want to hear at the time and then when they go away the fight to get her to do it begins again. Iv tries trusting her like she has asked but this has been at it's worse as she still doesnt do it properly. I am so concerned for her health and as a mum I feel I am neglecting her but I just dont know what else I can do, it just doesnt seem to bother her at all. Has anyone else experienced this and is there anything more i can do to help her. Iv tried talking and explained to her I am scared she is going to become really unwell and doing it in a way where I am not nagging but again it just does not seem to sink in. She is in denial and thinks nothing will happen even though doctors and family have gone over and over with her the side affects and she been in hospital at the worse stages of DKA. I really dont know what else I can do, I never realised how hard this would be for her or us