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<blockquote data-quote="Haleema85" data-source="post: 2311017" data-attributes="member: 320256"><p>Good morning, I hope you are well. </p><p>I was once that 13 year-old who didn’t want to take her insulin, having being hospitalised with DKA several times previously. For me, I just didn’t want to be diabetic anymore so refused to inject. </p><p>It may be worth sitting down and talking about the possible complications to your daughter? It was a wake up call for me. </p><p>Also, which I am sure you have possibly already done but just asking why she doesn’t take her insulin and explaining to her that it’s a journey you are on together and that she is not alone. Maybe a psychologist might be a route to go down too.</p><p>I am now on the pump (Omnipod, no wires and fairly discreet) and this has changed my life- taking my HBA1C from 9 to 6.8. This may be an option too as you can use the device to administer the insulin and therefore you are not ‘injecting’ as such. Also, the Freestyle libre has been amazing too.</p><p>I hope the above helps as I am purely speaking from my experience, having been that 13-year-old once upon a time. I think ‘diabetic burnout’ is the term for when you are fed up with it all. Being diabetic at 13 is tough especially when you see your friends as ‘normal’ eating whatever they want, when they want without having to inject. </p><p>I am not sure if it is comforting but the penny does drop at some point and you think, I want to live a healthy life so I need to get on top of this <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="❤️" title="Red heart :heart:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/2764.png" data-shortname=":heart:" /> </p><p>With love, Haleema</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Haleema85, post: 2311017, member: 320256"] Good morning, I hope you are well. I was once that 13 year-old who didn’t want to take her insulin, having being hospitalised with DKA several times previously. For me, I just didn’t want to be diabetic anymore so refused to inject. It may be worth sitting down and talking about the possible complications to your daughter? It was a wake up call for me. Also, which I am sure you have possibly already done but just asking why she doesn’t take her insulin and explaining to her that it’s a journey you are on together and that she is not alone. Maybe a psychologist might be a route to go down too. I am now on the pump (Omnipod, no wires and fairly discreet) and this has changed my life- taking my HBA1C from 9 to 6.8. This may be an option too as you can use the device to administer the insulin and therefore you are not ‘injecting’ as such. Also, the Freestyle libre has been amazing too. I hope the above helps as I am purely speaking from my experience, having been that 13-year-old once upon a time. I think ‘diabetic burnout’ is the term for when you are fed up with it all. Being diabetic at 13 is tough especially when you see your friends as ‘normal’ eating whatever they want, when they want without having to inject. I am not sure if it is comforting but the penny does drop at some point and you think, I want to live a healthy life so I need to get on top of this ❤️ With love, Haleema [/QUOTE]
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