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<blockquote data-quote="pleinster" data-source="post: 1434693" data-attributes="member: 221545"><p>Hi. I have nothing to add to the sound advice above [USER=394207]@T1DM17[/USER] , and I am a mere type 2 and would not presume to issue any specific advice on your condition...I just wanted to say that I get your frustration at how your family appears to be dealing with it all. It's not good...make you feel powerless and even somehow guilty, I'm sure...as well as bloody angry! I would ask you to consider a different angle...that your family (particularly those who think they know what to do) may well be feeling powerless too and annoyed at themselves for what they can't seem to do or can't express effectively. They will be angry at the situation and at the condition, I'm sure. Of course, they appear to be handling it badly in how they handle you...and I am not saying just excuse it...but going by the way you eloquently express your own feelings, I bet they love you to bits too. Sometimes communication is just not people's best thing, eh? Problems with health become so frustrating for everyone that we get stuck in ruts, in the stances we take, and wind up just stressed out. Have you tried telling them how you feel about it, how the way they make you feel just hinders your own progress and increases your stress as well as bringing you down. Bring it up at a calm time and see if they respond. Whatever happens..it won't make it worse, and there are always, always people with direct experience and empathy right here. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pleinster, post: 1434693, member: 221545"] Hi. I have nothing to add to the sound advice above [USER=394207]@T1DM17[/USER] , and I am a mere type 2 and would not presume to issue any specific advice on your condition...I just wanted to say that I get your frustration at how your family appears to be dealing with it all. It's not good...make you feel powerless and even somehow guilty, I'm sure...as well as bloody angry! I would ask you to consider a different angle...that your family (particularly those who think they know what to do) may well be feeling powerless too and annoyed at themselves for what they can't seem to do or can't express effectively. They will be angry at the situation and at the condition, I'm sure. Of course, they appear to be handling it badly in how they handle you...and I am not saying just excuse it...but going by the way you eloquently express your own feelings, I bet they love you to bits too. Sometimes communication is just not people's best thing, eh? Problems with health become so frustrating for everyone that we get stuck in ruts, in the stances we take, and wind up just stressed out. Have you tried telling them how you feel about it, how the way they make you feel just hinders your own progress and increases your stress as well as bringing you down. Bring it up at a calm time and see if they respond. Whatever happens..it won't make it worse, and there are always, always people with direct experience and empathy right here. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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