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<blockquote data-quote="patc47" data-source="post: 2128490" data-attributes="member: 204744"><p>I’d like to respond from the perspective of the partner / carer. I’m not diabetic, but by ****** am I up to speed! Married for 47 years to a T1, diagnosed at 19 years old, 5 years before we married. Simple, I thought at the time of tieing the knot, just take the meds, and everything will be OK, and life will be normal!! Besides... “I innocently thought”, there will be a cure for diabetes soon! Oh how wrong. If only I’d known! </p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, my T1 husband does not accept any help with his condition, especially when I can see that blood sugars are going **** up, (deal with it now and everything will be back to normal soon), but “no, keep out I’ll deal with it”, so he leaves it and leaves it, becoming ever more bizarre , until he goes down, and then I can deal with it when it becomes an emergency. Glucagon pens at the ready! (Which can’t be administered till he’s down and out otherwise he fights me off.)</p><p>This is not good for a relationship !! It’s OK indoors, but a real problem when in public. </p><p></p><p>Anyone with me here??</p><p></p><p>Post edited by mod for expletives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="patc47, post: 2128490, member: 204744"] I’d like to respond from the perspective of the partner / carer. I’m not diabetic, but by ****** am I up to speed! Married for 47 years to a T1, diagnosed at 19 years old, 5 years before we married. Simple, I thought at the time of tieing the knot, just take the meds, and everything will be OK, and life will be normal!! Besides... “I innocently thought”, there will be a cure for diabetes soon! Oh how wrong. If only I’d known! Unfortunately, my T1 husband does not accept any help with his condition, especially when I can see that blood sugars are going **** up, (deal with it now and everything will be back to normal soon), but “no, keep out I’ll deal with it”, so he leaves it and leaves it, becoming ever more bizarre , until he goes down, and then I can deal with it when it becomes an emergency. Glucagon pens at the ready! (Which can’t be administered till he’s down and out otherwise he fights me off.) This is not good for a relationship !! It’s OK indoors, but a real problem when in public. Anyone with me here?? Post edited by mod for expletives. [/QUOTE]
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