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<blockquote data-quote="etmsreec" data-source="post: 2101324" data-attributes="member: 22426"><p>I'd have to ask why he isn't doing all of his own injections?</p><p>I was diagnosed when aged 12, manual mixing of Actrapid and Monotard, and was doing my own injections before they would let me go home from hospital after diagnosis.</p><p>Your son needs to become independent, obviously, and so, perhaps, needs to take responsibility for his basal as well as his bolus.</p><p>At some point, he will almost certainly wake up to his condition and realize that he's not invincible. Could be that the first stages of retinopathy do that for him, when he starts to lose sight. Or when he starts to have other complications like ED or perpheral neuropathy.</p><p>Obviously things like the Freestyle Libre and an insulin pump would make life easier for him, though he would be unlikely to get approved for either if he doesn't engage with his condition first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="etmsreec, post: 2101324, member: 22426"] I'd have to ask why he isn't doing all of his own injections? I was diagnosed when aged 12, manual mixing of Actrapid and Monotard, and was doing my own injections before they would let me go home from hospital after diagnosis. Your son needs to become independent, obviously, and so, perhaps, needs to take responsibility for his basal as well as his bolus. At some point, he will almost certainly wake up to his condition and realize that he's not invincible. Could be that the first stages of retinopathy do that for him, when he starts to lose sight. Or when he starts to have other complications like ED or perpheral neuropathy. Obviously things like the Freestyle Libre and an insulin pump would make life easier for him, though he would be unlikely to get approved for either if he doesn't engage with his condition first. [/QUOTE]
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