Hi
My name is kathy and I live in N.Ireland. My daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 in 2000 a year before we left S.Africa and returned to the UK. She was 5 years old. Her Diabetes controll was good up untill about 2 years ago.
In that period since 12 years old she has gone into Denial and her controll has been terrible .
She wants to do this herself and I let her but if I do not remind her she will forget.
Last year we had 5 episodes of ketoacidoscis in Hospital .All because she lied to me that she had done her injections and then got sick throughout the night.
She lies constantly about her levels and tells me that she does not care.I know what is ahead. I lecture in Health Studies in a college and actually teach a unit in Diabetes and that is what makes it worse.
I feel that my daughter is killing herslf and I just do not know how to get it stoped.
I have tried every approach going and nothing seems to work .
Last week i spoke to the Diabetic nurse and asked if she could see a psychologist. That is really my last hope .
Just three weeks ago the endocrinologist told us that there is albumin in her urine indicative of future kidney damage. I thought that it would shock her into taking better controll ,it lasted about 2 days and then back to old ways.
It is very difficult to stand back and watch what she is doing and sometimes I just have my head in my hands crying.
She has so much going for her ..N.Ireland trampoling team,great at sport etc and I can see it all disappearing.None of that is important to me if she just tryed to keep things under controll.
I feel that at this stage there is nothing esle I can try. She tells me that it is just too hard to keep her levels down.
She has also started to eat alot at night and it seems that when her levels go below 10 she is straving. i was wondering if there was anything that would surpress her appetite. it seems that sometimes she just cannot stop eating and when we check her levels they are not low ..as i say just under 10. My daughter is a very fashion conscious and pretty girl who has now started to put on weight as when she eats alot she has to do units and it is a viscious circle. her weight is ok now but it is going on fast and i can see other eating problems coming as the situation gets worse.
I honestly feel like I am in a bit of a spirral and I just cannot controll it any more .It is heart breaking to watch it really is .
This is the first time I have reached out for help but i guess that i have come to the stage where i just do not know what to do anymore
Kathy
My name is kathy and I live in N.Ireland. My daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 in 2000 a year before we left S.Africa and returned to the UK. She was 5 years old. Her Diabetes controll was good up untill about 2 years ago.
In that period since 12 years old she has gone into Denial and her controll has been terrible .
She wants to do this herself and I let her but if I do not remind her she will forget.
Last year we had 5 episodes of ketoacidoscis in Hospital .All because she lied to me that she had done her injections and then got sick throughout the night.
She lies constantly about her levels and tells me that she does not care.I know what is ahead. I lecture in Health Studies in a college and actually teach a unit in Diabetes and that is what makes it worse.
I feel that my daughter is killing herslf and I just do not know how to get it stoped.
I have tried every approach going and nothing seems to work .
Last week i spoke to the Diabetic nurse and asked if she could see a psychologist. That is really my last hope .
Just three weeks ago the endocrinologist told us that there is albumin in her urine indicative of future kidney damage. I thought that it would shock her into taking better controll ,it lasted about 2 days and then back to old ways.
It is very difficult to stand back and watch what she is doing and sometimes I just have my head in my hands crying.
She has so much going for her ..N.Ireland trampoling team,great at sport etc and I can see it all disappearing.None of that is important to me if she just tryed to keep things under controll.
I feel that at this stage there is nothing esle I can try. She tells me that it is just too hard to keep her levels down.
She has also started to eat alot at night and it seems that when her levels go below 10 she is straving. i was wondering if there was anything that would surpress her appetite. it seems that sometimes she just cannot stop eating and when we check her levels they are not low ..as i say just under 10. My daughter is a very fashion conscious and pretty girl who has now started to put on weight as when she eats alot she has to do units and it is a viscious circle. her weight is ok now but it is going on fast and i can see other eating problems coming as the situation gets worse.
I honestly feel like I am in a bit of a spirral and I just cannot controll it any more .It is heart breaking to watch it really is .
This is the first time I have reached out for help but i guess that i have come to the stage where i just do not know what to do anymore
Kathy
