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I recently attended my annual hospital diabetes review, the girl before me was wheeled into her apt having had her foot amputated quite recently, I saw the consultant afterwards who actually looked relieved that I was managing my t1, didn’t have any questions and was happy to see him the following year, he mentioned about helping him with a buddy system to work with those who aren’t coping well and of course I said i’d be happy to help. He felt that it would work as people like her would be fine talking to another t1 but as a consultant he couldn’t get the message through to her about the importance of t1 control and only another t1 could do that.
However if a t1 is in clear denial and even after having lost a foot is still not managing their t1 as well as they could, would another t1 really help ? I am not convinced because I don’t think I could help change her mindset, yes I can show her that as a t1 we can manage it and live a ‘normal’ life however changing someone’s attitude to their condition runs a lot deeper than that, I have made sacrifices and changed my lifestyle but is anyone willing to do that and I have had to change my mindset too, so to stop agonising over numbers and getting it wrong daily, I take each day as it comes now and don’t sweat the small stuff, I know I am equipped to cope and there’s a financial sacrifice i’ve made too and not everyone with t1 can afford it.
I read a lot of comments from concerned parents/partners/children about helping someone with t1 who is in clear denial, but what really is the best way to help someone like this ?
Putting this out there because of everything I have ever seen this is the one aspect of t1 management that really needs more focus and we do need to do more to help support those who really need it, thoughts welcome.
However if a t1 is in clear denial and even after having lost a foot is still not managing their t1 as well as they could, would another t1 really help ? I am not convinced because I don’t think I could help change her mindset, yes I can show her that as a t1 we can manage it and live a ‘normal’ life however changing someone’s attitude to their condition runs a lot deeper than that, I have made sacrifices and changed my lifestyle but is anyone willing to do that and I have had to change my mindset too, so to stop agonising over numbers and getting it wrong daily, I take each day as it comes now and don’t sweat the small stuff, I know I am equipped to cope and there’s a financial sacrifice i’ve made too and not everyone with t1 can afford it.
I read a lot of comments from concerned parents/partners/children about helping someone with t1 who is in clear denial, but what really is the best way to help someone like this ?
Putting this out there because of everything I have ever seen this is the one aspect of t1 management that really needs more focus and we do need to do more to help support those who really need it, thoughts welcome.