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<blockquote data-quote="BooJewels" data-source="post: 1086996" data-attributes="member: 181094"><p>I see diabetes as a pretty personal and insular complaint. In that the patient themselves has to take ownership of it and address it for themselves - no one else can do it for you - they can shout encouragement and offer support, but little else. The patient has the biggest stake in the long-term outcomes and the greatest influence over how that is achieved through their day to day management - as you already know for yourself.</p><p></p><p>If she herself doesn't consider it important enough to remember to take one pill a day (and docs tend to give pills as they expect a greater compliance with that than expecting the patient to stick with a new lifestyle) and even open her meter when given one, then I doubt she's engaged enough in it to put the effort into improving her outcomes. And only she can realistically do that. </p><p></p><p>If she doesn't already want to help herself, I'm not sure you're going to find it easy changing her mind. To make a tangible difference to her future well-being, she'd have to make greater changes than not putting jam on her toast. But there aren't any immediate signs of high BG, so there's no tangible demonstration that you're doing yourself harm - a bigger number on a device screen isn't in itself of any particular consequence. So it's difficult to know how to motivate someone who doesn't already grasp why it's necessary.</p><p></p><p>Maybe if some signs were evident after retinopathy or neuropathy screenings, she might see the value in mitigating the future damage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BooJewels, post: 1086996, member: 181094"] I see diabetes as a pretty personal and insular complaint. In that the patient themselves has to take ownership of it and address it for themselves - no one else can do it for you - they can shout encouragement and offer support, but little else. The patient has the biggest stake in the long-term outcomes and the greatest influence over how that is achieved through their day to day management - as you already know for yourself. If she herself doesn't consider it important enough to remember to take one pill a day (and docs tend to give pills as they expect a greater compliance with that than expecting the patient to stick with a new lifestyle) and even open her meter when given one, then I doubt she's engaged enough in it to put the effort into improving her outcomes. And only she can realistically do that. If she doesn't already want to help herself, I'm not sure you're going to find it easy changing her mind. To make a tangible difference to her future well-being, she'd have to make greater changes than not putting jam on her toast. But there aren't any immediate signs of high BG, so there's no tangible demonstration that you're doing yourself harm - a bigger number on a device screen isn't in itself of any particular consequence. So it's difficult to know how to motivate someone who doesn't already grasp why it's necessary. Maybe if some signs were evident after retinopathy or neuropathy screenings, she might see the value in mitigating the future damage. [/QUOTE]
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