a newbie mum hello.....

[meljack]

Thank you everybody for your comments and advice.

I think I am going to have to just leave him to it.... It is such a worry...

Cheers

Mel.

 

[meljack]

Hi Mel,

I can definitely relate to how your son is feeling. I was diagnosed when I was five but I'm just a few years older than your boy at the age of nineteen. I only really got decent control on jabs after I did my SADIE course (equivalent of DAFNE) and my control is now even better having got hold of my pump which I got a few months ago.

As for gaining control, well, it's up to him more than anything but if he is to go to university he'll have to be able to control himself before he goes to uni. I started taking control at the age of about sixteen or seventeen. I'd highly recommend that he goes on a DAFNE or your local equivalent. Having said that, what's best is that he meets other diabetics. It helps so much, I only met other diabetics when I joined this place and did my SADIE course. It really helps. I'm more than happy to chat to him by Facebook, MSN or things like that.

Tom

Thank you Tom, I will show him this site and your kind offer of a chat and take it from there, although he does tend to bury his head in the sand about it..

Mel.

PS what is SADIE????? DAFNE????

 

[Northerner]

Thank you Tom, I will show him this site and your kind offer of a chat and take it from there, although he does tend to bury his head in the sand about it..

Mel.

PS what is SADIE????? DAFNE????

These are diabetes education courses - I believe all PCTs need to offer something, although the names may vary. DAFNE stands for 'Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating' and is a way of working out how much insulin you need to take with food according to a number of variables - people who have been on the course generally find it very useful.

 

[Freddie99]

Thank you Tom, I will show him this site and your kind offer of a chat and take it from there, although he does tend to bury his head in the sand about it..

Mel.

PS what is SADIE????? DAFNE????

DAFNE = Dose Adjusting For Normal Eating
SADIE = Skills for Adjusting Diet And Insulin Eastbourne (I think that's it but it's probably something different!)

I've done the bury my head in the sand thing too but once he's through that phase it'll be easier work from then on.

 

[Joan Getty]

Hi Mel

I can sympathise with you - my daughter is 20 and has gone through several rebellious years where she hasn't been looking after herself. If your son is interested in learning to drive he will need good control - my daughter lost her licence due to her having two seizures brought on my severe hypos. This was the wake up call she needed and her control has been much better since then. This might be something to warn him about which he may respond to? This phase will pass but I know it is very difficult to watch.

 

[meljack]

as an update, he is now back on carb counting and 1 injection of lantus in the evening. So far, he is doing ok and we are keeping our fingers crossed..X