Could it be???

[Tina63]

Could it be that my lad has turned the corner and has possibly started testing/injecting again??? I don't know, I am only guessing, but there are a few little signs.

1. I noticed a pack of Dextrose tablets had gone missing from the kitchen cupboard 2 or 3 days ago (they have sat there for ages).

2. There was an empty Novorapid box left on the kitchen worktop last night.

3. I went to his room this morning to fetch his washing up and saw an open box which contained the cassettes for his monitor open on his bed.

4. His meter seems to have disappeared from its normal resting place (where it has been gathering dust for months -literally)

5. On the briefest of scans round I couldn't see his Novorapid pen anywhere (again usually left lying around on his desk)

6. I then checked all his supplies in the fridge and found a Lantus pen had gone too - his use of that is so hit and miss - very occasional use - so the fact he took a new pen is significant.

I had noticed on his bedroom floor a few days ago the case supplied by the Accu-chek people when he got his new Mobile meter was lying around - it had been previously unused and shut away in a drawer. Is he possibly using the case and carrying his meter and Novorapid pen around with him by any chance? I hardly dare suggest it, but there are so many signs, I really do hope I am right.

He had made this big speech towards the end of January that he was going to do various things, the last one of which was "Take my health more seriously" and as he has no other health issues, this is what I took it to mean. He bought himself a new bicycle on pay day last month and did start going out on it every day. He did miles the first day literally, then could barely walk day 2 (bottom pain ) so only did a very short 10 minute run the next day, and went out the following 2 or 3 days for 10-15 mins each day as soon as he got in from college. It has sat redundant in the garage the last few days, but the wind killed him off at the end of last week. He has probably forgotten now that he owns a nice new shiny bike

Anyway, fingers crossed everyone, I really am hoping this is the start of better things for my lad. His last HbA1c was a shocking 12.8, so it can only get better.

Tina

 

[Northerner]

Hoping and fingers crossed Tina! 🙂

 

[Hanmillmum]

All looking like positive signs Tina, fingers and toes crossed for you guys x

 

[Newtothis]

Finger's crossed its the start of a new dawn... xx🙂

 

[delb t]

Everything crossed here for you

 

[robofski]

Good signs 🙂

 

[Robster65]

Really hope he starts to do the right thing Tina. 🙂

Rob

 

[trophywench]

Gosh - I hope so!

 

[AJLang]

This really does look positive. I hope that he is heading in the right direction

 

[Lauras87]

I hope it is what you think Tina.

I like your son was similar when I was first diagnosed as I wanted to be normal like my friends.

Good luck to him 🙂

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Hoping he sticks with it Tina, and realises that he can fit well controlled D around *his* life rather than feeling that it has to get in the way of/rule/mess up everything he wants to do

 

[SimplesL]

Hi Tina

I really hope this is the start of your son accepting that he can do this.

It would be such a relief for you & family.

Take care
Lynne

 

[DeusXM]

Sounds a bit like CSI: Diabetes in your house at the moment!

 

[Twitchy]

Brilliant news Tina (& great detective work! 😉) I bet it's a HUGE relief to feel that he might be starting to come to terms with things. 🙂

 

[Tina63]

Sounds a bit like CSI: Diabetes in your house at the moment!

Haha! It so is! I should be a detective in my next life, I am too damn good at it.

Committed the ultimate sin this morning, sneaked in his room when he was in the shower (under the pretence of collecting dirty washing) and there was the monitor case, on his desk, loaded up with meter, dextrose tablets, novorapid pen etc etc. Novorapid had been used, as had new Lantus pen AND there were two results on his meter!! First since September.

Completely contrasting figures, 4.8 at breakfast, 20.something at teatime. Still, they are numbers. That's more than we had a week/month/3 months ago so it's all brilliant progress. Better than that, the whole lot disappeared when he went to college, so it appears it took it out with him too.

I know it's early days, but you can't imagine how over the moon I am. He came in my room earlier and was so lovely and chatty. I am not saying a word about it, I am pretending to be blissfully ignorant, but I am so very very chuffed.

He is at clinic again in about 2 weeks. I know he won't make a massive impact on his HbA1c in just a couple of weeks, but I hope it starts to come down to give him some proper encouragement, and hopefully the team will realise that sending him to the psycholgist HAS helped, as I'm sure it would have done some time ago too.

Long may it continue!

One very happy Tina

 

[fencesitter]

Sounds really encouraging

 

[PattiEvans]

Fingers crossed Tina!

 

[Tina63]

Day 2 and 2 more readings. Again, not where they should be by any means (14.9 on waking and 15.2 late afternoon) but at least he has tested, and the Novorapid appears to be going at quite a rate, so it looks like he is trying hard to bring things into line. I can't say or do anything with this knowledge, but I am just pleased to see things are moving in the right direction. One step at a time, testing at all is a major step forward for him. I have been out and bought up the shop's entire supply (well nearly!) of Dextrose tablets (his choice of hypo treatments) so I am more than prepared if and when they start happening again, and I did sleep with one and a half ears open last night - just in case!

Thank you everyone for your kind words of support, it has meant a lot to me knowing people care and are interested. I am sure to some I must seem an over-bearing mother, and I know it is wrong that I keep looking at his meter etc, but I just care very deeply about my son and only want what's best for him. I feel having knowledge is power, but equally I realise that my sneaking a look at his meter and pens and finding out this way there is absolutely nothing I can do with this knowledge, but at least I have always had an idea what is going on. To see a turnaround is just wonderful.

My lad is being lovely at the moment, and I have told him so, so long may this new phase continue!

 

[trophywench]

Don't care what you do, you need to sleep nights to be there for him don't you? - not necessarily diabetes related, just generally. It's quite hard being a teenager at times ISTR.

Just take care to stay under that radar LOL

Is he still seeing the psych?

 

[Tina63]

Yes he is still seeing the psychologist, though I was quite miffed that the intense programme he had been told it would be has actually turned out to be only once a month, but then it's a pain getting him there so for us it's actually better. Anyway, it doesn't matter how frequent as long as it's working, and something definitely is, so I am happy with that.

My reference to sleeping is just the worry he will have hypos in the night. He has only ever had a handful in the whole of his two years since diagnosis, and the last one quite some time ago was in the night and he admitted he nearly fell down the stairs. He does keep Dextrose in his room, and I have some upstairs in my room too, but that time he did have a night one he woke me up crashing and banging all the way down the stairs and I found him wandering round in the kitchen in a bit of a state. He didn't seem to know what he was doing really, but was looking for something sweet I think, forgetting he had stuff in his room. I have put two new packs on his bed today and have replenished the downstairs stock too.

He had been out drinking last night too, so that added to my anxiety about him in the night. Still, he got up full of the joys of spring this morning and is at work now, so all my worrying was for nothing!