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Glad you are getting support from here Sean, you need it too!

Just keep Circle D in the back of your mind as I am sure it would help when she's ready, its really informal...so nice to know you are not the only one too!!!! x
 
Sean.Lawrence said:
i think she would find it easier to write it down and then allow somone to read it,

she recently went into hospital (skipping injections, not eating properly to lose weight)

so after all the hospital a very horrible doctor in my eyes who seemed to have no time said (if you dont do your injections im just going to send you home to die)

which i dont think is very helpful she came out and told us about her problem and he just didnt help, at the moment we are awaiting instructions on the next step, a specialist is meant to be coming up with a solution councilling or going into a clinic to help her get into the routine, but has been over a month and the last call was to say they hadnt come up with a solution. which is where i come in 🙂 when we are together you wont ever see her sad, but soon as we are apart its when she becomes down.

i dont want her to feel like she has to live a lie when she is with me and just put on a smiley face, im not going to judge her
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That is a discraceful way to speak to someone in need of help. Has she ever been on a course I went on the BERTIE course last year at Broomfield hopsital in chelmsford it really helped me gain control of my blood sugars and was so nice to feel normal because I was amoungst other type 1's. Might also help her to deal with things. I'd definately say take one step at a time with what you suggest though so she doesn't feel pressured.
 
Hi Sean, welcome to the forum.
 
it really brought her down once he said that and as you can understand let me down aswell!

shes really trying 🙂

but anyways i shall keep yuo posted will take out some books tonight, and will defo keep circle d in mind! and hey who knows, maybe she will come on here her self!

thanks for all the help and support! 🙂
 
With any luck she'll join and find it a great help and with your help I'm sure she'll be feeling better about things soon.
 
spoke to her just now, said about Circle D, she wasnt keen on the idea, has been to things like that before and didnt like it, but is more than pleased about the diary, im going to read it every week, every other week so that way she doesnt have to directly speak about it

things are already on the up 🙂
 
Hi Sean,

Welcome to the forum. With regards to what your other half's doctor said to her upon her admission to hospital could I suggest first talking to the hospital and then to the GMC if the hospital weren't any good?

It's good to hear that she likes writing.

Wishing you all the best,

Tom
 
try and get her to read the message boards here ...she doesnt have to join to do so she can log in as a guest x
 
Hi Sean,

Welcome to the forum. I just wanted to say that I think its so good that you're trying to understand your girlfriends diabetes! Im the same age as her and have type one diabetes, although only diagnosed 6 months ago, so if she would find it useful to chat then feel free to message me. I think the diary sounds like a great idea, Im considering starting a blog after reading the blogs of some otherrs on the forum, I think itll be a great place to vent.

Maybe she's embarassed to talk about it, or maybe when shes with you she just likes to ignore that she's not diabetic. I know sometimes I really want to vent to my boyfriend but I feel embarassed or really self concious going on about it, and some other times I just want to feel more "normal" and Ill say as little as possible about it. Just an insight... thought it might help.

Good Luck with it!
I hope you're both well.

Laura 🙂
 
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