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Really feel for you Deborah :( I hope that he can find the help he needs, such a difficult situation :( {{{HUGS}}}
 
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Hi there don't know where to begin , I am a very worried parent of a 20 year old type 1 son , who is slowly killing himself by not taking insulin and eating things he shouldn't and always ends up in hospital with dka , his veins have all broke down and at the moment he has had his 4th line in his neck , 3 on one side and 1 on the other , I know by this that he has only another 2 lines that can be put in his neck if they can even get them in , for the last nearly 3 years he has had a regular routine , in which he goes into hospital with dka just about every fortnight , god knows ave tried everything to get to the bottom of why he does it and to try and get him to stop but he won't , am terrified now that her not gonna live til Christmas and don't know wat ta do anymore , have spoken to diabetic doctor on several occasions and he has no idea either , all I can do is sit back and watch him die its killing me to watch him suffer all the time , at the moment he has just been discharged from hospital after being in 2 weeks and has pancreitis , he still says he feels really unwell but doc said he was fine to go home and rest with pain killers but I am scared he will end up back in hospital sooner than usual , I am a very strong willed woman but it is hard when it is utr own son dying as we can see no way out of this , everyone's opinion would be much welcome in this case please XXX
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Hi I am sorry to hear about your son, I have a daughter that is 25 and suffering with anorexia, not injecting obviously not eating and depression, I have tried contacted Diabetes UK DWED our local diabetes nurses taken her into hospital and begged them to admit her and they have on several occasions but send her home after 2/3 days I am beside myself watching her do this to herself, as she is 25 this seems to be out of my hands, and as much as she has asked for help when she is offered it she tells them everything they want to hear like she's eating 3 meals a day injecting 4 times a day which isn't true, she has been in touch and seen the mental health crisis team who have told her that if she doesn't soon look after herself that she might not be here in a few months, which destroys me. Her arms have broken out in sores so god knows what's happening inside her frail body. I don't know what to do, the consultant has told her that no one has ever died of diabetes unless they mess about with it, I feel torn as I don't want to waste the nurses time as I know she is doing this herself but I cant imagine my life without her.
 
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