Hi i was diagnosed in February of 2012 i was 10 i am now 14 and i am having a very hard time taking care of myself. Im going to be honest on here i don’t do my shots(i use a pen) and i don’t check my numbers like i should ill go a whole day without checking my numbers and i realise that what i am doing is really harming myself but i cant seem to get the motivation or drive to actually take care of myself. So if anyone could help i would love the information and some one who understands. Thank you.
Hi Bunny,
A real motivation for me is that I don’t like the blah and groggy feeling when my BS is running high. An occasional real high reading is OK for many of us and, at least for me, happens when I’m at a long party with really great tasting foods - yes, I go overboard. But after I do a test and take a correction - being real careful not to take too much insulin to drive me way low. Yeah, a balancing act which I’ve kind of mastered after being on insulin for almost 60 years.
The other “motivation” that kind of keeps me in line is fear of complications, and there are plenty of those. I don’t want to frighten you by telling you this - I didn’t take care of myself for the first ten years v- there were blood tests only done at hospital so I wasn’t constantly checking numbers but I didn’t really care for myself at all - I was “just one of the guys”. Yes, I felt OK, I guess but fell asleep often - yeah had to leave college because I couldn’t stay awake to read assignments but I really didn’t care because I got a job.
The big problem that hit me after ten years was that hidden retinopathy eye disease and I’m still paying for that now with lousy eyesight - DON’T LET THAT HAPPEN TO YOU!!! I’ve had hundreds of eye procedures, mostly with laser which I started having in 1967.
So now I’ve smartened up and try to watch myself - my short term goal now is to live to be 91; I started with this diabetes when I was a teen and I’ll turn 75 on Sunday. I’ve had a good life, and you can have a great and long life.
Hi Bunny,
A real motivation for me is that I don’t like the blah and groggy feeling when my BS is running high. An occasional real high reading is OK for many of us and, at least for me, happens when I’m at a long party with really great tasting foods - yes, I go overboard. But after I do a test and take a correction - being real careful not to take too much insulin to drive me way low. Yeah, a balancing act which I’ve kind of mastered after being on insulin for almost 60 years.
The other “motivation” that kind of keeps me in line is fear of complications, and there are plenty of those. I don’t want to frighten you by telling you this - I didn’t take care of myself for the first ten years v- there were blood tests only done at hospital so I wasn’t constantly checking numbers but I didn’t really care for myself at all - I was “just one of the guys”. Yes, I felt OK, I guess but fell asleep often - yeah had to leave college because I couldn’t stay awake to read assignments but I really didn’t care because I got a job.
The big problem that hit me after ten years was that hidden retinopathy eye disease and I’m still paying for that now with lousy eyesight - DON’T LET THAT HAPPEN TO YOU!!! I’ve had hundreds of eye procedures, mostly with laser which I started having in 1967.
So now I’ve smartened up and try to watch myself - my short term goal now is to live to be 91; I started with this diabetes when I was a teen and I’ll turn 75 on Sunday. I’ve had a good life, and you can have a great and long life.
Hi and thank you for commenting. I understand there are many complications and it scares me but i somehow mange to just push it away. I am very terrible with having consistency and that is part of the reason i have a hard time taking care of myself but right now is my happy years and when im out at sleep over’s it completely escapes me and i just forget about it and become a normal girl. But i get on these streaks sometimes when i check everything, my number, measuring my food to the t and doing my shots but even after i do everything right i still get a high and it really frustrates me and makes me really depressed and feeling like whats the point to it. My home life could be better and i want to change. Another reason i don’t do my shots is it hurts like hell. Every where is sore and it gets so bad to the point where i am crying my eyes out it hurts so bad.
Have you thought about using a CGM? I know someone who was having the same problem and then the CGM just completed changed their life! You can get apps on your phone to help with monitoring! Contact your local chapter and I bet you’ll find so many people who can relate to you!!
I do think a CGM is a good choice. I am 14 and last year i did that and my parents found out and they told me about all of the complications