Let’s be honest here. Not all of us take care of ourselves as well as we should. So, confess! Have you ever:
-Skipped a shot by accident?
-Skipped a shot on purpose?
-Had an almost fatal low?
-Passed out / fainted / had a seizure because of a low or high?
-Not checked your sugar for long periods of time?
-Used your diabetes as an excuse to get out of something?
-Made up numbers to fill up your logbook?
-(For people whose doctors actually go through their machines) Checked your sugar, changed the ti-me and date, then checked it again?
-Gotten really angry and yelled at a doctor who told you you “weren’t trying hard enough”?
-Made up an excuse so your parents would re-schedule your appoinment with the endo?
I’m curious, because you would never admit to this stuff with your parents or doctor, right?
Sorry, I may not be your best case study. But yeah, its true from me that sometimes I can’t be bothered, but usually I try my best to keep it steady. My parents don’t understand diabetes despite my efforts to “educate” them. My father doesn’t look after himself and believes he is perfect with one BG test a day, before breakfast… My doc is good, and I disclose most things with her. So sorry again if I am not your perfect case study…
It’s SO hard being a teenager with diabetes! Watching other teenagers (especially if you’re the only diabetic in your grade or school) just go about their business and have fun and not worry about testing or bolusing is almost painful. Sometimes it’s easiest just to let go and forget, but then you feel bad with high blood sugars. Diabetes doesn’t give us a vacation! Unfortunately, a lot of teenagers can get sick of it and just blow off diabetes, which is extremely dangerous. It’s really helpful to have a good support team behind you, a support team who you can go to and say “I’m sick of this and I don’t want to test anymore” and get help!
oh thank god!! I was feeling so bad thinking that loads of people were gonna be like yes to everything and then everyone was like oh no, no I don’t do that!
Thank you for letting me know I’m not a completly terrible diabetic!
Maybe… I honestly can’t remember
No, if anything it was adding a shot or two (I’m on the pump now)
No, I’m one of those indestructo diabetics… lived to see LO on a meter and be concious and screaming "I NEED A JUICE BOX- STAT!"
No
Yes, one of the reasons I joined this site
Yes, but i feel guilty about it
Yes… because of my lack of testing
No, I didn’t know you could do that…
Yes, I got very angry; I never went to see that endo again after the years of her bullying me.
I wish, but I know it wouldn’t even work
-Skipped a shot by accident? Yep
-Skipped a shot on purpose? Nope
-Had an almost fatal low? No
-Passed out / fainted / had a seizure because of a low or high? Came close, (24) but I was still awake
-Not checked your sugar for long periods of time? Sometimes in the summer I’ll only check like once a day
-Used your diabetes as an excuse to get out of something? yes, used it to get out of class a few times… and to get out of eating sardines
-Made up numbers to fill up your logbook? don’t use one
-(For people whose doctors actually go through their machines) Checked your sugar, changed the ti-me and date, then checked it again? don’t have a doctor
-Gotten really angry and yelled at a doctor who told you you “weren’t trying hard enough”? see above
-Made up an excuse so your parents would re-schedule your appoinment with the endo? see 2 above
-Skipped a shot by accident?- haha of course!! its hard not to in almost 10 years!
-Skipped a shot on purpose?-yah, thought it wasnt important enough
-Had an almost fatal low? - I was 20-something at camp in 5th grade and didnt know it till a friend said I looked funny
-Passed out / fainted / had a seizure because of a low or high? - No, but I have been in 2 alert comas from highs
-Not checked your sugar for long periods of time? - When I was like 12 there was times I went as much as 2 days D:
-Used your diabetes as an excuse to get out of something? - Shamefully, sometimes, but I try not to
-Made up numbers to fill up your logbook? - Never kept a logbook
-(For people whose doctors actually go through their machines) Checked your sugar, changed the ti-me and date, then checked it again? - i wasnt smart enough to think of this
-Gotten really angry and yelled at a doctor who told you you “weren’t trying hard enough”? - I hold in my emotions and just stop talking
-Made up an excuse so your parents would re-schedule your appoinment with the endo? - No just been having my heart beating a hundred miles an hour when I know I have not been doing good. I used to hate that s%&t!!
-Skipped a shot by accident?
Yes
-Skipped a shot on purpose?
Yes
-Had an almost fatal low?
Don’t think so!
-Passed out / fainted / had a seizure because of a low or high?
No
-Not checked your sugar for long periods of time?
Yes
-Used your diabetes as an excuse to get out of something?
Yes haha
-Made up numbers to fill up your logbook?
Yes
-(For people whose doctors actually go through their machines) Checked your sugar, changed the ti-me and date, then checked it again?
Nooo
-Gotten really angry and yelled at a doctor who told you you “weren’t trying hard enough”?
I’ve wanted to!!!
-Made up an excuse so your parents would re-schedule your appoinment with the endo?
Nooo I’ve tried but failed
-Yes.
-No. never.
-Yes.
-Yes, because of a low.
-Yes. I spent a couple of years testing my blood sugar once every month or two (but that’s different now
-Yes
-No
-No
-No
-Yes
But then I felt guilty.
Don’t get in a hot bath with low sugarr!!! I fainted on the bathroom floor and the door was locked :S Scary as!
