how should i help my daughter

[bETSY8262]

wow my daughter 15 diag at 8 is not doing well in controlling her blood sugar takes her pump off doesnt check levels the support group in our area has mostly small children she is going to camp in august We dont know how to make her understand what she is doing to her body dka in december a1c in the 12s any suggestions will bw appreciated

[triskit82]

Is she doing this to loose weight?

There's a form on anorexia that is specific to type 1 diabetics. Teenage girls are already vulnerable to Eating Disorders and extreme dieting etc. Type 1 diabetics often have an unhealthy relationship or emotions regarding their body and diabetes.

I can't say what's going on with your daughter but you should be aware of this issue so you can watch for signs. Talk with her Dr and see what advice or resources they can refer you to.

Hopefully the camp will help but I would recommend you get her into some counseling, so she can work through her feelings about having and living with diabetes.

[soccerchic546]

She might be feeling left out at school or something like that if she feels she is different and other kids say so as well she might feel like she wants to try to get rid of it so she seems normal. Talk to her about it and tell her that she is no different, and boost her confidence.

[napagadi]

its she over waight? because im 12 years old and i some times feels left out and i dont want to eat and just sleep.  BUT you have to do something because your the parent because if something happend to her your gona be responsable not her and if she start craying dont feel bad because your gona feel  worst when something happend, i been on hospital 4 timew so think about it and and camps just teach you they dont do the work for you i been on caps 2 year and dint so you help her help . maybe she mad bacuase you just tell her what you think its right but your not doin it or maybe shes been having problems at school that u dont know and its giving her strees i hope i can help

[mikewandling]

I was diagnosed at age 3 and am now a 25 year old husband and father. I was doing the same things your daughter is and now I'm messed up big time. For me the problem wasn't that I felt weird or anything, I just didn't care, I didn't really feel any physical effects of high blood sugar and was not mature enough to realize that most of my emotional problems were related to those highs. My parents sent me to camps and tried to tell me why I should take care of myself but being in a wheelchair at 25, not being able to take care of my son or provide for my family, being sick 24/7 and in extreme amounts of pain, not sleeping, having b.m.s only every 4-5 days and not being able to control my numbers even when I wanted to, did not fit in with what I was imagining my future held, so I didn't care. I'm not sure I could have been convinced to take care of myself because of future consequences and most camps and workshops just turned me off even more.
I don't mean to scare you, but this is one of the most important things in her life and could very possibly ruin it. As her mother you are the only one with the authority to stand over her and watch her check her blood and do her injections, keep her home if she can't go out without going sugar crazy. She may hate you but you could save her life. hopefully she will eventually learn to do it herself.