Hello

I am so concern about my 2nd cousin. My 1st cousin and her husband there son is all diabetic. First her husband was diagnosed about 8 years ago with T2 then two years later there son was diagnose with T1 and now my 1st cousin was diagnose with T2 about 6 months ago.

My 1st cos and her husband both are obese Cos has lost about 30 pounds but her husband still really heavy. He's on insulin and Advandia She is on Metforim.

What i'm so worried about is my 2nd cos there son. He is 32 years old. And a really bad diabetic. He gets alot of lows and had some very bad seizures. Once he was on a trip and bent over to pet a dog and BAM he was out Thank goodness where he was staying a lady knew what to do. Then about a year ago he was driving out of town when someone found him slumped over the streering wheel in a parking lot of a 711 His mom and i drove a 100 miles to a hospital to get him. And tonight he told me that he was at home (Alone) chatting on the computer and then he woke up in bed and found that he cut his tonuge and he thinks he broke a rib or bruise it pretty bad. I was riding with him in his car when he just about went off the road. I made him stop and check his bg and it was at 37. I remember he had then glucose tablets in his car so i gave him some. there is many other stories but it would take too long to read.

As you can gather he doesn't eat right nor does he check his bg or take his insulin right. they all joke about the food they eat saying it's on the diabetic diet.

I'm so worried for all of them. But more on my 2nd cos he is so young that he can live a long life. but the way he's going he's cuting his life short by not taking care of himself. Maybe someone can give me some kind of infor that i can help him. His highs (over 300) to his lows (in the 30's) is scaring me. Why in heavens name doesn't he? By the way he's thin.

Thank you for you input

Sounds to me that you have every right to be upset. It is one thing to put your own life in danger. To get in a car when you have a history like that is irresponsible and wrong IMHO.
It sounds to me that he is just chasing his blood sugars. He might be taking too much insulin for his highs and then eating like mad when he is low. So, it becomes a roller coaster ride where the only thing controlling the situation is the diabetes itself.
Diabetes is all about control. It isn't some disease that just ravages your body and there is nothing you can do about it but grieve and prepare. Sadly, it is something that the diabetic themselves has to control.
Firstly, I would not get in a vehicle with this person. Secondly, I would write down a list of your concerns and possibly talk to other family member's about intervention. Maybe a hard look at what his diabetes is doing to the rest of the family will wake him up.
One of the biggest lessons I ever learned was that my rights end when someone else's begin. I don't have the right to do that to my family..Therefore, I don't anymore. Good luck

Well I know people don't like to hear this and It may even piss you off to hear it, but the fact is that it is NOT your disease and it's not up to you or anyone else but the one who has the disease to take care of them selves!! I know that's hard to hear but it's true. I am type 2 and it's my disease not my husbands not my sons not anyones but mine. There is absolutly nothing you can do. He's smart enough to know what can happen if you get low sugar, but the problem with that is some people don't reconize the early signs, once you become impaired from low sugar it's like being drunk, your not going to be able to fix the problem because your impaired and you don't relize you have a problem. I fully understand that low sugar results in seizers, coma and even death and it's very dangerous but if he doesn't take it seriously there is nothing you can do. I think he may be in denial about having diabeties I think he thinks if he ignores it it will go away unfortunatly thats not the case. Goos Luk remember it's his disease and you can't help someone who doesn't want help