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This Week's Question - May 12, 2012
See the Answer from our team of experts »My 14 year old son has had diabetes since just before his 2nd birthday and lately we've been dealing with burn-out... ALL of us but most importantly our son. Over the past 3 years he has taken some of the responsibility for his d-care; testing and giving shots with reminders from us. He lately has been lying about testing (what his numbers are) and even lying about giving injections. I have taken back his responsibilities because he is clearly stressed out... our family has had a rough year personally and financially... we lost his granfather (who he was very close to), lost our home/everything we worked hard for for years (cars, savings, etc.) and had to move to another state. We also don't have medical insurance because if the step back my huisband has had to take in his career after being unemployed for 2 years. I try to keep this stress from him but kids sense/know when things are tight especially trying to afford diabetes insulin and testinf supplies. All of this stress... How can we get him through this rough patch? His diabetes has to be his/our priority and I don't know how to get through to him whille being sensitive to what he's going through? Any ideas?
