I was diagnosed at age 4 and I have to admit that from the ages of 16 till just recently i really didn't take that good of care of myself
I had the most supportive friends and family (as I am sure you are for your 15 year old) here are a few things that started to make me take care of myself
A person that now doesn't have a leg due to not taking care of himself- told me that even though I feel fine now in the long run the side effects of diabetes will catch up to me...I mean imagine losing a leg
Another thing that happend...and this was the most intense..is
my family talked to me- most of them cried! they told me that me having diabetes affects all of them because they love me. They told me how they worry day and night, and how I need to take better care of myself, and stop being self-fish, because it is not always about me, but about the people that are in my life that love me! Now, they compliment me on how well I am taking care of myself
It really takes 20 seconds OR LESS to check your bs and write it down! I don't think you are asking to much
