[kukana]

My husband is a Type 1 diabetic, has been for 25 years. When I meet him 15 years ago I was aware that he was a diabetic and was willing to help him with this condition.
He had a bad experience with a endo, that had him on a study program, and the dr insisted that he take his study meds with a full 8 oz of oj every morning. ( this quack wanted him to have extreme high sugars so that the program would get grant money from his condition with "uncontrollable high sugar" )After I got involve in this, I told my husband that he needed to find a new endo to treat his diabetes. He refused. The best I could do is get him to a GP to help manage his bg. I could not get him to go to another endo, or diabetic education( I got him enrolled in the education, he walk out in the middle of 2 of the 3 classes that we went to. And just left me there to explain why he walked out) The dietition wanted to change his diet, but he will not listen. He is a very picky eater. He doesn't like vegetable at all. The only vegetables I can get him to eat is raw carrots and corn(which is high in sugar). He prefer to eat things that are not good for him. I don't mean deserts or things like that. I mean chips, pasta, pizza, rice.
He was on Humalin Regular and NPH. His sugar have never been consistent. Mainly in the 200's. He would not go to a endo, only a GP because of the bad experience that he had with the endo. Now, it is real crazy. they switch to Lantus and Humalog. About 2 months ago, when the GP and I convince him to go to a endo. They started him at 40 units and then increase him to 50units, it was high. Then he started to have low sugars, so they decrease slowly to 36 units and now for unknown reasons, he is running high sugars again.
His sugars were for the last 3 days are Monday -262, 221, 159, 137, 212, 126. Tuesday 240,248, 160, 194, 200, Wednesday 288,316, 259.
He doesn't understand what he needs to do to fix this. He can barely fiquare out how much to take at meals. He relies on me to tell him what to do. When he is high before a snack I tell him he needs to take a couple of units of Humalog to bring it down plus the carbs in his snack and refuses until I get mad.
He doesn't like the the new endo, so he refuses to go back to that doctor. Made me find a new one. You would think someone that has diabetes for 25 years would understand how to control his sugars. But he is completely dumbfounded on what to do.
When I try to talk to him, he either ignores me, get mad or walks away. I have tryed to talk to Educators and they have no suggestions for me.
It has been suggested he needs to go on a pump and a continuous monitor, because he has no warning of a low sugar.
But we can not afford it. Our cost is $1200 for the pump and over $1000 for the monitor.
I don't know what to do.