H is doing much better...for the most part anyway...of course not having his own money at the moment sort of slows him down some...he is type 2...but it isn't really bad...he can pretty much eat a normal diet...but with his high cholseterol he really has to watch the fats...because the medications for that have resulted in making him sick...and when I quit buying the junk he wanted his cholesterol went down to below what it was with meds!
So my point was proved...he could control it without meds...but it is something that HE has to do...and soon he will be having his own money...so time will tell then...
sorry to hear things are so hard for you daughter...I lost 2 dear friends to diabetes...sisters...their father died of it as well...and their brother overdosed after they all died...their poor mother lost her whole family in just a few years...but she is a trooper!
I have a friend now that doesn't take care of her diabetes...I worry about her....and while I did summer camp there was a young girl...type 1 since about age 2!...she refused to admit to needing to take care of herself...we did what we could at camp...making sure she had eaten breakfast...making sure she tested herself...sometimes her sugars were over 500!!!!...I really don't know what will happen to her...I wanted to tell her about my friends...but figured that it wasn't my place and that her parents might not appreciate my input...it is just a very sad thing....I hope your daughter continues on taking care of herself as best she can...
BTW...what does "brittle" mean in connection to diabetes...I have never heard that...
