Too many folks are convinced that a diagnosis of diabetes, or the need to start injecting insulin, or blindness, or kidney failure, or any of the other possible complications, means the cessation of life as they know it. Fear, or the use of fear to encourage diligent compliance, is counter-productive, as we shall see below. Diabetes self-management is a discipline, seven days a week, from now until doomsday. There are no reprieves, no opportunity to take breaks, and short of a pancreas transplant, there is yet no cure. There is only the routine, day after day after day.
Some folks thrive.
He was, and is, ready. Others find the prospects daunting. A lifetime of dietary restrictions, regular exercise, blood glucose testing, and multiple injections or oral medications can become wearing, especially after a number of years with the condition. When burnout leads to non-compliance, it is a recipe for trouble. The answer is attitude.