My diabetic boyfriend refuses to take diabetes medicine?

weightloss_acc
weightloss_acc Posts: 109 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
He refuses to his medicine, he goes months without it. I am a CNA and I know how bad it is on your body but he won't listen. Any tips

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Why doesn't he want to take it?
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    Yep, that's bad.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,409 Member
    What is the reason he gives?
  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,565 Member
    Well, you won't get much of a debate here over whether he should take them. Of course he should.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    But much like with people who are overweight and not addressing it or telling themselves they're perfectly healthy, you can't make them change their mind or behaviour until they decide to. Whether through lightbulb moment or health scare.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    weightloss_acc wrote: »
    He refuses to his medicine, he goes months without it. I am a CNA and I know how bad it is on your body but he won't listen. Any tips

    Why won't he take it?
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    why won't he take it?
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    Type 1 or 2?
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    edited June 2017
    If he's type 2 and refusing but controlling with diet (which it doesn't sound like he is) then meh. Like others have mentioned, nothing you can do other than bounce because you don't want to push him in a wheelchair one day; which is more than fair.
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  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    mrsnattybulking wrote: »
    If he's type 2 and refusing but controlling with diet (which it doesn't sound like he is) then meh. Like others have mentioned, nothing you can do other than bounce because you don't want to push him in a wheelchair one day; which is more than fair.

    Yeah, dump him. If he doesn't give a *kitten* about himself he's not going to give a *kitten* about others.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Shame OP never came back!
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    weightloss_acc wrote: »
    He refuses to his medicine, he goes months without it. I am a CNA and I know how bad it is on your body but he won't listen. Any tips

    He is an adult I assume. You can't force him.
    Think hard about if you want to stay with someone self destructive.
  • musicfan68
    musicfan68 Posts: 1,143 Member
    Sounds like my mom. She will go months without taking insulin, or go months without checking her blood sugar. She just doesn't care. She's had 3 strokes, has high blood pressure, A-fib, and still very overweight. She also bakes all the time, then claims she doesn't eat it, except "maybe a bite or two". Then she'll brag that "all I've had today is grapes, banana and strawberries mixed into yogurt, and a couple of cookies so I should lose weight." Yeah, right, that's totally controlling your carbs mom, sure. :/ She's totally in denial and doesn't care, so we have stopped caring. The last Dr. appointment she had, he called her back to tell her her blood sugar was 457. She doesn't give a crap.
  • comptonelizabeth
    comptonelizabeth Posts: 1,701 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Shame OP never came back!

    Probably because people were telling her to dump him which isn't especially helpful. My very loving and supportive husband of 26 years never goes to the doctor even when he's ill. Should I dump him?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    comptonelizabeth wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Shame OP never came back!

    Probably because people were telling her to dump him which isn't especially helpful. My very loving and supportive husband of 26 years never goes to the doctor even when he's ill. Should I dump him?

    IMO there's a bit of a difference between being 'ill' and having a diagnosed disease that he is refusing to treat.
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  • laurenebargar
    laurenebargar Posts: 3,081 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    comptonelizabeth wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Shame OP never came back!

    Probably because people were telling her to dump him which isn't especially helpful. My very loving and supportive husband of 26 years never goes to the doctor even when he's ill. Should I dump him?

    IMO there's a bit of a difference between being 'ill' and having a diagnosed disease that he is refusing to treat.

    Yeah thats very true, my husband wont go to the doctor either, but he doesnt have a disease that has been diagnosed and lives a healthy life, Her boyfriend is being reckless with his own life, IMO its unacceptable.
  • H_Ock12
    H_Ock12 Posts: 1,152 Member
    He's an adult, hence it is his and not your responsibility to monitor his health/medication. If you love him and plan to continue your life together, you need to accept that it is his choice to medicate or not medicate.

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