But hopefully I got a point across today.
Regular readers will know that one of my “neighbors” — her door is across the hall and around the corner from mine — sent one of her students to me to talk about diabetes.
The teacher and I were visiting when the student came by, and I asked the girl how she was doing how she was doing. My teacher friend asked her how her diabetes was. My teacher friend asked several pointed questions about testing, etc. which I deflected as much as I could.
After the kiddo left, I told my teacher friend I had specifically asked about HER and not the diabetes, because I wanted the student to realize I cared about HER and that I knew when she was ready to deal with her diabetes, she would come and brag to me. In the meantime I didn’t want to add to any guilt.
Each of us with diabetes knows what we need to do, even if we’re at the beginning stage. We know we need to test more, or even that we need more help from something, but we’re not going to get there until we’re ready. Nagging, friendly or not, just adds to the stress.