I am the daughter of a diabetic and my mother is also diabetic. My father used to manage her care and would monitor her blood sugars and did her injections. She had 4 injections a day but her blood sugar management was exemplary. Sadly my father recently died and my sister arranged a review of her care. As a result, she now receives 1 injection a day from the district nurse. Her blood sugars have steadily climbed to the 20s and by the end of the day reach 30 plus.
She has become angry, suspicious, and paranoid, her eyesight is affected and she has trouble focusing and concentrating. My sister has taken advantage of this confusion to get her to sign up a solicitor to manage her estate. However when I asked her about the visit with the solicitor she didn't know what he was there for or what she had agreed to. I discovered the blood sugar issue when my visit coincided with the district nurse and I asked about my mother's blood sugar reading and found out about the 26-plus readings. I discovered this has been going on for over 2 weeks probably since my father was taken into the hospice in September. When I had asked my sister about her care she had told me it was none of my business and they were managing things. Obviously, this was not true. I phoned her GP who said that possibly because I had raised this as a concern they would gradually increase her insulin and he would monitor it. 4 days on my mum phoned because her blood sugar was 30 and she felt really ill. We called the ambulance and they said they were too busy and to call 111 or GP. The GP wasn't taking calls as all appointment slots were filled. 111 sent an ambulance. The ambulance wouldn't take her to hospital but sent the community nurse to give her more insulin and they also contacted the doctor who will call tomorrow.
So the nurse comes but will only give her 4 units of insulin because although the prescription had been increased to 24 the nurses were still giving her 20 so she was only 4 units short that day. So this indicates to me that the nurses hadn't increased the dose as promised and the doctor wasn't monitoring the results every 2 or 3 days as promised. My mum is still feeling dreadful and her live in carer is left with no community support.
I have diabetic retinopathy and avoid driving in the dark so will be visiting tomorrow and trying to resolve this mess. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. I feel that I have let my father down by trusting my sister to manage my mums care and not being all over this sooner, As a diabetic I know how c**p high blood sugar makes you feel my sister doesn't seem to understand how dangerous this is to be this high for this long.
My mum is eating very small meals and most carbs have been eliminated from her diet to help get sugars down. She has also replaced fruit juice for taking pills with water she has done all she can to help herself and yet the sugars are still climbing.
Is this a new approach to diabetes care to go down to 1 injection or is this just a way of making things easier for the District nurses?
She has become angry, suspicious, and paranoid, her eyesight is affected and she has trouble focusing and concentrating. My sister has taken advantage of this confusion to get her to sign up a solicitor to manage her estate. However when I asked her about the visit with the solicitor she didn't know what he was there for or what she had agreed to. I discovered the blood sugar issue when my visit coincided with the district nurse and I asked about my mother's blood sugar reading and found out about the 26-plus readings. I discovered this has been going on for over 2 weeks probably since my father was taken into the hospice in September. When I had asked my sister about her care she had told me it was none of my business and they were managing things. Obviously, this was not true. I phoned her GP who said that possibly because I had raised this as a concern they would gradually increase her insulin and he would monitor it. 4 days on my mum phoned because her blood sugar was 30 and she felt really ill. We called the ambulance and they said they were too busy and to call 111 or GP. The GP wasn't taking calls as all appointment slots were filled. 111 sent an ambulance. The ambulance wouldn't take her to hospital but sent the community nurse to give her more insulin and they also contacted the doctor who will call tomorrow.
So the nurse comes but will only give her 4 units of insulin because although the prescription had been increased to 24 the nurses were still giving her 20 so she was only 4 units short that day. So this indicates to me that the nurses hadn't increased the dose as promised and the doctor wasn't monitoring the results every 2 or 3 days as promised. My mum is still feeling dreadful and her live in carer is left with no community support.
I have diabetic retinopathy and avoid driving in the dark so will be visiting tomorrow and trying to resolve this mess. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. I feel that I have let my father down by trusting my sister to manage my mums care and not being all over this sooner, As a diabetic I know how c**p high blood sugar makes you feel my sister doesn't seem to understand how dangerous this is to be this high for this long.
My mum is eating very small meals and most carbs have been eliminated from her diet to help get sugars down. She has also replaced fruit juice for taking pills with water she has done all she can to help herself and yet the sugars are still climbing.
Is this a new approach to diabetes care to go down to 1 injection or is this just a way of making things easier for the District nurses?
