Changes for the better/worse?

[Cate]

Wow Cate that pump you have sounds fantastic if they are like that now what will they be like in say 5 - 10 years time.. are you under St Helier for your diabetes? obviously I am at Epsom, but am not that keen on the Consultant and prefer to see one of the other Dr's at the clinic.

Hi Squidge

Yep I'm at St Helier - I get on really well with the consultants there, don't know if I'm allowed to mention their names or not so I won't, but both are great. The DSNs are all good too, and I've found them all pretty proactive about trying different treatments etc if stuff isn't working.

 

[squidge63]

Hi Squidge

Yep I'm at St Helier - I get on really well with the consultants there, don't know if I'm allowed to mention their names or not so I won't, but both are great. The DSNs are all good too, and I've found them all pretty proactive about trying different treatments etc if stuff isn't working.

My DSN is good, well I think she is lol she has always been very helpful to me and her advice usually works. I had to see one of the endocrinologists at St Helier a couple of years ago when it was thought I had something on my pituitary gland, he was very nice, made you feel at ease when speaking with him.

 

[novorapidboi26]

I remember that finger pricker when my wee brother was suffering and I was not, it took about 5 minutes until it actually burst a hole in the finger, not good.........

 

[AlisonM]

I recall at school in the early 70s a friend who was Type 1 had to go to the nurse three times a day for his injections and the hypodermic was a ginormous horse syringe. He used to cry because it hurt so much. They also used to fed him a small salad or a sandwich as well and someone had to sit with him while he ate. He wasn't allowed to do the injections himself because 'they' thought he was too young.