allisonb
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
I was involved in a road traffic accident on Thursday last week on my way to work. I was taken my ambulance to A&E and thankfully there is no serious damage to my or baby. I was though, infuriated at the lack of knowledge about type 1 in the A&E department.
When I arrived my BS was taken and was very low, 1.6. No hypo signs, which I think was largely due to my blood sugars running low due to being pregnant and the shock of the accident. The nurse who was looking after me told me that he was going to get me a cup of tea (in a loud and slow voice!). I don't drink tea so told him no thank you, but could he please pass me the lucozade that was in my handbag. Ten minutes later he came back to me with a cup of tea and a slice of toast. I asked for my lucozade again and was amazed when he said, but that will raise your blood sugar really quickly! Er, hello, that's what I need it to do. I was finally handed my lucozade and told to drink the full bottle...do these people know nothing. My BS was taken when I'd swallowed the last mouthful of lucozade. It was lower, 1.4. Probably because it'd taken 10 minutes for the lucozade to arrive. You should eat this toast I was told.....aaaaarrrrgggghhhh! Let me treat my hypo myself in the way that I know works, you just concentrate on the incredible neck and back pain that I've got and checking that my unborn baby is ok.
Now I know that most medical professionals will have a limited knowledge of diabetes and that's ok. What I find it infuriating is that they try and treat us diabetics with that limited knowledge instead of admitting that we probably know what we're doing and leaving us to sort ourselves out.
Moan over!
When I arrived my BS was taken and was very low, 1.6. No hypo signs, which I think was largely due to my blood sugars running low due to being pregnant and the shock of the accident. The nurse who was looking after me told me that he was going to get me a cup of tea (in a loud and slow voice!). I don't drink tea so told him no thank you, but could he please pass me the lucozade that was in my handbag. Ten minutes later he came back to me with a cup of tea and a slice of toast. I asked for my lucozade again and was amazed when he said, but that will raise your blood sugar really quickly! Er, hello, that's what I need it to do. I was finally handed my lucozade and told to drink the full bottle...do these people know nothing. My BS was taken when I'd swallowed the last mouthful of lucozade. It was lower, 1.4. Probably because it'd taken 10 minutes for the lucozade to arrive. You should eat this toast I was told.....aaaaarrrrgggghhhh! Let me treat my hypo myself in the way that I know works, you just concentrate on the incredible neck and back pain that I've got and checking that my unborn baby is ok.
Now I know that most medical professionals will have a limited knowledge of diabetes and that's ok. What I find it infuriating is that they try and treat us diabetics with that limited knowledge instead of admitting that we probably know what we're doing and leaving us to sort ourselves out.
Moan over!
