Anyone got new shielding letter? TYPE 1

[Mickeyminime]

again, for the current shielding, i was simply waiting for something that never came until more than a month plus which now states i'm high risk. It doesn't say anything about HBA1C levels though unlike the very first letter from last year. However, there have been some people i spoke to last year that had GP's that never helped. So you might have one of those GP's thats not supporting you. Mine never really supported me which is why i kinda just not worry who i deal with anymore. I mostly feel like they turn a blind eye as i have other issues that need to be dealth with more than 2 years later. They never gave me my ketone set until last year which i was told by one nurse, i should have had since day one. This is why i feel like going to work is better for me, even if i do catch it because there was no support at all for me during the first shielding. I'm only going to be in it again if i stay at home this time.

 

[Pumper_Sue]

They never gave me my ketone set until last year which i was told by one nurse, i should have had since day one.

Oh heck there's no hope for me then as I've never had a meter for testing ketones and that's after 56 years on insulin.

 

[Mickeyminime]

because i haven't been able to download or photo copy the current high risk letter, this is the best thing i can do for you to see what i got a few days ago in regards to the high risk. It states on the 3rd one about high risk shielding until the 31st March. The other image i gave you up above came with this one in regards to work.

 

[Mickeyminime]

Oh heck there's no hope for me then as I've never had a meter for testing ketones and that's after 56 years on insulin.

When i was first diagnosed, they didn't explain to me what to do. They never told me how much insulin i should take. My mum is type 2, so she helped a bit, but because i was down as type 1, we where taking risks. I ended up taking 20 units of the quick insulin mutliple times of the day and it must have been 6 months later i spoke to one of the nurses and she went balistic. I told her i wasn't told anything. They even screwed up the information which said i'm on tablets which i'm not on, they said i was on one insulin while i was on two, they even got my gender wrong too. One of the GP's the same day changed the info for me as he stated "they are playing with your life". I keep hearing how bad it is and to be honest, i feel like i'm better on my own or to simply ignore it. I was even told take the slow insulin twice a day and the quick one before and after all my foods, but never how much to take. Then many months later, "oh no, you take the quick one after your food", then it changed to "oh no, you take it before your food". Like seriously, what is it lol

 

[Pumper_Sue]

Then many months later, "oh no, you take the quick one after your food", then it changed to "oh no, you take it before your food". Like seriously, what is it lol

Depending on which insulin you have been given it's normally 15/20 mins before you eat. This gives it a chance to start working when the food hits your system 🙂 If it's Fiasp for me it's about 4 mins before I eat.

Have you considered asking questions on the forum in a different thread so we can help you out?
Once your blood sugars are lower your mood will improve as well so you wont feel so down. 🙂

 

[stephknits]

I'm over 50 and type 1, hbaic not been done in ages, but wasn't too bad. Not been put on shielding list, not yet called for vaccine. Type 1 17 yr old daughter also neither. Wasn't expecting to be, but weird hearing others in similar position are.

 

[Inka]

i feel like i'm better on my own or to simply ignore it

The first part of that might be true possibly @Mickeyminime but the second part most definitely isn’t. As someone once said to me, you can ignore diabetes but it won’t ignore you...

I think I posted in an earlier thread of yours. If you’re still having problems, please do start another thread asking all the questions you have. You’ll get lots of support here.

I haven’t had a shielding letter but I only have Type 1. It does seem to depend on the area.

 

[Steve_H]

The government has published a threshold for who should shield - see COVID-19 Population Risk Assessment - NHS Digital

• an absolute risk of 0.5% (or 5 in 1,000)
• a relative risk of 10 (or 10 times the baseline risk)

I calculated mine as a Type 1, aged 44 with a BMI of around 30 and my score came out at 0.0118%. It doesn't ask about HbA1c etc.

No shielding letter for me, still expected to work in a large NHS Trust.

 

[Flutterby]

I haven't had one. Thought I might due to my recent stroke but time will tell.

 

[Lucyr]

The government has published a threshold for who should shield - see COVID-19 Population Risk Assessment - NHS Digital

• an absolute risk of 0.5% (or 5 in 1,000)
• a relative risk of 10 (or 10 times the baseline risk)

I calculated mine as a Type 1, aged 44 with a BMI of around 30 and my score came out at 0.0118%. It doesn't ask about HbA1c etc.

No shielding letter for me, still expected to work in a large NHS Trust.

Just calculated mine in the QCovid calculator. For the risk of Covid death row my absolute score was 0.0108% and my relative risk was 21.6. Not sure what that means im very unlikely to die but quite a bit more likely than other 33 year olds?