tomcamish
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Hi All,
After 18 months of being told "you're type 2" and "your HBA1C has gone back up, take another tablet" (see my previous post for more details https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/should-i-ask-f-or-insulin.62458/page-2#post-644621) I have finally got somewhere!
I was due to see my normal nurse to discuss my most recent HBA1C of 98, however she had an accident and broke her leg and couldnt see me, so I asked my doctors if I could be sent to the diabetic clinic at the hospital (which is where my type 1 father in law has his treatment and where my wife had her treatment for gestational diabetes).
Instead, they arranged for one of the consultants from the clinic to come to my surgery to see me (plus the other people due to see the normal nurse).
At this point i should mention that when she came to the waiting room to get me she walked up to a 60 year old bloke sitting opposite me, then looked at the form, then looked at me and said my name. She said later that she hadnt looked at the DOB and thought that as she was discussing someone with type 2 that it was the old guy.
Anyway - she actually listened, agreed that it was ridiculous that i'm just being told to take another tablet each time my bloods are higher, that I'm always hungry and that even half a slice of brown bread sends me sky high, and said "we need to get you on insulin", and had a meeting with her seniors the same day to discuss my case - they all agreed i need insulin. My nurse has been saying I dont need it for 18 months!
Anyway, I'm now on Humulin 70/30 with breakfast and evening meal, and what a difference it has made! I'm now getting blood tests of 5.5 to 6.5 and not 12 to 15 anymore! My morning sugars a still a bit high so she's upped my dose in the evening. And to cap it all off, she's had me referred to the clinic at the hospital, at last! She's also gonna get me properly tested for Type 1, which is a test my nurse said "there's no point in doing that test as you're definitely type 2".
So, anyone out there with the same nurse-not-listening-and-treatment-not-working issue, there is light at the end of the tunnel!
After 18 months of being told "you're type 2" and "your HBA1C has gone back up, take another tablet" (see my previous post for more details https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/should-i-ask-f-or-insulin.62458/page-2#post-644621) I have finally got somewhere!
I was due to see my normal nurse to discuss my most recent HBA1C of 98, however she had an accident and broke her leg and couldnt see me, so I asked my doctors if I could be sent to the diabetic clinic at the hospital (which is where my type 1 father in law has his treatment and where my wife had her treatment for gestational diabetes).
Instead, they arranged for one of the consultants from the clinic to come to my surgery to see me (plus the other people due to see the normal nurse).
At this point i should mention that when she came to the waiting room to get me she walked up to a 60 year old bloke sitting opposite me, then looked at the form, then looked at me and said my name. She said later that she hadnt looked at the DOB and thought that as she was discussing someone with type 2 that it was the old guy.
Anyway - she actually listened, agreed that it was ridiculous that i'm just being told to take another tablet each time my bloods are higher, that I'm always hungry and that even half a slice of brown bread sends me sky high, and said "we need to get you on insulin", and had a meeting with her seniors the same day to discuss my case - they all agreed i need insulin. My nurse has been saying I dont need it for 18 months!
Anyway, I'm now on Humulin 70/30 with breakfast and evening meal, and what a difference it has made! I'm now getting blood tests of 5.5 to 6.5 and not 12 to 15 anymore! My morning sugars a still a bit high so she's upped my dose in the evening. And to cap it all off, she's had me referred to the clinic at the hospital, at last! She's also gonna get me properly tested for Type 1, which is a test my nurse said "there's no point in doing that test as you're definitely type 2".
So, anyone out there with the same nurse-not-listening-and-treatment-not-working issue, there is light at the end of the tunnel!
