First appointment with nurse

[Mr Happymoose]

Well, I've had my first appointment with the diabetic nurse at the GP surgery and it was a bit of a mixed bag.

So far they're starting me on Metformin rather than going full insulin which is good. I've got to start checking my blood glucose every morning to keep an eye on what it's doing and how the Metformin will affect it. My blood glucose level wasn't massively high this morning so hopefully that's a sign of things to come and I wont need a large amount of more meds to control it.

Of course, as I'm me it's not straight forward and the diabetes nurse at the GP surgery had never heard of Type 3c before!! I'm actually happy that her first step was to freely admit that she didn't know about it and she googled it straight away and has booked me another appointment with a visiting diabetes specialist in a couple of weeks. The downside is that the nurse wouldn't even consider the Libre system so hopefully the specialist will be able to give me some more info and get me onto the Libre 2 rather than the finger pricking one I'm using at the moment. On top of having had whipple surgery, I have a suppressed immune system so constantly poking holes in myself isn't ideal!!

Over all though, the news could be worse but hopefully the specialist will be able to push things forwards a bit.

 

[Lucyr]

I have a suppressed immune system so constantly poking holes in myself isn't ideal!!

I’m not sure how these are related, but the holes poked in yourself from testing bg are tiny and you wash hands before every test so there isn’t an infection risk to be concerned about.

 

[Martin.A]

I’m not sure how these are related, but the holes poked in yourself from testing bg are tiny and you wash hands before every test so there isn’t an infection risk to be concerned about.

And the lancets are sterile as long as you treat them as single use, as advised.

 

[Mr Happymoose]

I’m not sure how these are related, but the holes poked in yourself from testing bg are tiny and you wash hands before every test so there isn’t an infection risk to be concerned about.

And the lancets are sterile as long as you treat them as single use, as advised.

Whenever you break the skin, no matter the precautions you've taken or how small the break, there is always a risk of infection however slight. This is something that has been drummed in to me by consultant after consultant over 15 years of dealing with a suppressed immune system.