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Group 7-day waking average?
- Thread starter Northerner
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jalapino
Chilli Man
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- Type 2
Good luck today!
Well pre bed was 22.4
Today 14.6
Makes me feel groggy with these numbers!
mum2westiesGill
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- Type 1
Good morning everyone 🙂
6.8 - bedtime
5.6 - this morning
6.8 - bedtime
5.6 - this morning
Pumper_Sue
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- Type 1
Wow looks like very good results for everyone today so far.
Well brother and I had the meeting ............. Matron was furious to see both my brother and I. Mum said she was seething
Bottom line is we were called liars and no veiled threats to mum were made no voices were raised at mum over the phone it was all her imagination. Out of spit the unprofessional OT then took Dad's stand aid away so he can not now raise him self off of his chair by 2 inches so his trousers can be pulled up above his bottom.
We were told that we should consider ourselves honoured that Matron came out every week to see my Dad as he was the only one she did this for. 🙄 Mum said after she was as useful as a chocolate teapot at the best of times.
Her attitude is to dope Dad up to the eyeballs with painkillers so he can be rolled around the bed to put his trousers on rather than allow him to lever himself up 2 inches off his chair.
You hear about the nightmare of care in the community but never expect to have to witness it through your own parents. 😡
Well brother and I had the meeting ............. Matron was furious to see both my brother and I. Mum said she was seething
Bottom line is we were called liars and no veiled threats to mum were made no voices were raised at mum over the phone it was all her imagination. Out of spit the unprofessional OT then took Dad's stand aid away so he can not now raise him self off of his chair by 2 inches so his trousers can be pulled up above his bottom.
We were told that we should consider ourselves honoured that Matron came out every week to see my Dad as he was the only one she did this for. 🙄 Mum said after she was as useful as a chocolate teapot at the best of times.
Her attitude is to dope Dad up to the eyeballs with painkillers so he can be rolled around the bed to put his trousers on rather than allow him to lever himself up 2 inches off his chair.
You hear about the nightmare of care in the community but never expect to have to witness it through your own parents. 😡
Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
I'm truly sorry to hear this Sue Is there someone higher up you can complain to? How can people be so insensitive and callous when they have chosen this as their profession? We were so lucky with my Mum at the last care home she was in. At the previous one she was bedridden and unresponsive - this was 3 years before she died. We moved her to another home where all of a sudden she was sitting in the room with the others, singing and dancing her feet, enjoying her food and was known for her lovely smile. The carers were wonderful with her, and us, at the end. This is how it should be. I know your dad isn't in a care home, but the standards and compassion should be the same throughout the caring profession.
I do hope you can get the matter resolved so that your Mum and Dad can enjoy their days together in peace and comfort
Is there someone higher up you can complain to? How can people be so insensitive and callous when they have chosen this as their profession? We were so lucky with my Mum at the last care home she was in. At the previous one she was bedridden and unresponsive - this was 3 years before she died. We moved her to another home where all of a sudden she was sitting in the room with the others, singing and dancing her feet, enjoying her food and was known for her lovely smile. The carers were wonderful with her, and us, at the end. This is how it should be. I know your dad isn't in a care home, but the standards and compassion should be the same throughout the caring profession.I do hope you can get the matter resolved so that your Mum and Dad can enjoy their days together in peace and comfort
Northerner
Admin (Retired)
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- Type 1
Back to my usual 4.4 🙂
Sue your not alone in having those sort of problems, my mom was addmitted to hospital as she could not walk. She was denied access to fluids, the 2 hour obs were falsified, I was there on one ocassion when they falsely filled in the forms.
Then they wonder why I put in a complaint to the staff nurse in charge (my big mistake was not to put the complaint in writing). She was then transfered to a main ward where they completely ignored whats was wrong.
More complaints went in and a meeting arranged with the doctor, who had the cheek to point blank say they won't do any tests to find out whats wrong.
The OT dictated what aids were required, and was only equipment the OT was familier with, not the right equipment. It took a few calls to find some one who knew what they were doing, and replaced the equipment with the correct stuff.
Previously an A & E doctor had shouted down a nurse in front of every one that a specialist nurse could request a specific test, which then the test never got done.
Then theres the Ambulance crews, 99 % of them were perfect gentle men / women showing great care. One was not rude but heading that way and said why waste their time calling an ambulance out. I spoke to the PALS service and station master service who guessed which person I was refereing too, and they were delt with. What annoyed me about the PALS service was I wanted to pass my thanks onto a couple of speciffic personel and they wern't interested in that.
All the complaints went in and all I ended up was a wishy washy answer that never actually never addressed the problems.
Sue your not alone in having those sort of problems, my mom was addmitted to hospital as she could not walk. She was denied access to fluids, the 2 hour obs were falsified, I was there on one ocassion when they falsely filled in the forms.
Then they wonder why I put in a complaint to the staff nurse in charge (my big mistake was not to put the complaint in writing). She was then transfered to a main ward where they completely ignored whats was wrong.
More complaints went in and a meeting arranged with the doctor, who had the cheek to point blank say they won't do any tests to find out whats wrong.
The OT dictated what aids were required, and was only equipment the OT was familier with, not the right equipment. It took a few calls to find some one who knew what they were doing, and replaced the equipment with the correct stuff.
Previously an A & E doctor had shouted down a nurse in front of every one that a specialist nurse could request a specific test, which then the test never got done.
Then theres the Ambulance crews, 99 % of them were perfect gentle men / women showing great care. One was not rude but heading that way and said why waste their time calling an ambulance out.
I spoke to the PALS service and station master service who guessed which person I was refereing too, and they were delt with. What annoyed me about the PALS service was I wanted to pass my thanks onto a couple of speciffic personel and they wern't interested in that.All the complaints went in and all I ended up was a wishy washy answer that never actually never addressed the problems.
Pumper_Sue
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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Hi Pav and Alan, thanks for your kind responses.
The carers who come in to Dad 4 times a day are fantastic, you can not wish for anything better.
It just seems to be a problem field managers, matron and the OT who made a decision without even assessing Dad first. There seemed to be a complete ganging up procedure in place to protect her and sod the patient and ignoring Mum altogether.
Complaints fall on deaf ears or we are politely told we are liars. Madam is also meant to make an apt for when she is next coming. Because I was there she swore blind she had to look in her diary and let mum know. So if no call comes guess who will ring up and ask so they can be there. 😡
I have just spoken to Mum and suggested she looks at the hand rail attached to Dad's bed as I'm sure that can be used for him to pull himself up those 2 inches. ( a slight rearrangement of furniture will be required)
Brother is going to talk to his carpenter friend to see if something can be made to help as well.
The carers who come in to Dad 4 times a day are fantastic, you can not wish for anything better.
It just seems to be a problem field managers, matron and the OT who made a decision without even assessing Dad first. There seemed to be a complete ganging up procedure in place to protect her and sod the patient and ignoring Mum altogether.
Complaints fall on deaf ears or we are politely told we are liars. Madam is also meant to make an apt for when she is next coming. Because I was there she swore blind she had to look in her diary and let mum know. So if no call comes guess who will ring up and ask so they can be there. 😡
I have just spoken to Mum and suggested she looks at the hand rail attached to Dad's bed as I'm sure that can be used for him to pull himself up those 2 inches. ( a slight rearrangement of furniture will be required)
Brother is going to talk to his carpenter friend to see if something can be made to help as well.
Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Good morning 🙂 6.4 for me today.
Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Morning Ant! Numbers still seem fairly consistent - 20s before bed and 11s-12s in the morning. Are you doing pre-dinner checks yet? Would like to know what you are before you eat, as I know you don't have a lot of carbs.
jalapino
Chilli Man
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Hi alan... well for dinner I had a change we had a roast dinner been months!!
Had 3 small roast taties, beef veg and 1 Yorkshire pud!
I injected at 6.00pm and ate at 6.39pm before I ate I was 19.2 then went to bed at 10.00pm and was 22.6
I am going to keep testing and I will just keep putting requests in for strips until I see docs next week 🙂
Northerner
Admin (Retired)
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- Type 1
You see, the meal you had was fine, although ideally you would be no higher by bedtime, you've only risen a little. If your pre-meal had been in the 5s then a bedtime in the 8s would be fine, although the overnight drop you experience would then be a problem. I know some people think a mix is OK but it seems that, for you, there is quite an overnight peak that can drop you by 10 mmol/l, which is quite a worry. It's likely that you should be having a lower dose in the evening and a higher dose in the morning.
jalapino
Chilli Man
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- Type 2
I agree...I think increase morning dose and decrease evening dose
Pumper_Sue
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- Type 1
Morning all, 7.1 this morning.
mum2westiesGill
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- Type 1
Good morning everyone 🙂
6.7 - bedtime
8.7- this morning
6.7 - bedtime
8.7- this morning
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