DiabetesPartner
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
I've been looking for a decent forum for diabetes issues and as this one is aided by Diabetes UK of which I am a supporting member, it seemed the logical choice.
My Fianc?e was diagnosed in Feb this year with Type 1 and it was a bit of a shock. At first she would get upset at times when thinking of all the worse-case scenarios that obviously you get told about. I have done my very best to support her and convince her that it's no big deal when controlled well (she finds this a comforting thought), and she has since handled things amazingly.
She asks for my help of food choices/insulin doses etc and with the combined effort her control is excellent and last week had HbA1C of 5.5% which the nurse said for her age (22) and being fairly recently diagnosed was very good indeed. I go with her to all of her appointments related to diabetes as she finds it comforting and I like to know everything that's going on!
As a scientist I have found that I get my hands on anything that I can read to find out more about diabetes and now I think I annoy my Fianc?e's doctor with in-depth questions about specifics of blood tests and other various issues. I think he either thinks I'm a trainee doctor or someone who typed "diabetes" into Google and went prepared with lots of long words! And as such his responses are fairly abrupt and rubbish, my main gripe about our interaction with the health service so far (I wonder has anyone else experienced this?). I thnk this thirst for knowledge is my own coping mechanism.
I think I'll stop now, my apologies for the long first post but it does feel quite good to have an outlet like this as I certainly don't want to load my Fianc?e with things on my mind, that's my job with her!
Thanks sincerely for listening.
I've been looking for a decent forum for diabetes issues and as this one is aided by Diabetes UK of which I am a supporting member, it seemed the logical choice.
My Fianc?e was diagnosed in Feb this year with Type 1 and it was a bit of a shock. At first she would get upset at times when thinking of all the worse-case scenarios that obviously you get told about. I have done my very best to support her and convince her that it's no big deal when controlled well (she finds this a comforting thought), and she has since handled things amazingly.
She asks for my help of food choices/insulin doses etc and with the combined effort her control is excellent and last week had HbA1C of 5.5% which the nurse said for her age (22) and being fairly recently diagnosed was very good indeed. I go with her to all of her appointments related to diabetes as she finds it comforting and I like to know everything that's going on!
As a scientist I have found that I get my hands on anything that I can read to find out more about diabetes and now I think I annoy my Fianc?e's doctor with in-depth questions about specifics of blood tests and other various issues. I think he either thinks I'm a trainee doctor or someone who typed "diabetes" into Google and went prepared with lots of long words! And as such his responses are fairly abrupt and rubbish, my main gripe about our interaction with the health service so far (I wonder has anyone else experienced this?). I thnk this thirst for knowledge is my own coping mechanism.
I think I'll stop now, my apologies for the long first post but it does feel quite good to have an outlet like this as I certainly don't want to load my Fianc?e with things on my mind, that's my job with her!
Thanks sincerely for listening.
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