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Not having a great time with GP

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Hear Hear. Antibiotics increase your blood sugar, so do infections - so while you have the infection that's a double attack raising your blood glucose. Whilst you have too high BG - your body has much more difficulty healing - so you are stuck in the middle of a vicious circle.

You can't escape that without some proper help.
 
Me neither i am struggerling with the whole senario i really am. Trying to work 12 hour shifts 4 days a week and care for my family is difficult enough without being let down by these wastes of space. Im also showing protein in my urine but she didnt seem to care about that.
 
It's unreal, I feel for you.
Get some family help, stick to a sensible diet and exercise. Be as disciplined / strict as you can, persevere. Get a decent amount of kip, take the meds. Stay cool - try not to stress. Research - read up your condition/s the best you can. Slowly things will hopefully turn around for you. Say a little prayer for what it's worth. Good luck .
 
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SHORAN said:
It's unreal, I feel you.
Get some family help, stick to a sensible diet and exercise. Be as disciplined / strict as you can, persevere. Get a decent amount of kip, take the meds. Stay cool - try not to stress. Research - read up your condition/s the best you can. Slowly things will hopefully turn around for you. Say a little prayer for what it's worth. Good luck .
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No offence meant but perhaps read all of this thread before saying something as stupid as say a prayer as it sure ain't going to help Sammi.
 
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Have you tried going straight to your GP rather than this nurse? She sounds like she's still a bit confused about which type you are. I would make an appointment to see a GP (change GP if you don't have faith in them either!) then politely but firmly ask to be referred to a hospital clinic as you feel the surgery doesn't have the expertise to help you. I did this when I moved area once, the GP said I didn't need to be referred to a consultant as they could look after me in house and consultants were discharging everyone. I went home and decided I wasn't happy with that (had only been diabetic a few years at that point and still felt I was finding my way) so I went back and asked to be referred. I even asked the clinic beforehand to check they would be happy to see me and they said they were. He was fine about it. You need to persevere to get the help you need, but your quality of life will be so much better when you have got your meds right and the education you need about how to handle your condition. Keep at them, be assertive! If they fob you off point out that their advice so far led to you getting dka and requiring hospital care, which is far more risky and expensive than getting the clinic referral in the first place.
 
before something as stupid regarding say a prayer as it sure ain't going to help Sammi.
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I wouldn't say that, a prayer couldn't hurt could it? 🙂 I never diss the power of prayer since one of my dogs was saved. I really really prayed as he was a gonner, no way should he have survived, yet he outlived all his siblings and had a fabulous life. That was one well answered prayer and me just a miserable pleader.

Hope you get it all sorted Sammi. Just be firm with them.
 
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No offence meant but perhaps read all of this thread before saying something as stupid as say a prayer as it sure ain't going to help Sammi.
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To be fair to @SHORAN, prayer was mentioned after many practical suggestions, not instead of anything.
 
It could have come across as flippant - the last part - my prayer comment, it really wasn't intended as such.
But say something like that and some people may take offence - they need to chill out and realise some people believe a prayer may actually help... and even if it doesn't what's the harm anyway ?

The poor woman sounded like she was at her wits end and needed all the help she could possibly muster.
 
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Thought i would update you all. After being back on insulin for some time my sugars began to rise again. I see the diabetic nurse whom i gotta say isnt great. She first of all wrote my weight down wrong in july was out by a stone. I was 16st 11lb i am now 15st 4lb but apprently ive only lost 1kg. I weight myself regulary so this is bollox. Also she has put me back on metformin along with insulin and seems to be concentrating mainly on my weight and eating habits. She has convinced herself its because i eat too much and that why my sugars are high. I do not eat very much at all is the issue my appertite has all but gone. I no longer eat bread, potatos, and i am on wholewheat pasta and ive not eaten suagry snacks or had sugar in my drinks for a very long time. She offered me a weekly injection to curb my appertite?!!! I refused said i do not wish to be a guinea pig thank you. She stated she will not refer me until my weight is down. Basically what ever i said she refered bk to my weight and what im eating. If i cut anything else out of my diet im going to starve lol she checked my feet and i have some areas where sensation is lot due to hardened skin (on my feet constantly have been for many years) ive also had non stop abcesses for the past few weeks and am constantly on antibiotics these are leaving deep scars aswell and making me very miserable as 2 have been on my face. she is ringing me today to check my sugar levels and discuss the next step. Anyone else had this difficulty where all they can see if your weight?
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Sammi...I realise you have a lot to consider...many pressures on your time...work...looking after the family in addition to managing your diabetes...but...I believe its about time you put your concerns in writing to the practice manager...copy your GP in...I had similar issues with my local practice...disastrous relationship with my GP...then interference from a new DSN...I did write to my doctor & the practice manager...relieved to say things improved dramatically after that...the problem is you have no idea what she is recording on your patient records...no idea if she is really listening to your concerns...if you can put things in writing...we can all be clear about who said what to whom...unfortunately sometimes we encounter members of our health care team who are dismissive...always know better than we do...please consider addressing this formally...you have a right to...you need to...keep us updated.
 
Sammy please see a GP or change surgeries. And make a formal complaint. This woman shouldn't be a diabetic nurse.
 
See your GP and assert that you need to be referred to a hospital DSN and Consultant, also complain about the inept nurse. Best of luck, sounds like you definitely need further investigation.
 
Thank you all for your advice. Will my drs have a specific way of writing complaints? Will my gp be able to refer me? Most of the time they just refer me bk to her?
Thank you all for helping me throigh this shambles think i will be lost without you all.
 
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Thank you all for your advice. Will my drs have a specific way of writing complaints? Will my gp be able to refer me? Most of the time they just refer me bk to her?
Thank you all for helping me throigh this shambles think i will be lost without you all.
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Most GP practices have a practice manager who deals with complaints, among many other matters. Often there's information about complaints procedure on practice website.
Referral to diabetes specialist at hospital depends on local protocol, but if you're having problems with care within practice and if they are unable to help you within practice, you should push for referral to secondary care. Please continue to keep us informed.
 
As @Copepod says, also if no joy go to PALS.
 
Have you had your hospital referral yet Sammi? You need to see a consultant endocrinologist, as unfortunately GPs and practice nurses know next to nothing about type 1 diabetes. Please keep pushing for your referral.
 
No referral as of yet as i have been working, i now have the flu :( first time since becoming diabetic and omg i feel awful. What advice do you have for me to deal with illness when an uncontrolled diabetic? I called in sick to work they are about as sympathetic as my diabetic nurse. Am i ok to take lemsip and things like that im unsure of its sugar content.
 
Keep a very close eye on your glucose levels with a flu type infection, that can kick off another DKA episode. If your BG is more than 20, and appears to be on the rise, forget doctors or 111, get to A&E for some proper treatment. If you end up in hospital ask firmly to be seen by a diabetes specialist.

I don’t think Lemsip is sweetened with sugar, but just plain paracetamol will work as well as anything.
 
+1 to what MikeB says.

From memory, there's not much more than 5g of carbs in a Lemsip - you are likely to be having more problems from the illness itself so will probably need more insulin.

Have you ever been shown/told any 'sick day rules'?
 
As others have said, if your sugars raise, get into a and e. The only time I’ve been hospitalised with ketones since diagnosis was the first time I got flu
 
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