Monica
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Parent
Bev - I know how strongly you feel about this all. And I don't think you are critical. You are just simply stating the facts.🙂
If I hadn't joined this forum, I'd be none the wiser about all those things you mentioned. Carol absolutely will not do her lunchtime test!!! When I mentioned this at the clinic, I was actually hoping for some support and the specialist saying to her that she MUST do it. But no, he didn't. He just said that's understandable, she doesn't want to be different and if she does them her friends might want to do one etc. GRRRRR😡 And the same last time, neither DSN said to her that she must do it. At times I say to her, do a test at lunch, because your dinner readings have been a bit high, so we need to find out what's wrong. "Have you done it?? Oh I forgot!!!" Sometimes I get her to do one at weekends. But weekends are different, as she doesn't get up till 10.
All this not doing the lunch test stems back from when she was on 2 injections a day. And although I wanted Carol to have a blood machine at school in case of hypos, and do a lunch test, the DSN said no, not necessary. Now, there's a little boy at that school on 2 and he tests before his snacks and at lunch!!!! Why didn't our DSN say to at least test at lunch?? If I'd known better then, I'd have put my foot down. When she was doing the SATs (still on 2), I actually went in and tested her, yes HYPO!! It took a lot of arguing though.
I actually said to Carol, that if she doesn't want to test at school now, how was she going to do it if she had the pump, as she'd have to do it during class too. Unfortunatley, there's a girl at school with a pump who doesn't test. I think we will have a serious falling out!!😱
I'm interested in going to the FFL. Where are they usually held? And how well in advance do they advertise it? I would bring the whole family with me. I'll have to google Joe Solo, never heard of him.
If I hadn't joined this forum, I'd be none the wiser about all those things you mentioned. Carol absolutely will not do her lunchtime test!!! When I mentioned this at the clinic, I was actually hoping for some support and the specialist saying to her that she MUST do it. But no, he didn't. He just said that's understandable, she doesn't want to be different and if she does them her friends might want to do one etc. GRRRRR😡 And the same last time, neither DSN said to her that she must do it. At times I say to her, do a test at lunch, because your dinner readings have been a bit high, so we need to find out what's wrong. "Have you done it?? Oh I forgot!!!" Sometimes I get her to do one at weekends. But weekends are different, as she doesn't get up till 10.
All this not doing the lunch test stems back from when she was on 2 injections a day. And although I wanted Carol to have a blood machine at school in case of hypos, and do a lunch test, the DSN said no, not necessary. Now, there's a little boy at that school on 2 and he tests before his snacks and at lunch!!!! Why didn't our DSN say to at least test at lunch?? If I'd known better then, I'd have put my foot down. When she was doing the SATs (still on 2), I actually went in and tested her, yes HYPO!! It took a lot of arguing though.
I actually said to Carol, that if she doesn't want to test at school now, how was she going to do it if she had the pump, as she'd have to do it during class too. Unfortunatley, there's a girl at school with a pump who doesn't test. I think we will have a serious falling out!!😱
I'm interested in going to the FFL. Where are they usually held? And how well in advance do they advertise it? I would bring the whole family with me. I'll have to google Joe Solo, never heard of him.