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Rant!!!

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Aoife

Aoife

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I am fed up!

Diabetes is such a pain in the ass, it infiltrates every part of your life and sometimes, no matter what you do, it has the upper hand.

Ok, recently things haven't been going well, I had a stonking infection about 3 weeks before my last HbA1c which was also after going away to a music festival where my control was "haphazard". The resulting HbA1c was 75 😡 (9 in old money) previously to that I had been 57 so you can see thats a helluva jump.

I was never expecting perfection but I didn't think it would be that bad. I know it's my own fault but I do try hard most of the time to keep things under control it's just I hate the way it takes over my life and I see every high or hypo as a personal failure plus the lecture from the DSN about putting my health at risk and all the damage I could be doing to my body (despite having normal kidney and eye results) like I was stupid.

Anyway, rant over, sorry and sorry for the long whingey, whiney, woe is me post. At least I know people here know what I'm on about!

I guess it's just a bit of burnout, I just need to give myself a slap, stop being stupid and just get on with it.

(haha had a rant and then gave myself advice, maybe I should listen to me sometimes)
 
We all need to let it all out from time to time hope ya feel better now 🙂
 
I think the guilt trip lectures from DSNs should be banned! Unless you are not actually trying, but the DSN should be able to work that out really! What you need are words of encouragement.

Sorry to hear it's not great, but you are fully aware that there are special circumstances at play, particularly regarding the infection which are so difficult to control. Hopefully, next time around you will see a big improvement. You are doing your best, and that's all any of us can do. 🙂
 
Hi Aoife

I understand you very well
The last weeks I had quite a problem with high BG . I couldn't understand why . I live very Low Carb .
So there was a kind of infection going on in my body , nothing serious but with a high BG in the teens . I took some medication , no change. Then I thought , I do anything I can do if its need time , so be it .And then it was ok .
Don't be so hard on yourself . It is not your fault . Sometimes it happens.
And for that nurse...
Tell her she is so right with all her telling you off , think " you stupid big animal which gives milk "
That helps !
 
Its unrealistic to expect consistently good results, or at least that's the attitude I have.....

Life cant be put on hold, otherwise whats the point........

Im sure now your illness is gone and the music festival is done, things can get back to normal.....

🙂
 
I understand very well how you feel. Diabetes control is not an exact science, or anywhere near it. I can do exactly the same thing for 2 days running, eat the same meal (I always cook too much and frequently eat the same meal 2 days running) and guess what - blood sugars are miles apart afterwards. OK, so I am ill at the moment and that may play a part but having followed the same procedure for 2 days running and getting a 6.6 after the first day and a 22.4 after the second makes me want to give up and just do what I want to do and to hell with the consequences. Chin up.
 
Gott in Himmel - where did SHE learn her caring philosophy? - the Vlad the Impaler School of Psychology ?
 
hi l know just what your on about, l get really ****ed off ,with this bloody diabetes, lm due to see a nurse about my diet, not looking forward to it,but there no angels lve worked in nurses home in the past lve never seen so mush smoking and stuffing there faces😛 there not perfect
 
You sound like you know what you're doing to me!, more than the nurse I expect🙂
 
To fully appreciate the good results you have to experience the bad.


As for your DSN, you could take her a Haynes workshop manual to your next visit to illustrate the career change she needs.:D
 
Just wanted to agree with you Aoife, mine's been rubbish lately for no reason really. I had an invite to a refresher afternoon regarding the Xpert insulin course today. So I'm going to write all my results down and see if they can work it out! I'm having a week of hypo's after weeks of highs. It's mad.
 
Thanks for all the replies, it really does help
I'm my own worst enemy sometimes (although new worst enemy may well be a certain DSN!)
If I graded my last A1c I would give myself a D-, next time I want to be at least a C+, I've never been perfect 🙂
 
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