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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
Good morning all, I hope you are well. I’m still fighting but close to giving up now.
I posted about this problem sometime ago, another month and a half on and still no support from both my diabetic specialist nurse and now even the consultant who actually laughed at me when I told him the amount of carbs I consume a day. I’ve been following dr Bernstein’s diabetic solution since the end of June. Self funded a libre for 2 and 1/2 months and got a really good handle on it. Reduced my ac1a down from 8.4% to 5.3 and was congratulated by my dsn. After 2 months I realised my novorapid was running short and not covering the protein digestion in my my meals and causing my sugars to rise over 10 frequently. The start of August I contacted my gp with my concerns and explained I needed a regular insulin. He then referred me to my dsn which took 2 months for me to sit down with her. She didn’t even know what regular insulin was yet she has been a diabetes nurse and educator for at least 30 years. A month on and I haven’t heard anything back from her, my sugars got worse from a constant state of worrying. The end of August my dad lost his fight with diabetes at the age of 60. I was waking up in the high 19’s quite a lot of the time, my eyes started to hurt upon waking so I made an urgent appointment with my gp. Last week I finally sat down with a diabetic consultant, only 3 months later. He said he would give me the actrapid I needed but needed to speak with the other consultants first. A week later after being promised I would have a prescription or at least a reply still nothing. I complained about my diabetic nurse and lack of care and responses. To that I received a little bit of a reply from pals at our local hospital. Saying there was no urgency in changing my insulin at this time although it’s not working correctly anymore and I’m now having to stack doses to deal with my low carb/protein meals.
Can you please point me in the direction of a consultant I can see who is supporting you guys on your low carb approach.
Thanks all
I posted about this problem sometime ago, another month and a half on and still no support from both my diabetic specialist nurse and now even the consultant who actually laughed at me when I told him the amount of carbs I consume a day. I’ve been following dr Bernstein’s diabetic solution since the end of June. Self funded a libre for 2 and 1/2 months and got a really good handle on it. Reduced my ac1a down from 8.4% to 5.3 and was congratulated by my dsn. After 2 months I realised my novorapid was running short and not covering the protein digestion in my my meals and causing my sugars to rise over 10 frequently. The start of August I contacted my gp with my concerns and explained I needed a regular insulin. He then referred me to my dsn which took 2 months for me to sit down with her. She didn’t even know what regular insulin was yet she has been a diabetes nurse and educator for at least 30 years. A month on and I haven’t heard anything back from her, my sugars got worse from a constant state of worrying. The end of August my dad lost his fight with diabetes at the age of 60. I was waking up in the high 19’s quite a lot of the time, my eyes started to hurt upon waking so I made an urgent appointment with my gp. Last week I finally sat down with a diabetic consultant, only 3 months later. He said he would give me the actrapid I needed but needed to speak with the other consultants first. A week later after being promised I would have a prescription or at least a reply still nothing. I complained about my diabetic nurse and lack of care and responses. To that I received a little bit of a reply from pals at our local hospital. Saying there was no urgency in changing my insulin at this time although it’s not working correctly anymore and I’m now having to stack doses to deal with my low carb/protein meals.
Can you please point me in the direction of a consultant I can see who is supporting you guys on your low carb approach.
Thanks all