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My partner has an appointment on Friday with the diabetic nurse to review his recent blood test results and for his annual diabetic review.
Without being too pessimistic I have the feeling that his blood test results will not be great – they were high at the last appointment (they always have been high) and my guess is that they are still high / very high despite being prescribed yet another tablet (Linagliptin) at his last appointment with the nurse.
I also get the impression from his GP and the nurse that he is probably on the maximum dosage of tablets possible before having to move onto insulin.
In order to make the best of the appointment I feel that I need to go pre-armed with a list of potential questions in case the nurse recommends that he does have to move onto insulin. At this point I will just mention that he is adamant that he “will not take any more tablets or go on to insulin” so fear I have a battle ahead!
Does anyone have any words of advice in terms of what I should / could ask?
Forgive my ignorance, but will going onto insulin mean that he will still have to take the medication that he already has or will it be a substitute for some of his current tablets / medication?
What other implications will this have in terms of testing (he doesn’t currently test / told he didn’t need to) and any other changes in lifestyle / diet / exercise (or lack of!) / day to day things.
Feel I need to take control of the situation to some extent as know that he won’t –any advice you can give so that I feel more prepared would be appreciated, thanks.
Type 2 diabetic ; controlled (not controlled!) by medication, see other post “Living with a partner with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes”
Without being too pessimistic I have the feeling that his blood test results will not be great – they were high at the last appointment (they always have been high) and my guess is that they are still high / very high despite being prescribed yet another tablet (Linagliptin) at his last appointment with the nurse.
I also get the impression from his GP and the nurse that he is probably on the maximum dosage of tablets possible before having to move onto insulin.
In order to make the best of the appointment I feel that I need to go pre-armed with a list of potential questions in case the nurse recommends that he does have to move onto insulin. At this point I will just mention that he is adamant that he “will not take any more tablets or go on to insulin” so fear I have a battle ahead!
Does anyone have any words of advice in terms of what I should / could ask?
Forgive my ignorance, but will going onto insulin mean that he will still have to take the medication that he already has or will it be a substitute for some of his current tablets / medication?
What other implications will this have in terms of testing (he doesn’t currently test / told he didn’t need to) and any other changes in lifestyle / diet / exercise (or lack of!) / day to day things.
Feel I need to take control of the situation to some extent as know that he won’t –any advice you can give so that I feel more prepared would be appreciated, thanks.
Type 2 diabetic ; controlled (not controlled!) by medication, see other post “Living with a partner with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes”