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It was an actual paramedic that did the assessment. I ended up with 6 a4 sheets of notes for all his errors and comtradictons

She's got an appointment next week with her dsn

Most hypos happen while she's asleep but she can be completely out of it at 3.9 they can also last for up to 12 hours

Fybromyalgia, severe depression and anxiety, social phobias obviously type 1 shess also hypo unaware. She also has severe hypos even with a cgm that require third party intervention regularly needing glucagon or paramedics.

Hey guys my wife is currently in the process of trying to claim pip and we have now got to the point where she is waiting for a date for tribunal. Ive just spent the last few hours going through the 84 pages of rubbish they sent us and came across a really amazing fact..... According to the...

Hi Guys Ive posted this on its own thread but i think it fits here also. This is a petition to improve the basic knowledge of the people diabetics entrust there lives too when ever they have severe issues that require treatment in A&E or if they ever need an ambulance...

Hi All you may or may not have seen my recent post about being refused an ambulance for my pregnant wife. While posting here i decided to do something constructive and put it to the government to train medical staff and emergency stadd in general so they know there's more to diabetes than the...

All i will say to this post is i was told by a complaints manager of the Yorkshire ambulance service that a version of the NHS symptom checker was used for incoming 999 calls. it took almost 2 hours for NHS direct to call to even look at transport, bearing in mind that when my wife got to...

I've made an official complaint to the Ambulance Service and the hospital for everything they did that was not right. ive also filed for a petition to increase awareness of diabetes for medical staff and 999 operators. it wont go anywhere but it feels like im being productive.

This is material taken from the NHS itself about DKA. I think the BOLD bits say it all http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/diabetic-k ... ction.aspx Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a dangerous complication of diabetes that is caused by a lack of insulin in the body. DKA occurs when the body is unable...

well if it is correct that my wife and unborn child almost died because of what is obviously gross incompetence by the ambulance service and the people that make the guidelines please explain to me why when someone is completely off there face after drinking too much on a Saturday night do they...

Hi All as a further update to my wifes condition at the point we dialed 999 it has been confirmed that she was in full blown DKA so if we had waited for the NHS direct call back for transport there is a very good chance that both my wife and unborn child would be dead now. she is currently...

I apologies if it came across as aggressive. the way i read it was that the DSN was being ignorant and that ketones was not dangerous.

yes and if it wasn't for that she would more than likely not be here :/ at the moment she has to change her infusion set for her pump every 2 days (average fill of about 200-250 units) and has to test her sugars a stupid amount of time (over 300 tests a month). on the plus side though im never...

we do get tax credits but not at a high enough level to get prescriptions ect. on paper my wife earns just over the threshold although in the last tax year we earnt as a 2 adult 2 kid family about 13k that was taxable