I was diagnosed by my GP, sent to the hospital where the diabetic team confirmed it and set me up with insulin, blood tester and so on. They kept me most of the day and once satisfied that I could manage, sent me home. They phoned the next morning and a week later to check all was fine, before passing me over too a local diabetic clinic. A couple of weeks later, the clinic went over it all again and had me see a dietician before passing me back to my GP.
Since then, I see my GP and practice nurse annually. I haven't visited a clinic or the hospital since. My experience of type one has been ever so straight forward, with good HB1ACs each year. I will admit to visiting a podiatrist at my own cost to have full foot care checks as I know, like most practice nurses, ours are jack of all trades and master of none.
On the downside, my diabetes is so steady, I stand no chance of CGM or pump funding as my GP says I don't fit the criteria.
