Hi all, I got diagnosed roughly 6 weeks ago, (LADA) when I was taken to hospital with DKA. I was given a diabetic nurse who I have not yet seen. She said I would be given an appointment within a week, then after this time, she changed it to within a month. She was then supposed to ring me 3 weeks ago but didn't. My levels are all over the place and I'm really worried about this. Everytime I ring, shes never there. Hiw am i supposed to manage my diabetes safely when i can never get hold of her and she doesnt return my calls?
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Hello and welcome to the forum 
Sorry to hear you're in this position, have you spoken to the Endocrinology team at your hospital ? I wouldn't wait for your DSN to call you back, as you're newly diagnosed you need to be seen and there are other DSN's you can speak to there on the phone, try this and see how you get on.
Sorry to hear you're in this position, have you spoken to the Endocrinology team at your hospital ? I wouldn't wait for your DSN to call you back, as you're newly diagnosed you need to be seen and there are other DSN's you can speak to there on the phone, try this and see how you get on.
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Hello and welcome,
I agree you must talk to someone as soon as possible. Today would be a good time.
May I just point out that your settings say you have prediabetes, but you say you are LADA. It would help if you change your profile settings to reflect your diagnosis so you can receive appropriate advice because "prediabetes" is showing under your avatar.
I agree you must talk to someone as soon as possible. Today would be a good time.
May I just point out that your settings say you have prediabetes, but you say you are LADA. It would help if you change your profile settings to reflect your diagnosis so you can receive appropriate advice because "prediabetes" is showing under your avatar.
Hi. I assume you have been placed onto insulin? Can you let us know if you are on insulin and what regime i.e. twice a day mixed or 4/5 times a day Basal/Bolus.
Thanks. I'm appalled that the hospital haven't provided more support. Hopefully your local surgery can help. I have a lovely DN at my surgery who does my reviews. The normal approach to Basal/Bolus regime is to try to get the Basal balanced first. A rough check is to see whether your BS after fasting for a few hours goes up or goes down; also what your morning BS level is and my DN said, sensibly, to keep it between 5 to 7 mmol. For the Bolus you may have been told to start with a fixed dose but shortly you should be taught how to adjust the dose at each meal to match the carbs in that meal. This is called the Bolus ratio. Most people are started at 1 unit of Bolus for each 10gm of carb. This is adjusted to suit each patient based on experience. The important thing when doing any adjustments is to use the meter a lot and try to get hold of a DN if you can. Under inject the number of units if unsure and gradually increase with experience
Thanks for the reply. Luckily my gp was fantastic today and referred me to a few different people and organised an appointment with a consultant next week. I feel a lot more at ease now. Thanks for your help
