Evening chaps, fair bit to catch up on. Ahoy, PirateyPersons, glad you’ve abandoned the Royal we. Was making the teeth of my inner (outer!) grammar pedant itch
Placement finished, feeling a bit bereft tbh. I’d got very close to my crewmates and really miss them
Last day was a humdinger, a real rollercoaster of emotion, including me ending up being the patient when I shredded my thumb opening a morphine vial. Ended up bleeding all over the ambo and needing to book myself into A&E to get my hand X-rayed for glass. Held a lady’s hand as she passed away. Went to a premature baby who was gray and barely breathing, safely delivered to the paediatric unit. Was a day of flashing and dashing, but I did get to press the 999 button on the truck. And fire up the sirens when we were in a tunnel
it’s the little things!
Went to see my dad today, he’s been diagnosed as prediabetic with an HbA1c of 44. He’s adopted the Pioppi diet and lost almost a stone in three weeks, which is amazing. I fitted him with a spare Libre today, so he can see exactly how different foods are affecting his levels - being like me, he’s thrilled to be part cyborg. Thankfully he didn’t bleed when I nailed the thing on, a bit of a concern for me as he’s on blood thinners. He’s determined to sort his blood sugar issues before they become a problem. Took him a box of homemade low carb iced gingerbread people, lemon cakes and chocolate orange doughnuts too.
My own diabetes barely bothers me at all with Loop. Worth every penny sacrificed to buy the bits I needed. Had bloods taken for an HbA1c on Friday, I’ll ring tomorrow and see if the results are in. It’s the first I’ve had done since starting my paramedic course and shift working. Last one was 35, but I’ll be thrilled with anything under 40. Collected my next three months worth of Dexcom supplies, and have been reassured that my current loopable pod supply is secure, even though they’re upgrading new users to the new (non loopable) version. Love my team
I took them some (proper) iced gingerbread biscuits as a token of my appreciation for all the support I’ve had