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Hi so you're a type 2 diabetic on insulin... no high values during your admission to the hospital?

Good luck to you too :) All the best xx

Morning :) Glycosylated haemoglobin may be measured 6-12 monthly. In patients with stable type 2 diabetes an annual test may be sufficient while in those with poorly controlled diabetes, more frequent testing may be needed. It is rarely helpful to measure HBA1c more frequently than 3 monthly...

I do believe one of the problems in here is exactly not be able to see the same doctor! Where's the part of "continuity of care? The GP in my country knows me for than 20 years! Can I ask you to let me know those results? Im quite curious to know what your HBA1c is now...

Hi again So sorry to know that :( If I was you, and forgive me for saying this, and if you're not happy with your current status, I'd look for other opinions/solutions. What works for one, might not work for the other! Please don't loose your hope. Files should be marked with a a "no further...

Hi Sorry for the late reply... from what I can understand you seem to have your diabetes under control! Like I say each person is different but to be fair I've never seen anyone on metformin 2g per day all at night plus the insulin. And apparently you never experience any hypos??? There is a lot...

Hi How are u? U seem to be a bit discouraged with your condition and not being able to deal with it the best way possible. I'm really sorry to hear you say that. I believe that being a diabetic type 2 controlled by diet it's not an easy task. Can I ask u your latest HBA1c level? How many times...

Hello hope you're doing well on the other side of the world :) So a person with diabetes on insulin can choose to carry a credit-card sided paper record called the Insulin Passport. It can be used to record up-to-date details of the type of insulin, syringes and pens that you use,
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Hi Things have changed for the better hopefully. Glad to hear you had good experiences with your diabetes while you where in hospital. Normally hospitals do tend to prioritise diabetics on theirs lists but sometimes thats doesn't happen. What the new guidelines regarding elective surgery say is...

Hi Can I ask if you ever needed to use it? That is, in a emergency situation, if you had one, did someone looked into your phone to look for that information? Who told them it was in your phone? You? Were u well enough to tell them? As for for insulin pump, do you think the majority of the...

Hello Well, from what I've been reading, most of the experiences described in here are very similar... which I don't think it's necessarily good! A lot of people mentioned "they didn't know much about my diabetes condition" and that's really upsetting and worrying. So it's really an issue that...

Hi Well some life threatening conditions carry a bracelet or a card isn't it? I find the diabetic passport a real life saving tool if used! Like I said I still haven't seen one. I tried to ask for some for my hospital but nobody go back to me unfortunately :( As for your condition I do believe...

Do you all have a Diabetic Passport? Cause I've seen a lot of patients with Diabetes... never saw that Passport! I came across this when I was revising some literature and I've asked for some cause I believe they can improve significantly our practice and mainly patient safety.

Thank you :)

I'm sure that one of those tubes was certainly for a VRIII when you had the laparotomy. But fair enough not to remember, you had a rough time. Thanks again for your testimony :)

Hi Funnily enough a couple a months ago I had a patient on a insulin pump like u. Have to admit it was the first time I've seen one. Was very concerned about that patient cause if anything was about to happen and he wasn't able to manage that pump, we would be in trouble. I kindly informed my...

Hi Thank you for your message. It seems you were really well taken care off. I'm assuming that you didn't have a sliding scale (called VRIII now) because you didn't starve for that long? I'm asking because the VRIII is the preferred method of controlling the surgical patient’s serum glucose in...

Hello So pleased to know u had a good experience! Can I just ask what type a diabetic are you? Type 1 or 2? Many thanks, Susana

Hi Lovely to know u can share your experience through voluntary work. I think that's truly amazing! Again, diet/menus for diabetics in the hospital setting are one thing that still needs a lot of work don't you agree? Thank you for your feedback :)

Hi I do agree with you when u say that patients should manage their own insulin but sometimes that's not possible due to the nature of the surgery or even the complications that might happen after. So the sliding scale (VRII) is the best option specially for diabetics on insulin and if the...