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1st visit with diabetic nurse

MY clinic DSN is very approachable and I get on fine with her but if she does tell me one more time that I am too tightly controlled for a newbie......... :evil: Which by the way, I am nowhere near as controlled as I would like to be but no one listens to me about my PP readings being too high after two hours. When I did, I was told not to test - as I would just worry myself. Cant think why? Grr

I also stated to her that my ongoing feeling of illness I think were related to the rapid rise in bg after eating and was more or less told not to be silly (not verbatim that this wouldnt explain it. Blood tests are back and no other underlying probls to explain it, so.............

Recently also met my GP practice nurse during flu jab who was introduced to me as the DSN for the practice. She was aware of me (thats something I suppose) and stated that she had 'meant' to phone me. HOwever, when I tried to dispose of the sharps box i was told they had no facility for that. LOL.

Im not yet sure whether they are not used to people wanting to take charge or having the 'skills' to do so (though can see why I would be exception by any manner of means) or whether I am in fact just a pain in the **** and expecting too much. Not sure if expectations are unrealistic or if they are just not up to it - dont have a benchmark.
Laughingly when I spoke to practice nurse about bg etc she did patronisingly tell me that after eating i would experience 'what is known as a post prandial spike'. Also told me it would be three hours after eating :?

Jurys still out people
 
fasteddie said:
Hi Trinkwasser

Please stay on the forum, you clearly know what you are talking about and your postings are very interesting.

You stated "Then you take in graphs of the result and tell them how you achieved it. They DON'T like that <evil grin>"

I may be lucky but my healthcare team have been very interested in my progress and how I have achieved it. I have not been stupid and gone to them as if I know all the answers. I think we should work with our healthcare pro's and work as a team. That way we can all progress and help others that come along in the future.

Regards Eddie
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Yes I was exaggerating a bit BUT there's quite a bit of cognitive dissonance here between the Official Line (first thing I got was the standard Eat More Starch! diet, and when I told my GP I was already low carbing she said "I'm putting my fingers in my ears now") and the fact that she actually asked for copies of my BG and BP graphs for a diabetes course they were being sent on. She has become very supportive unofficially, well you have to when you see someone's trigs drop to 10% of the original number and the HDL double eh? In general they are an order of magnitude more clueful here than where we used to live, BUT they are constrained by the PCT as to what official line they can follow. I have the distinct impression they don't like clinical decisions to be made by accounting clerks but realise they could lose their jobs if they don't toe the line.
 
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