Annual Check up Frustrations

Steveco65 said:

Hi,

I have had type 1 diabetes for 43 years this year and as is the norm I have 6 monthly blood tests and an annual consultation with the nurse. My results are always in the healthy range so no concerns there. However for the past few years now I have become increasingly frustrated due to the way in which these are conducted. It's good to know how you are doing and if there are any issues and how best to resolve them, however what frustrates me, is the lengthy questionnaire of questions that the nurse asks me to answer. This is because they are the same every year and some of them are obviously geared at newbies and not veterans like myself.

The sort of things I get asked are every time are: - do I know the signs of a hypo, do my relatives know the signs, have I informed DVLA, have I been for my retinopathy check, do I know to test my blood 2 hours before driving etc. all of which if I don't know by now I will never know.

I think the thing here is that they don't seem to have my last years answers up on screen so I just keep saying but I told you this last time. Maybe it's just me getting cranky in my senior years.

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Steveco65 said:

Thanks for all your replies. I have recently started using the Libre2 sensors at my own expense and the first couple of sensors were really quite accurate and I had the appropriate alerts for lows and highs. However, the sensor I am using now seems to be way off the mark in terms of accuracy and I don't get any alerts anymore. So I am having to back up the results with finger pricks again which kinda defeats the object. Will see how the next sensor works but the miracle alternative to having sore fingers seems to be fading fast

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searley said:

Mine go through the same.. including mental health questions.. sexual health questions and so on..

i speak to a couple of consultants a year to, and get a lot of the same questions there..

I can understand them wanting to ask, as there are probably many 'suffer in silence' people out there and being asked may just start the conversation?

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searley said:

Mine go through the same.. including mental health questions.. sexual health questions and so on..

i speak to a couple of consultants a year to, and get a lot of the same questions there..

I can understand them wanting to ask, as there are probably many 'suffer in silence' people out there and being asked may just start the conversation?

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Steveco65 said:

Hi,

I have had type 1 diabetes for 43 years this year and as is the norm I have 6 monthly blood tests and an annual consultation with the nurse. My results are always in the healthy range so no concerns there. However for the past few years now I have become increasingly frustrated due to the way in which these are conducted. It's good to know how you are doing and if there are any issues and how best to resolve them, however what frustrates me, is the lengthy questionnaire of questions that the nurse asks me to answer. This is because they are the same every year and some of them are obviously geared at newbies and not veterans like myself.

The sort of things I get asked are every time are: - do I know the signs of a hypo, do my relatives know the signs, have I informed DVLA, have I been for my retinopathy check, do I know to test my blood 2 hours before driving etc. all of which if I don't know by now I will never know.

I think the thing here is that they don't seem to have my last years answers up on screen so I just keep saying but I told you this last time. Maybe it's just me getting cranky in my senior years.

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Steveco65 said:

what frustrates me, is the lengthy questionnaire of questions that the nurse asks me to answer. This is because they are the same every year and some of them are obviously geared at newbies and not veterans like myself.

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NicoleC1971 said:

Wow I don't get the sexual and mental health questions thankfully. Just 'take a statin' and a note of my refusal. This time I am hoping for a Dexcom prescription so will have to be less argumentative re the staatins!

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