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<blockquote data-quote="Lucie75" data-source="post: 476614" data-attributes="member: 23580"><p>How disappointing Engineer. Sometimes you need some reassurance if nothing else and if even that isn't forthcoming it makes you wonder why you should attend appointments, knowing that you'll come away feeling despondent. I've had a such a positive experience it's a real shame this isn't the norm. All you can do is hold your head high, stay strong, and keep plugging away at your control knowing that here you have the support that is sadly lacking at your clinic. </p><p></p><p>Craig - I only went to my pump clinic last week and was fortunate enough to bump into my consultant that I had for 20+ years before I switched over to the pump. We had this very conversation (as it was he who spotted something wasn't quite right when I was feeling down - he referred me to a psychotherapist and I had treatment for clinical depression within a couple of weeks). I said that the only bad thing about switching to a pump was that he didn't run the clinic and instead (even in his opinion) I had a 'Professor' who can only be described as 'clinical', all numbers and not interested in anything that can't be broken down and scrutinized. He admitted that he is all for the personal approach and he teaches that to his students. If a patient feels like they're going to be criticised at clinic they will either not bother going or won't be honest when they do go. It's unfortunate but I don't see it changing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucie75, post: 476614, member: 23580"] How disappointing Engineer. Sometimes you need some reassurance if nothing else and if even that isn't forthcoming it makes you wonder why you should attend appointments, knowing that you'll come away feeling despondent. I've had a such a positive experience it's a real shame this isn't the norm. All you can do is hold your head high, stay strong, and keep plugging away at your control knowing that here you have the support that is sadly lacking at your clinic. Craig - I only went to my pump clinic last week and was fortunate enough to bump into my consultant that I had for 20+ years before I switched over to the pump. We had this very conversation (as it was he who spotted something wasn't quite right when I was feeling down - he referred me to a psychotherapist and I had treatment for clinical depression within a couple of weeks). I said that the only bad thing about switching to a pump was that he didn't run the clinic and instead (even in his opinion) I had a 'Professor' who can only be described as 'clinical', all numbers and not interested in anything that can't be broken down and scrutinized. He admitted that he is all for the personal approach and he teaches that to his students. If a patient feels like they're going to be criticised at clinic they will either not bother going or won't be honest when they do go. It's unfortunate but I don't see it changing. [/QUOTE]
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