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<blockquote data-quote="gemma_T1" data-source="post: 2033719" data-attributes="member: 473650"><p>I think we must have met the same doctor!!!! Did you go to uni in Manchester by any chance? I was told something similar ... that I was basically pathetic ( he said much worse) for complaining about period pain ... I put up with years of unbearable pain and then 8 years after seeing the doctor in Manchester I collapsed in the street whilst on my lunch break from work, a passerby called an ambulance and I was taken to casualty. I had a laparoscopy the next day and was diagnosed with endometriosis. </p><p>I have had so many bad experiences with doctors, gynecologists etc. I could write a book. </p><p>My first ever dietitian, (after years of diabetes) who must have recently been qualified, perhaps younger than me at the time, met me for the first time and decided to shout and swear at me and then declare that I was impossible to deal with, probably because she was telling me to eat many more carbs than I thought was good for me. I had always dealt well with diabetes in my own way with not many carbs at meals etc. My grandmother had had diabetes and my mum was a good cook and didn’t believe in lots of carbs unless it was potatoes ( she was Irish[emoji6]) I also didn’t want to inject loads of insulin as I didn’t want to put on weight, so for me small meals and 1 or 2 units max was fine. I was very polite about it, but she was totally out of control. I wish I had reported her. At the time I was a masters student and after having been asked what I ate for lunch, I said that I usually missed it as I had lectures during lunchtime, so I usually had a couple of midget gems or a Lollipop to keep me up as by lunchtime I was usually 4 and would be hypo by the end of the lectures without them. Her reaction was completely over the top, and I mean totally crazy ( she should have been sacked) she even said, you really want to swear at me now, don’t you? To which I replied she was doing enough swearing for both of us[emoji849]and I wasn’t one to swear anyway... I think the calmer I was, the worse she got... </p><p>I was 24 years old, type one, slim, sporty and busy during the day, so I did what I could in order to not disturb lectures and be able to take notes, keep my sugar levels up and not go hypo. These were the days when there were no pumps to make life easier with reduced basal, just fixed night insulin and then multiple injections and a couple of midget gems kept me from hypo-ing. </p><p>My Hba1c wasn’t perfect but was always around 6.5, which they’d always been happy with. </p><p>Crazy lady!!! I’ve never forgotten her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gemma_T1, post: 2033719, member: 473650"] I think we must have met the same doctor!!!! Did you go to uni in Manchester by any chance? I was told something similar ... that I was basically pathetic ( he said much worse) for complaining about period pain ... I put up with years of unbearable pain and then 8 years after seeing the doctor in Manchester I collapsed in the street whilst on my lunch break from work, a passerby called an ambulance and I was taken to casualty. I had a laparoscopy the next day and was diagnosed with endometriosis. I have had so many bad experiences with doctors, gynecologists etc. I could write a book. My first ever dietitian, (after years of diabetes) who must have recently been qualified, perhaps younger than me at the time, met me for the first time and decided to shout and swear at me and then declare that I was impossible to deal with, probably because she was telling me to eat many more carbs than I thought was good for me. I had always dealt well with diabetes in my own way with not many carbs at meals etc. My grandmother had had diabetes and my mum was a good cook and didn’t believe in lots of carbs unless it was potatoes ( she was Irish[emoji6]) I also didn’t want to inject loads of insulin as I didn’t want to put on weight, so for me small meals and 1 or 2 units max was fine. I was very polite about it, but she was totally out of control. I wish I had reported her. At the time I was a masters student and after having been asked what I ate for lunch, I said that I usually missed it as I had lectures during lunchtime, so I usually had a couple of midget gems or a Lollipop to keep me up as by lunchtime I was usually 4 and would be hypo by the end of the lectures without them. Her reaction was completely over the top, and I mean totally crazy ( she should have been sacked) she even said, you really want to swear at me now, don’t you? To which I replied she was doing enough swearing for both of us[emoji849]and I wasn’t one to swear anyway... I think the calmer I was, the worse she got... I was 24 years old, type one, slim, sporty and busy during the day, so I did what I could in order to not disturb lectures and be able to take notes, keep my sugar levels up and not go hypo. These were the days when there were no pumps to make life easier with reduced basal, just fixed night insulin and then multiple injections and a couple of midget gems kept me from hypo-ing. My Hba1c wasn’t perfect but was always around 6.5, which they’d always been happy with. Crazy lady!!! I’ve never forgotten her. [/QUOTE]
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