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Bewildering Acronym Cheat-Sheet

Maybe they mean "blood meter" - meaning the glucose reading showing on the meter (I know I think of it that way sometimes when I'm writing my records)


edit: oops, sorry - there's been a raft of other posts inbetween when I started this comment! It's about the BM thing .....
 
Grateful said:
There's one that turns up sometimes. It is something like NLAP or NDLAP (sorry, I cannot find an example of it). It stumps me everytime, and I cannot find it in the sticky thread in Newly Diagnosed. Next time I find a reference to it I'll holler here, unless someone can figure it out from my cryptic reference.
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NAFLD ? Non alcoholic fatty liver disease.
 
Ok confession time! I used to be a nurse, I retired in 2016 after 38 years in the NHS, that’s how I know how the acronym BM came about. Even some nurses these days don’t know, they just assume it’s blood monitoring. However Diabetes was never my speciality! I feel I’ve jumped the fence since retiring with diagnoses of asthma and Diabetes. I’ve never said I was a nurse before on this forum as I didn’t want people assuming I knew what I was doing because as you can imagine all I knew was the NHS stuff! Sorry if anyone feels I’ve deceived you.
 
Rachox said:
Ok confession time! I used to be a nurse, I retired in 2016 after 38 years in the NHS, that’s how I know how the acronym BM came about. Even some nurses these days don’t know, they just assume it’s blood monitoring. However Diabetes was never my speciality! I feel I’ve jumped the fence since retiring with diagnoses of asthma and Diabetes. I’ve never said I was a nurse before on this forum as I didn’t want people assuming I knew what I was doing because as you can imagine all I knew was the NHS stuff! Sorry if anyone feels I’ve deceived you.
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I personally would like to thank you for your service to the NHS and to your patients. No need for the confession, I liked you anyway ;)
 
Rachox said:
Ok confession time! I used to be a nurse, I retired in 2016 after 38 years in the NHS, that’s how I know how the acronym BM came about. Even some nurses these days don’t know, they just assume it’s blood monitoring. However Diabetes was never my speciality! I feel I’ve jumped the fence since retiring with diagnoses of asthma and Diabetes. I’ve never said I was a nurse before on this forum as I didn’t want people assuming I knew what I was doing because as you can imagine all I knew was the NHS stuff! Sorry if anyone feels I’ve deceived you.
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You performed a magnificent service for 38 years, so congratulations from me, and congratulate yourself.

My little confession would be that I went to a specialist PE college, worked as a PE teacher, for a few years, tried every sport and physical activity under the sun, and look at me now! An armchair sports fanatic that walks her dog for exercise!!!
 
Bluetit1802 said:
You performed a magnificent service for 38 years, so congratulations from me, and congratulate yourself.

My little confession would be that I went to a specialist PE college, worked as a PE teacher, for a few years, tried every sport and physical activity under the sun, and look at me now! An armchair sports fanatic that walks her dog for exercise!!!
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I’m a fellow sports addict, I love watching it from the sofa! I don’t even have a dog to make me go walking!
 
Rachox said:
They are not all angels, I just hope I was!
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Characteristics of the nurses I have known here in America (socially). These have usually been the friends or partners of other medical professionals in our family.
  • Kind.
  • Thoughtful.
  • Courteous in an old-fashioned way (they write snail-mailed thank-you letters after coming to dinner).
  • Overworked.
  • Patient with people who, in a social setting, ask them to give opinions on ailments (this must get "old" really fast).
  • Tactful in correcting people who spout medical BS.
  • Underappreciated.
  • Underpaid.
 
Grateful said:
Characteristics of the nurses I have known here in America (socially). These have usually been the friends or partners of other medical professionals in our family.
  • Kind.
  • Thoughtful.
  • Courteous in an old-fashioned way (they write snail-mailed thank-you letters after coming to dinner).
  • Overworked.
  • Patient with people who, in a social setting, ask them to give opinions on ailments (this must get "old" really fast).
  • Tactful in correcting people who spout medical BS.
  • Underappreciated.
  • Underpaid.
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Well I hope I live up to your observations, I was definitely overworked and underpaid, not always under appreciated some patients showed their gratitude, with boxes of chocolates (Oh the irony!). I do have to exercise number 6 with my father in law frequently!
 
Rachox said:
I do have to exercise number 6 with my father in law frequently!
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I must admit that the first time I talked about diabetes with the extended family (two months after diagnosis) it was quite intimidating.

There were three nurses in the room.

I started talking about the pancreas and their eyes glazed over. But then I said something about Type 2 and the main problem for someone like me being "insulin resistance" and all three of them nodded simultaneously.

Phew!
 
In the 1980s it was all about 'BM sticks'. 'I'll do your BM stick with you' = 'I'll help you test your blood sugar'.

I think perhaps Boehringer Mannheim were one of the first makers of blood glucose monitors, so they cornered the market for a while, not least in testing terminology!

:)
 
This acronym has nothing to do with diabetes, but I always have liked QANTAS.

I have seen a lot of posts on other forums re QANTAS where the poster has chucked a U into it the mix, so it says QUANTAS which it aint. It stands for Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services.

Filling in our sickie plod sheets at the mines we just used to write "had the sh*ts" as none of the spellings of daihorrorear made sense to our shift foreman.
 
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