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<blockquote data-quote="Gryph" data-source="post: 2078565" data-attributes="member: 508032"><p>It's not your age (eta: I'm 40) - after weeks of calling every other day (and the phone system auto hanging up after 20 mins queue; or getting through in the evening and being told "no appointments this month"), I finally got to see my DN earlier this week. Apparently having a job is not an excuse for spending hours on the phone each day.</p><p></p><p>She was keen to put me straight onto meds, despite me going with a My Sugr printout of the last 7 weeks, 580 odd readings, and showing me as well into remission (according to the meter). When challenged as to where I "got" these numbers, I produced my AccuChek - I was immediately and aggressively told that "<em>what on Earth do you need that for, it's not necessary?</em> Take the medication I want you to". This was deflected by taking my BP, which surprisingly (/sarcasm) was through the roof (usual home reading recently has been 100/65 ish). It went downhill rapidly from there - despite showing a week of readings averaging around 4.7 BG a day, apart from the one day I ate a "healthy Boots chicken sandwich" where BG spiked to 10.6 (from 5) after 1 hour, but back down to 6.8 after 2 hours. It went down like a bowl of carby cold sick.</p><p></p><p>It was signed off with giving me a HBA1C test form to take to phleb at the local hospital (I refuse to go anywhere else after being butchered a few times) and the DN stating "<em>I only trust a patient once, if your results don't reflect what you've shown me, I will be shouting at you next time</em>".</p><p></p><p>Sterling work! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gryph, post: 2078565, member: 508032"] It's not your age (eta: I'm 40) - after weeks of calling every other day (and the phone system auto hanging up after 20 mins queue; or getting through in the evening and being told "no appointments this month"), I finally got to see my DN earlier this week. Apparently having a job is not an excuse for spending hours on the phone each day. She was keen to put me straight onto meds, despite me going with a My Sugr printout of the last 7 weeks, 580 odd readings, and showing me as well into remission (according to the meter). When challenged as to where I "got" these numbers, I produced my AccuChek - I was immediately and aggressively told that "[I]what on Earth do you need that for, it's not necessary?[/I] Take the medication I want you to". This was deflected by taking my BP, which surprisingly (/sarcasm) was through the roof (usual home reading recently has been 100/65 ish). It went downhill rapidly from there - despite showing a week of readings averaging around 4.7 BG a day, apart from the one day I ate a "healthy Boots chicken sandwich" where BG spiked to 10.6 (from 5) after 1 hour, but back down to 6.8 after 2 hours. It went down like a bowl of carby cold sick. It was signed off with giving me a HBA1C test form to take to phleb at the local hospital (I refuse to go anywhere else after being butchered a few times) and the DN stating "[I]I only trust a patient once, if your results don't reflect what you've shown me, I will be shouting at you next time[/I]". Sterling work! :banghead: [/QUOTE]
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