embubble81
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Hi there
I am extremely worried about my Dad. He takes insulin 4 times a day. ~In the past 2 weeks he has had 2 extremely severe episodes. One where my Mum found him completely unconsious in the middle of a main road at 10.30 pm with cars actually indicating and driving around him. Yes some people are just too nice in the UK. My Dad puts himself out of others continually and then when he is ill people drive around him? even when my Mum tried to flag someone down nobody stopped? It makes me want to cry.
Then yesterday where he collapsed whilst walking the dogs and from what we have pieced together he was unconcious in a frozen field for some hours before coming around and being dragged home by his dogs.
My Dad is extremely active and I must be honest he does not look after himself really very well, but I try as much as possible to make eating easy for him. I freeze him meals etc. He does eat and he does inject when he needs to but he is not coping.
My main concern is that there is such a short space of time from him starting to go hypo to him being completely out of it, that I am scared one day he won't be lucky and be found by someone in time.
Dad lives alone and has a part time job at Tesco's, he has to work to pay his bills but the staff at Tesco seem to think that diabetes is not that important. Dad works a split shift and is not getting enough time to eating sleep and do everything in time to get back to work. My mother actually approuched his deputy manager as they actually let Dad walk home just before he collapsed in the road. We were concerned they did not know what to look out for, to her shock she was told by the manager that "she knew nothing about diabetes and in her opinion Dad could not cope with the job". Do Tesco's have a duty of care towards diabetic's? and can they sack Dad for going hypo?
Secondly these episodes with Dad are increasing and i would say in the past 6 months we have had the paramedic's out 6 times and an ambulance has been called to work 3 or 4 times.
When we visit the GP they simply tell dad to chamge his insulin times this is always the answer and it is not working. The attitude seems to be Dad is not eating correctly. I have tried explaining this kind of Linbo that Dad lives in and it is brushed off as a symptom of going hypo so regularly. But I honestly believe there is something else wrong the GP seems not to want to help any further.
Is there any advice you can give me? Dad lives alone and the paramedic's are estimating that Dad goes hypo at least once a night. He is living in a constant confusion, he is always confused and forgets everything, this is a man who was a Police Officer for 25 years I am so concerned and I have no idea what else I can do.
He cannot give up work as he is not entitled to any benefits and cannot afford to live otherwise.
Can anyone suggest anything we can do to give a warning that he will be going hypo sooner than it just happening? I have heard of a bracelet that detects it or how can he be fitted with pump?
I am so scared one day we will find him dead I know this sounds dramatic but I honestly do.
Any advice would be great.
I am extremely worried about my Dad. He takes insulin 4 times a day. ~In the past 2 weeks he has had 2 extremely severe episodes. One where my Mum found him completely unconsious in the middle of a main road at 10.30 pm with cars actually indicating and driving around him. Yes some people are just too nice in the UK. My Dad puts himself out of others continually and then when he is ill people drive around him? even when my Mum tried to flag someone down nobody stopped? It makes me want to cry.
Then yesterday where he collapsed whilst walking the dogs and from what we have pieced together he was unconcious in a frozen field for some hours before coming around and being dragged home by his dogs.
My Dad is extremely active and I must be honest he does not look after himself really very well, but I try as much as possible to make eating easy for him. I freeze him meals etc. He does eat and he does inject when he needs to but he is not coping.
My main concern is that there is such a short space of time from him starting to go hypo to him being completely out of it, that I am scared one day he won't be lucky and be found by someone in time.
Dad lives alone and has a part time job at Tesco's, he has to work to pay his bills but the staff at Tesco seem to think that diabetes is not that important. Dad works a split shift and is not getting enough time to eating sleep and do everything in time to get back to work. My mother actually approuched his deputy manager as they actually let Dad walk home just before he collapsed in the road. We were concerned they did not know what to look out for, to her shock she was told by the manager that "she knew nothing about diabetes and in her opinion Dad could not cope with the job". Do Tesco's have a duty of care towards diabetic's? and can they sack Dad for going hypo?
Secondly these episodes with Dad are increasing and i would say in the past 6 months we have had the paramedic's out 6 times and an ambulance has been called to work 3 or 4 times.
When we visit the GP they simply tell dad to chamge his insulin times this is always the answer and it is not working. The attitude seems to be Dad is not eating correctly. I have tried explaining this kind of Linbo that Dad lives in and it is brushed off as a symptom of going hypo so regularly. But I honestly believe there is something else wrong the GP seems not to want to help any further.
Is there any advice you can give me? Dad lives alone and the paramedic's are estimating that Dad goes hypo at least once a night. He is living in a constant confusion, he is always confused and forgets everything, this is a man who was a Police Officer for 25 years I am so concerned and I have no idea what else I can do.
He cannot give up work as he is not entitled to any benefits and cannot afford to live otherwise.
Can anyone suggest anything we can do to give a warning that he will be going hypo sooner than it just happening? I have heard of a bracelet that detects it or how can he be fitted with pump?
I am so scared one day we will find him dead I know this sounds dramatic but I honestly do.
Any advice would be great.