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Diabetes Care and You.

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Reading posts here makes me very thankful that I have had good care since the start when diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes.

I know that some PCT areas leave a lot to be desired.

This document, compiled by DUK, explains what care you can expect and where to complain if you do not get these basic expectations.

https://www.diabetes.org.uk/Documents/c ... L_8010.pdf
 
If your diabetes is treated by other medication or by
healthy eating and physical activity, your care should
include:
information about testing your blood or urine glucose at home
and a discussion of what the results mean and what to do about
them
supplies of, or a prescription for, the medication and equipment
you need (see box below about ‘prescriptions’)
a discussion about hypoglycaemia (hypos) episodes if relevant
to your treatment, when and why they may happen and how to
deal with them.

How interesting..
 
I haven't had any care since my diagnosis (if you can call it that) but I lay the blame for that at my own door.

I was "diagnosed" after having a random blood test which was checking for numerous things, to be honest, I had gone along for a test to see if I was going through the menopause!

Doc decided to check for numerous things and apparently my glucose level came back raised (was told this in a phone call by receptionist), from that result I was "diagnosed". It seems like our practice automatically put their patients on meds as the exact words were "right, what we normally do is to start patients on medication...", I'm afraid that is as far as he got because I told him that i wasn't prepared to take meds.

To be truthful, I didn't really give him much of a chance but I just felt he wanted to try and twist my arm about starting off on medication, why not start with dietary changes?

I don't know but I haven't been back although he wanted me to come in and discuss things. In my 47 years I have been on enough medication to last me a bloomin lifetime and I really really want to avoid taking more.

So..I guess it's true to say that I am in charge of my own care for the time being.
 
Reading peoples posts about this makes me feel really lucky. I was diagnosed nearly a year ago as Type 2. Straight away I had great support from my GP and especially my nurse. She booked me in on a variety of courses to help me deal with diabetes.
Since then I have met so many people with diabetes that have been given nothing and struggled coping with it. Unaware of blood sugar levels and what to eat. I dont know what I would have done without the support and think that this website is a great place to share information and find others for advice who are experiencing or experienced the same thing.
I have good and bad days and still getting used to things. The only thing I wish I could do is find more diabetics of my age (34) in my area to see how they are coping with it. All the groups I went to through my nurse were all in their 60's which wasnt a problem but would have been nice to meet people my age to see how they are dealing with diabetes.
Keep up the fantastic work Diabetes.co.uk
:D
 
I like your style ladybird64..
I too wish doctors could suggest dietary changes before meds. However, I experienced the standard Australian dietary advice from the clinic which was not unlike the diet I was already following but getting low 6s for FBGs. Now no meds at all and I get between 4.0 and low 5s as a rule. The rest of the day I rarely go over 6.0.
 
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