Hi All
Went to see the Diabetic Nurse on Tuesday ( the reason I say the Diabetic Nurse is because I never see the same one twice) and went through my sugar readings with her as I suffer with hypos and have no awareness and in the past week or two it seems the hypos are nearly every day probably hot weather isn't helping. I was given a new glucose meter the week before the AVIVA EXPERT so I can now work out my carbs and insulin with ease. I was abit taken back by a couple of things the nurse said to me, when she asked me how I was getting on with the meter I told her I was doing fine but still having hypos she answered ' well you have only had it a week you have to give it a chance ' give it a chance to do what ? its not going to stop hypos its telling me what insulin I need to inject for what carbs i'm eating. Then when she was looking at my blood glucose book and working out when the hypos were happening she told me they don't count sugar reading between 4.0 and 3.6 as hypo only from 3.5 and below well from all the books and info I have read and been told in all the years i've been diabetic when your sugar levels reach 4.0 you are going hypo what's changed, the way I see it once your sugar levels reach 4.0 then like mine they can drop like a brick. Has anyone heard this about sugar levels between 4.0 and 3.6 not being counted as hypo.
To say the least i'm am getting really fed up with these diabetic nurses .
tracey167
Went to see the Diabetic Nurse on Tuesday ( the reason I say the Diabetic Nurse is because I never see the same one twice) and went through my sugar readings with her as I suffer with hypos and have no awareness and in the past week or two it seems the hypos are nearly every day probably hot weather isn't helping. I was given a new glucose meter the week before the AVIVA EXPERT so I can now work out my carbs and insulin with ease. I was abit taken back by a couple of things the nurse said to me, when she asked me how I was getting on with the meter I told her I was doing fine but still having hypos she answered ' well you have only had it a week you have to give it a chance ' give it a chance to do what ? its not going to stop hypos its telling me what insulin I need to inject for what carbs i'm eating. Then when she was looking at my blood glucose book and working out when the hypos were happening she told me they don't count sugar reading between 4.0 and 3.6 as hypo only from 3.5 and below well from all the books and info I have read and been told in all the years i've been diabetic when your sugar levels reach 4.0 you are going hypo what's changed, the way I see it once your sugar levels reach 4.0 then like mine they can drop like a brick. Has anyone heard this about sugar levels between 4.0 and 3.6 not being counted as hypo.
To say the least i'm am getting really fed up with these diabetic nurses .
tracey167