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<blockquote data-quote="Kasia" data-source="post: 196545" data-attributes="member: 31934">I do sympathise with everybody who has been bullied or made to feel bad by a Diabetic Nurse. I&#039;d like to tape one of my appointments.&nbsp; I&#039;ve no doubt that my DN is a well-meaning woman but she treats me as if I were a naughty child. Whenever I mention a concern or worry, she pooh-poohs it.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve survived cancer and been privileged to&nbsp; be treated by Macmillan Cancer nurses who work in PARTNERSHIP with their patients.&nbsp; If a cancer patient says he/she feels exhausted then their cancer nurse believes them.&nbsp; They work out together what the best plan is.&nbsp; But when I tell my Diabetes Nurse or even my GP that I&#039;m exhausted then they say, &quot;That&#039;s not possible, your number is not high enough.&nbsp; Only people with a number over 20 feel exhausted.&quot;&nbsp; And since we&#039;re not allowed to self-monitor (a rule which thankfully I&#039;ve broken) we never get to learn that it&#039;s the &#039;post-prandial-peaks&#039; that are contributing to the exhaustion.&nbsp; We never get to address and fix the problem. Have just spent a gruesome day at the DESMOND course and witnessed 2 nice, well-meaning DNs.&nbsp; But how small they must have made some people feel with comments like, &quot;None of you are morbidly obese YET; Now which of you have got depression?&nbsp; Now if you have a reading like that you must have been naughty; How many apricots did you put on your oats?&nbsp; All exercise bikes end up in the garage.&quot;&nbsp; Yes - maybe I&#039;m sensitive.&nbsp; But I&#039;m sensitive about OTHER people&#039;s feelings and I don&#039;t think all Diabetic Nurses know how to motivate, praise and empathise.&nbsp; Maybe DESMOND would be better if there were one DN and one &#039;expert patient&#039; who could give actual practical advice and a warm smile.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I was livid to find at the end of the DESMOND day, on a distant table in a box packed away, a set of leaflets from the Diabetic Research Unit at our local hospital inviting Type 1 and Type 2s to ring up and see if there were any clinical trials they&#039;d like to join!&nbsp; Oh, and there was also a local family support group that we could also join.&nbsp; But the DNs clearly didn&#039;t think these enterprises worth mentioning.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; End of rant!!!If you have been ... thanks for listening.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kasia, post: 196545, member: 31934"] I do sympathise with everybody who has been bullied or made to feel bad by a Diabetic Nurse. I'd like to tape one of my appointments. I've no doubt that my DN is a well-meaning woman but she treats me as if I were a naughty child. Whenever I mention a concern or worry, she pooh-poohs it. I've survived cancer and been privileged to be treated by Macmillan Cancer nurses who work in PARTNERSHIP with their patients. If a cancer patient says he/she feels exhausted then their cancer nurse believes them. They work out together what the best plan is. But when I tell my Diabetes Nurse or even my GP that I'm exhausted then they say, "That's not possible, your number is not high enough. Only people with a number over 20 feel exhausted." And since we're not allowed to self-monitor (a rule which thankfully I've broken) we never get to learn that it's the 'post-prandial-peaks' that are contributing to the exhaustion. We never get to address and fix the problem. Have just spent a gruesome day at the DESMOND course and witnessed 2 nice, well-meaning DNs. But how small they must have made some people feel with comments like, "None of you are morbidly obese YET; Now which of you have got depression? Now if you have a reading like that you must have been naughty; How many apricots did you put on your oats? All exercise bikes end up in the garage." Yes - maybe I'm sensitive. But I'm sensitive about OTHER people's feelings and I don't think all Diabetic Nurses know how to motivate, praise and empathise. Maybe DESMOND would be better if there were one DN and one 'expert patient' who could give actual practical advice and a warm smile. I was livid to find at the end of the DESMOND day, on a distant table in a box packed away, a set of leaflets from the Diabetic Research Unit at our local hospital inviting Type 1 and Type 2s to ring up and see if there were any clinical trials they'd like to join! Oh, and there was also a local family support group that we could also join. But the DNs clearly didn't think these enterprises worth mentioning. End of rant!!! If you have been ... thanks for listening. [/QUOTE]

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