Just back from seeing a nurse practitioner at GP surgery and after she had distressed me and I told her I was upset and wanted to go home I got "I haven't finished with you yet". My GP is lovely and with him I feel like a person and he listens to my concerns and I feel like I have a say. But the nurses, consultants etc seem to think they can just treat me like a non person.
Nigel hits the nail on the head when he says he's still the same person.
So maybe the word diabetic is my trigger point, but here are a few examples of the non person stuff
I have normal feet so far and I pamper them. Crocs,foot spa bath, lotions. Walk in to consulting room in low-heeled Salvatore Ferragamo shoes to see cardiovascular surgeon, he looks at my feet and says " Those aren't suitable shoes for the diabetic foot "
I'm in hospital with ecoli 0157 eating lunch and working on laptop, while talking to husband and parents. Nurse comes in,grabs fork outof my hand, pokes around on the plate and says " You're not eating enough carbs, you're diabetic,you need more carbs"
My GP on holiday,I have an appt with another GP who gives me a lecture abt not eating cakes,biscuits and sweets which I didn't eat even before I had diabetes.
Before I had diabetes I was deemed compos mentis enough to make my own follow up appt for blood test results. Now I get a letter through the post telling me an appt has been made for me.