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<blockquote data-quote="Mommayorkie" data-source="post: 933079" data-attributes="member: 37348"><p>Hi Scouser., Thank you for that. yes you are right i WAS very down and as i said had given up. however. i must say the visit to the nurse practitioner went off extremely well. better than i could have hoped for. now will see if she means what she said............. when i walked in she said the usual what can i do for you thing. "is it the diabetes?", so i said "that and a few other things."..."oh right, shall we take the other things first?"... i surprised myself. instead of feeling intimidated as i had before i said " no.. they are all intermingled with the diabetes. " she said, ok, tell me...and i proceeded to tell her how i felt, the way that relative carried on with me. no support from family and less from my GP surgery..told her how i felt after getting BS back to 7 after it had gone up through steroids(and incidentally. when i said above i knew she would want to put me on steroids, it was not steroids but statins i meant.) steroids i cant avoid with having asthma and COPD. unless i can avoid getting colds coughs and chest infections.told her i had been self testing for 2 years but could no longer afford to buy as i said above,and why. that it was the only way i felt i could cope with it all.about all the other med probs that were worse since being on Metformin and how when i stopped taking the 2nd one(and why) i was told thats fine, don't worry bout it........ and how i felt that if it was fine why was i on the things at all?anyway the end result.... she listened.. really listened. asked if i was on antidepressants to which i said no i wasn't and wouldn't go on them as i felt i was fine if left alone by that relative or when she wasn't getting at me.would do nothing but mask what was going on. would not help me cope with it apart from making me not care about anything.so she left that one......... she has changed my diabetic tablets to Dapaglifozin 10mg on a morning. with these i have to monitor my blood sugars .she suggested night and morning as shes particularly interested in the bedtime ones.so i now get strips/lancets for now till she knows if these tablets are going to work.have to see her on weds again.2 weeks since i saw her last.plus she has put mepore dressings on repeat prescription for me.</p><p>fasting bloods were (starting Thursday 20th Aug.....9.7/9.4/7.4/7.3/9.4(after a bad sleepless night where i had to eat at 5am)7.2/8.1/8/6(had missed my tea previous day ,just wasn't hungry)6.8 and 7.5 today</p><p>bedtime tho...17.8/17.1/15.8/14,8/14.5/15.6/13.2/12.7/15/10.1/13.6 last night.bedtime ranged from 12.15-3am and supper is always at 10pm/ used to be 3 weetabix with semi skimmed milk but on 2nd evening i changed to Rice Krispies....Morning BS times range from 10am to 11.30am depending on sort of night i have had.must admit i do feel much better... my IBS has calmed down considerably. even the fluid on my left leg is barely there most days now. depending on whether ive been able to get out, if only shopping.</p><p>on top of this. my asthma /COPD review was last weds. asthma was always the worst of the too, now COPD is slightly worse so my sprays have been changed to 2 i take on a morning only plus my reliever ,Ventolin. instead of 3 other sprays 3 times a day that ive been on for years. and boy what a DIFFERENCE. just need to check what to do now if i get chest infection as Ventolin on its own never did much good.always had to double up on the other 3 sprays too. cant do that with these. but what a difference they are making.... ive been doing a food diary plus using up what few strips i had left for the old meter( using the old meter) to test first few days 2hrs after and immediately b4 each meal. ill transfer those onto PC tomorrow (going with daughter for her eyes testing Tuesday), and print off so its easier for the nurse practitioner to read. Her parting words were, i am going to work with you on this and we WILL get it sorted......... have felt soooooooo much better since. my one problem is these bad nights and what to do about being hungry when i cant sleep. plus what can i snack on in an evening?i have fruit as a sweet after breakfast and tea. usually handful of grapes. 6-10 depending on size.but dare not eat more than that in a day. (though must admit,if i go into fridge for m#milk for a cup of tea,i might nick a couple then.usually in the evening,)if i eat too many IBS kicks off. melon is ok but i find i get fed up of that. its bland n no satisfying crunchiness as there is in the skin of the Egyptian red grapes on the market at the moment</p><p>anyway its good to talk.(but only if people want to listen)and she listened.</p><p>oh and the steroids, for chest infections, are only given for 5-7 days ..6 tablets a day all at once to zap the infection. if that doesn't do the trick you get a 2nd course. but they are very careful after that. but on those doses you can come straight off them as not long term</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mommayorkie, post: 933079, member: 37348"] Hi Scouser., Thank you for that. yes you are right i WAS very down and as i said had given up. however. i must say the visit to the nurse practitioner went off extremely well. better than i could have hoped for. now will see if she means what she said............. when i walked in she said the usual what can i do for you thing. "is it the diabetes?", so i said "that and a few other things."..."oh right, shall we take the other things first?"... i surprised myself. instead of feeling intimidated as i had before i said " no.. they are all intermingled with the diabetes. " she said, ok, tell me...and i proceeded to tell her how i felt, the way that relative carried on with me. no support from family and less from my GP surgery..told her how i felt after getting BS back to 7 after it had gone up through steroids(and incidentally. when i said above i knew she would want to put me on steroids, it was not steroids but statins i meant.) steroids i cant avoid with having asthma and COPD. unless i can avoid getting colds coughs and chest infections.told her i had been self testing for 2 years but could no longer afford to buy as i said above,and why. that it was the only way i felt i could cope with it all.about all the other med probs that were worse since being on Metformin and how when i stopped taking the 2nd one(and why) i was told thats fine, don't worry bout it........ and how i felt that if it was fine why was i on the things at all?anyway the end result.... she listened.. really listened. asked if i was on antidepressants to which i said no i wasn't and wouldn't go on them as i felt i was fine if left alone by that relative or when she wasn't getting at me.would do nothing but mask what was going on. would not help me cope with it apart from making me not care about anything.so she left that one......... she has changed my diabetic tablets to Dapaglifozin 10mg on a morning. with these i have to monitor my blood sugars .she suggested night and morning as shes particularly interested in the bedtime ones.so i now get strips/lancets for now till she knows if these tablets are going to work.have to see her on weds again.2 weeks since i saw her last.plus she has put mepore dressings on repeat prescription for me. fasting bloods were (starting Thursday 20th Aug.....9.7/9.4/7.4/7.3/9.4(after a bad sleepless night where i had to eat at 5am)7.2/8.1/8/6(had missed my tea previous day ,just wasn't hungry)6.8 and 7.5 today bedtime tho...17.8/17.1/15.8/14,8/14.5/15.6/13.2/12.7/15/10.1/13.6 last night.bedtime ranged from 12.15-3am and supper is always at 10pm/ used to be 3 weetabix with semi skimmed milk but on 2nd evening i changed to Rice Krispies....Morning BS times range from 10am to 11.30am depending on sort of night i have had.must admit i do feel much better... my IBS has calmed down considerably. even the fluid on my left leg is barely there most days now. depending on whether ive been able to get out, if only shopping. on top of this. my asthma /COPD review was last weds. asthma was always the worst of the too, now COPD is slightly worse so my sprays have been changed to 2 i take on a morning only plus my reliever ,Ventolin. instead of 3 other sprays 3 times a day that ive been on for years. and boy what a DIFFERENCE. just need to check what to do now if i get chest infection as Ventolin on its own never did much good.always had to double up on the other 3 sprays too. cant do that with these. but what a difference they are making.... ive been doing a food diary plus using up what few strips i had left for the old meter( using the old meter) to test first few days 2hrs after and immediately b4 each meal. ill transfer those onto PC tomorrow (going with daughter for her eyes testing Tuesday), and print off so its easier for the nurse practitioner to read. Her parting words were, i am going to work with you on this and we WILL get it sorted......... have felt soooooooo much better since. my one problem is these bad nights and what to do about being hungry when i cant sleep. plus what can i snack on in an evening?i have fruit as a sweet after breakfast and tea. usually handful of grapes. 6-10 depending on size.but dare not eat more than that in a day. (though must admit,if i go into fridge for m#milk for a cup of tea,i might nick a couple then.usually in the evening,)if i eat too many IBS kicks off. melon is ok but i find i get fed up of that. its bland n no satisfying crunchiness as there is in the skin of the Egyptian red grapes on the market at the moment anyway its good to talk.(but only if people want to listen)and she listened. oh and the steroids, for chest infections, are only given for 5-7 days ..6 tablets a day all at once to zap the infection. if that doesn't do the trick you get a 2nd course. but they are very careful after that. but on those doses you can come straight off them as not long term [/QUOTE]
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