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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 1827012" data-attributes="member: 372717">Not sure what to say to you here, it seems pretty clear that someone made a mistake when you were discharged from hospital. When you contact the hospital, there'll be some apologies and recriminations ( you probably won't hear about the latter.) One person made a mistake, and others did not pick up on it. So, what to do to get the best care from now on?I understand that you probably don't trust your diabetic team, but you do need a team.  Insulin is your new best friend,  it will keep you alive. As you get more confident you'll manage your own doses but you need a diabetic clinic to 1) prescribe insulin2) give you tests such as eye tests so that you don't go blind and hba1c tests so that you can see how your diabetes management is going3) confirm with the driving license authority that you're not getting uncontrolled hypos so that you keep your driving license.4) give you access to modern diabetes treatments such as pumps and/or cgms.5) teach you how to carb count and calculate insulin doses (I realise you are probably feeling a little cynical about this currently).You need to talk to them, tell them about the hypos and the (likely)  bad prescription. There's probably a formal complaint process you can go through, but I'm not up to date with UK hospitals so can't advise on this.I've been T1 for 48 years and lived in 3 countries.  Some of my diabetic clinics have been better than others, and I still think that hypos are one of the worst things about being diabetic. I'm really really sorry this has happened to you, but the biggest failure here appears to be that this problem wasn't picked up earlier.  Good luck, please talk to your clinic.</blockquote>

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