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<blockquote data-quote="rochari" data-source="post: 1728982" data-attributes="member: 68255"><p>I think, NoKindofSusie, the type of conversation Ellie had with her consultant happens more than you might imagine. I understand where both Ellie and her consultant are coming from and I had much the same conversation with mine.</p><p></p><p>Now 55 years on insulin here and no diabetic complications apart from diabetic cheiroarthropathy in one hand and 'normal' arthritis in the other. This means I have a huge problem using an insulin pen. The only place I can inject is my tummy and I'd give anything to use other sites but physically it isn't possible. My tummy is full of lumps therefore the insulin doesn't release as it should and my HbA1c is way, way too high.</p><p></p><p>My consultant at the last visit just nodded and said that after 55 years without any major diabetic problems he was not concerned about the high HbA1c. What he also said, and I did understand, was that 'we professionals have to balance things out sometimes'. Unlike Ellie, I was given no promises for the future but I wasn't expecting any.</p><p></p><p>Also, I have stopped looking to the future and what is ahead because I have at least got to this stage when many, many others didn't and know that life as a diabetic as different for each an everyone of us. I figure, thankfully, that my consultant does too.</p><p></p><p>Bill</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rochari, post: 1728982, member: 68255"] I think, NoKindofSusie, the type of conversation Ellie had with her consultant happens more than you might imagine. I understand where both Ellie and her consultant are coming from and I had much the same conversation with mine. Now 55 years on insulin here and no diabetic complications apart from diabetic cheiroarthropathy in one hand and 'normal' arthritis in the other. This means I have a huge problem using an insulin pen. The only place I can inject is my tummy and I'd give anything to use other sites but physically it isn't possible. My tummy is full of lumps therefore the insulin doesn't release as it should and my HbA1c is way, way too high. My consultant at the last visit just nodded and said that after 55 years without any major diabetic problems he was not concerned about the high HbA1c. What he also said, and I did understand, was that 'we professionals have to balance things out sometimes'. Unlike Ellie, I was given no promises for the future but I wasn't expecting any. Also, I have stopped looking to the future and what is ahead because I have at least got to this stage when many, many others didn't and know that life as a diabetic as different for each an everyone of us. I figure, thankfully, that my consultant does too. Bill [/QUOTE]
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