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<blockquote data-quote="Catherine_h" data-source="post: 162619" data-attributes="member: 23352"><p>Hi </p><p></p><p>Yes, when I was diagnosed with a blood sugar of 51 I was really really unwell but the hospital discharged me with no medication and told me to see my GP! they were following guidelines for type 2 because of my age!</p><p></p><p>Thanks to this forum (you can see from my previous posts) I got myself back to the hospital for the correct treatment eventually!</p><p></p><p>I did complain to the hospital, mainly because I did not want this to happen to anybody else ever! </p><p></p><p>I received a long apology, for a list of errors, although the response did state that if I had been diagnosed during the day I would have been treated straight away and discharged the same day! I'm not so sure! The hospital have said they have changed proceedures now, I do hope so although I'm not sure how I could check???</p><p></p><p>I'm still really really shocked by the treatment I received, I remember begging for insulin (my brother is type 1 and I knew I needed treatment) I was told by nurses to stop complaining and they were treating my correctly!!</p><p></p><p>I know now that many of the symptoms I had for months, maybe years before I was disgnosed were diabetes. I was tested for everything angina, heart problems, codeine allergy and more but never once was my blood tested for diabetes!</p><p></p><p>I feel so much better for typing all that! You can probably tell I'm not happy with the way the hospital treated me in the past! </p><p></p><p>Luckily I have a great diabetic team around me now!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catherine_h, post: 162619, member: 23352"] Hi Yes, when I was diagnosed with a blood sugar of 51 I was really really unwell but the hospital discharged me with no medication and told me to see my GP! they were following guidelines for type 2 because of my age! Thanks to this forum (you can see from my previous posts) I got myself back to the hospital for the correct treatment eventually! I did complain to the hospital, mainly because I did not want this to happen to anybody else ever! I received a long apology, for a list of errors, although the response did state that if I had been diagnosed during the day I would have been treated straight away and discharged the same day! I'm not so sure! The hospital have said they have changed proceedures now, I do hope so although I'm not sure how I could check??? I'm still really really shocked by the treatment I received, I remember begging for insulin (my brother is type 1 and I knew I needed treatment) I was told by nurses to stop complaining and they were treating my correctly!! I know now that many of the symptoms I had for months, maybe years before I was disgnosed were diabetes. I was tested for everything angina, heart problems, codeine allergy and more but never once was my blood tested for diabetes! I feel so much better for typing all that! You can probably tell I'm not happy with the way the hospital treated me in the past! Luckily I have a great diabetic team around me now! [/QUOTE]
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