Hi all,
I was taken into hospital on Thursday for an operation. Nothing serious and I am on the mend. Just thought I would share my NHS experience with you. Made me really worry about the treatment of diabetics!
I was put on a sliding scale the night before the op and was nil by mouth for 8 hours. After 4 hours on the sliding scale my sugars dropped to 2.4. I asked the nurse to up the glucose and she said she would have to go ask permission. 45 minutes later she returned. By this time I felt awful! It really made me worry about the op the next day.
Everything went smoothly with the op. The anaesthetist maintained my sugars for the duration of the op. I came out and was in no state to manage my diabetes myself so they kept me on sliding scale for 24 hours. They woke mr up every hour to monitor me. My sugars kept rising and reached 12.5 into early hours of sat morning. The nurse then took ne off the sliding scale to see how I got on?! Sugars kept rising and I had to ring the buzzer as I started to feel really unwell. My sugars had reached 26. I was in tears and begging for some insulin bi was told to wait for the drugs round in two hours!!
I managed to see a doctor and told them I wanted to to my own insulin and sugars. I just couldn't believe they had let me get in that state. I know the surgery will have had an effect, but seriously?! The care I received apart from the diabetes was brilliant, but it does really make worry about the treatment of diabetics!
Anyway, rant over. Hope everybody is well
I was taken into hospital on Thursday for an operation. Nothing serious and I am on the mend. Just thought I would share my NHS experience with you. Made me really worry about the treatment of diabetics!
I was put on a sliding scale the night before the op and was nil by mouth for 8 hours. After 4 hours on the sliding scale my sugars dropped to 2.4. I asked the nurse to up the glucose and she said she would have to go ask permission. 45 minutes later she returned. By this time I felt awful! It really made me worry about the op the next day.
Everything went smoothly with the op. The anaesthetist maintained my sugars for the duration of the op. I came out and was in no state to manage my diabetes myself so they kept me on sliding scale for 24 hours. They woke mr up every hour to monitor me. My sugars kept rising and reached 12.5 into early hours of sat morning. The nurse then took ne off the sliding scale to see how I got on?! Sugars kept rising and I had to ring the buzzer as I started to feel really unwell. My sugars had reached 26. I was in tears and begging for some insulin bi was told to wait for the drugs round in two hours!!
I managed to see a doctor and told them I wanted to to my own insulin and sugars. I just couldn't believe they had let me get in that state. I know the surgery will have had an effect, but seriously?! The care I received apart from the diabetes was brilliant, but it does really make worry about the treatment of diabetics!
Anyway, rant over. Hope everybody is well