worksopcoffeeman
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- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Ok, first up, I have not always been a “good” diabetic. I never understood it and very little help was given from the get go about how I should be treating myself with the medication provided. So for a long time I dipped in and out of my medication and always got disillusioned with the results. But the one thing I remember them saying when I was first put on Trasiba was to start at 2 units and if 3 days later I wasn’t seeing any results I had to up my dosage by another 2 units. And to keep on doing it until I started to see results.
Same things was said about taking Novorapid: take 2 units, test 2 hours later and take another 2 units if my bloods had not come down.
So now I’m up to 200 units of Tresiba. My morning readings have come down from 18+ all the way to between 6 and 9. I finally thought it was making progress, was happy with myself and what I have been doing, and then I had to meet with the diabetic nurse at my local doctors surgery.
She said I had to stop the 200 units of Tresiba because it was dangerous. I explained about what I had been told on more than one occasion about how I had to keep sailing up 2 units until I saw results. To which she Claimed that was untrue because nobody had ever included this point in my notes. So I asked if 200 was too high in her opinion what ought to be taking. She refused to tell me.
So the point of this long, meandering rant is this: do diabetic nurses and doctors always make you feel like you ought to just quit in spite of the happy results you’re getting, or am I being overly sensitive?
I have an appointment with the hospital in February but Right now I just want to quit, again.
Same things was said about taking Novorapid: take 2 units, test 2 hours later and take another 2 units if my bloods had not come down.
So now I’m up to 200 units of Tresiba. My morning readings have come down from 18+ all the way to between 6 and 9. I finally thought it was making progress, was happy with myself and what I have been doing, and then I had to meet with the diabetic nurse at my local doctors surgery.
She said I had to stop the 200 units of Tresiba because it was dangerous. I explained about what I had been told on more than one occasion about how I had to keep sailing up 2 units until I saw results. To which she Claimed that was untrue because nobody had ever included this point in my notes. So I asked if 200 was too high in her opinion what ought to be taking. She refused to tell me.
So the point of this long, meandering rant is this: do diabetic nurses and doctors always make you feel like you ought to just quit in spite of the happy results you’re getting, or am I being overly sensitive?
I have an appointment with the hospital in February but Right now I just want to quit, again.