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<blockquote data-quote="feeyonah" data-source="post: 265273" data-attributes="member: 43448"><p>Honestly, you wouldn't believe me unless you were sat there with me. This nurse (a diabetes nurse as opposed to the first one I saw) is absolutely fan-effing-tastic! Completely opposite to the first woman I saw.</p><p></p><p>I cried when I got there, completely low and fed up and desperate and then I cried twice as the appointment went on out of relief at her manner, her knowledge, her support, everything really.</p><p></p><p>When I left the first nurse on Friday, I came away with a three page leaflet and a "good luck then!"</p><p></p><p>When I left tonights appointment, I came away with a free blood sugar tester and a demonstration (instead of fumbling through it on my own), a diary, a plastic folder full of information, a handful of booklets and more importantly a new prescription. She was amazing, seriously.</p><p></p><p>She answered loads of my questions and said that although she was surprised that I was suffering such severe side effects, everyone is different and she'd sort me a new prescription and then I will go back a week today. I showed her yesterdays readings (14.3 before breakfast and 21.0 after two hours) and she agreed that they were worrying but that I would start to learn what I can and can't tolerate and she would see me regularly until I felt confident about my diet and medication. She also said that if I needed to call her tomorrow, she would tell the receptionist to put me straight through.</p><p></p><p>I still have upset tummy but I've got the new prescription now - the slow release metformin - so she said I would hopefully start to see a change fairly quickly as the week goes on. She also said that if work were funny about it, she'd write me a letter or get me a sick-note (or whatever the current equivalent is) or both.</p><p></p><p>Result or what?!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="feeyonah, post: 265273, member: 43448"] Honestly, you wouldn't believe me unless you were sat there with me. This nurse (a diabetes nurse as opposed to the first one I saw) is absolutely fan-effing-tastic! Completely opposite to the first woman I saw. I cried when I got there, completely low and fed up and desperate and then I cried twice as the appointment went on out of relief at her manner, her knowledge, her support, everything really. When I left the first nurse on Friday, I came away with a three page leaflet and a "good luck then!" When I left tonights appointment, I came away with a free blood sugar tester and a demonstration (instead of fumbling through it on my own), a diary, a plastic folder full of information, a handful of booklets and more importantly a new prescription. She was amazing, seriously. She answered loads of my questions and said that although she was surprised that I was suffering such severe side effects, everyone is different and she'd sort me a new prescription and then I will go back a week today. I showed her yesterdays readings (14.3 before breakfast and 21.0 after two hours) and she agreed that they were worrying but that I would start to learn what I can and can't tolerate and she would see me regularly until I felt confident about my diet and medication. She also said that if I needed to call her tomorrow, she would tell the receptionist to put me straight through. I still have upset tummy but I've got the new prescription now - the slow release metformin - so she said I would hopefully start to see a change fairly quickly as the week goes on. She also said that if work were funny about it, she'd write me a letter or get me a sick-note (or whatever the current equivalent is) or both. Result or what?! [/QUOTE]
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