Not much of a bed side manner then, that's all you wanted to hear
Not much of a bed side manner then, that's all you wanted to hearWhen I was diagnosed with T1 and lying in the ER the lovely nurse told me I had to urinate in the container otherwise they'd stick a tube in my willy. A bit later another lovely nurse was sticking a cannula in my arm, and seeing me wince, she said with an air of superiority, "you'd better get used to this, you're going to be getting a lot of needles".
Hello, funnily enough I had to go and see the same nurse yesterday for fitting of a blood pressure monitor. It was the first time I had met her face to face, previously was just on the telephone. She was quite nice to be honest but did lack some knowledge. My thyroid tests came back labelled "normal" (they are borderline) but when I told her I am finding it very difficult to lose any weight at all, she still said it must be linked to my thyroid. Also, I told her I'm not taking my Metformin yet as I do like to go out for a few drinks at the weekends and it says it can be dangerous, she just said "well we really need you to take them as we do need to get your blood sugars down", she then asked me how much of a diabetic I am? Am I pre or am I a diabetic? I thought she should really know that as my notes were on the screen. Anyway, she is a nice woman and I didn't want to mock but I did tell her I am on a low carb diet and Metformin doesn't necessarily bring your BG level down, but protects the organs and I'm due to go to see a Dr to see if there is a different tablet I can take. I think I saw a kind of patronising little smirk emerging, like Im wasting my time. I myself would prefer to do it without tablets to be honest. My HBA1 reading was 100 last August, 70 this January and now I test my blood every other day, normally when I'm not at work and yesterday it was 8.1 (fasting) which compared to some readings in the 16 region a few weeks ago is in the right direction and that's without medicationI think your DN is talking relative nonsense without knowing it. If your blood sugar is far too high then it does get stickier but not to the extent she implies. There are many reasons for elevated blood pressure and Docs are too keen to offer bp pills when the bp is only slightly elevated and it does naturally get higher as you get older. The most important thing for anyone with diabetes is to monitor bg levels with meter, so do get hold of one.
Obviously chosen the wrong profession.When I was diagnosed with T1 and lying in the ER the lovely nurse told me I had to urinate in the container otherwise they'd stick a tube in my willy. A bit later another lovely nurse was sticking a cannula in my arm, and seeing me wince, she said with an air of superiority, "you'd better get used to this, you're going to be getting a lot of needles".
Not much of a bed side manner then, that's all you wanted to hear
I'm a Renal Nurse, also when taking blood pressure do not cross your legs, laugh or talk as it can all give a raised false reading.blood pressure
whatever you do when u go for a check up sit down for ten min ..
before you have it taken i have learnt this over a lot of years
do not rush if your hospital or docs is like our its a heck of a job to park ,..
i am on bloody pressure tablets and they do avery good job
on of the main reasons is eyes and kidneys to keep pressure down and not get over whatever s leave that up to you to keep fit
me have had transplant and eye lazer you do not say how long you have been type 2 another thing is buy a moniter as at home you are away from the white coat syndrome and they cost 25.00 to 40 pound but may be worth in the long team good luck REMEMBER SIT DOWN FOR TEN MINS it will help insist on it as all the clinics will do is rush you in and out
good luck vic insulin 59 years
I am type 1 diabetic and I think most nurses are great but there are some which make you feel terrible, not intentionally but they do. I am 14 but there is this one nurse who talks to me like I am a baby and one time I had to talk to 2 at the same time and it was when I was becoming a vegetarian but it was like they were both ganging up on me. They started to think I had problems with myself like not eating because I feel like I am too large. But I didn't say any of that. I was just becoming a vegetarian. It made me feel really bad about myself but I relise that if there are ppl like that you just have to take it with a pinch of salt.Hi, I think nurses are great and do a fantastic job but my telephone conversation on Friday after work looking forward to my weekend left me feeling a bit low. She wants me to have a bp monitor fitted for 24 hours as it was raised, however, she went on about how because I am diabetic I had to imagine my blood being like syrup and it getting stuck in my veins. She added "its hard enough your blood pumping around your veins with high bp but if you're diabetic as well, its a life threatening disease and unfortunately although you may not like to think about it, usually leads to heart disease. We're just trying to look after you. We do like to offer the best care to diabetics such as yourself (they don´t offer monitors for type 2 and don't encourage testing, just giving out lots of medicines for everything else that may be associated with it Sorry for moan.
Hi, I think nurses are great and do a fantastic job but my telephone conversation on Friday after work looking forward to my weekend left me feeling a bit low. She wants me to have a bp monitor fitted for 24 hours as it was raised, however, she went on about how because I am diabetic I had to imagine my blood being like syrup and it getting stuck in my veins. She added "its hard enough your blood pumping around your veins with high bp but if you're diabetic as well, its a life threatening disease and unfortunately although you may not like to think about it, usually leads to heart disease. We're just trying to look after you. We do like to offer the best care to diabetics such as yourself (they don´t offer monitors for type 2 and don't encourage testing, just giving out lots of medicines for everything else that may be associated with it Sorry for moan.
They are doing a 24hour monitor for this reason to a certain your bp wasn't just a flukeHi Vic, thanks for your advice, I must remember to try that. I did rush in and wait until called. I was only diagnosed in January this year. I will try to get a monitor for the bp but they do panic me when it tightens up. We lived in Spain for a while and had machines in the Pharmacies that you could put 50c in and wait for them to give your reading. Like weighing machines here in Boots. I'm not sure if they have them here?
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