petdell
Well-Known Member
A few years ago during an appointment with a senior consultant at hospital I was asked to check my blood my meter read 4 did a second with hospital meter 3.7, i felt perfectly OK but she wouldn't have it and said 3.7 was hypo and insisted I had lucozade followed by 2 rounds of toast that she had sent a nurse to prepare. I said 1 would be fine. She insisted. We all know what the result would be. Got home tested 17. (The book says ) and that is there mantra. Unfortunately they don't all read the same book.
At my last app 3 months ago , consultant was horrified that I had so many 4 s or below. Then told me it was almost inevitable that I would get dementia and altzeimers because of the lows.
He suggested I reduce my bolus by half and resisted the temptation to ever do a correction dose , even if blood spiked at 16
He told me not to test because it (stresses me) so don't do it. If bloods were high at next meal, do it then.
I came away bemused and very angry. Got home phoned the D clinic ,and spoke to a DN I know, to ask if I'd actually seen a diabetes specialis, and not a GP earning an extra bob. Yes he was a diabetic specialist.
Great pity they don't all sing from the same sheet.
At my last app 3 months ago , consultant was horrified that I had so many 4 s or below. Then told me it was almost inevitable that I would get dementia and altzeimers because of the lows.
He suggested I reduce my bolus by half and resisted the temptation to ever do a correction dose , even if blood spiked at 16
He told me not to test because it (stresses me) so don't do it. If bloods were high at next meal, do it then.
I came away bemused and very angry. Got home phoned the D clinic ,and spoke to a DN I know, to ask if I'd actually seen a diabetes specialis, and not a GP earning an extra bob. Yes he was a diabetic specialist.
Great pity they don't all sing from the same sheet.