Strange diabetic appointment

[TheBigNewt]

I have a friend from uni who is an endo. She says the UK nurses have a better understanding of daily care (in the diabetes clinics at hospital) because that is what they do each day. The consultants are more focused on test results and unusual cases.

Well I'm sure the nurses have a lot of experience and all. But I came across a thread started by a brand new Type 1 who was hospitalized in DKA and put on insulin, sent home, and was all over the place and wasn't scheduled to see an endo for like 2 months. Sounded like she had no clue as to how to manage things yet.

 

[Robinredbreast]

Hey everyone,
Just wondering, does anyone else's nurse question the type of diabetes you have? As I just had an appointment and every time I go we go through the same thing about can I take tablets for my diabetes (and the amount of times I have said no is ridiculous) and that am i really a type 1?
Considering I have been injecting for 17 yrs roughly I would say I am a type 1. Does anyone else have this? Could it be cost saving trying to make me type 2?

Never before until a few weeks ago. I am type 1, this is my 28th year. My yearly diabetes surgery appointment went like this.
'DSN, I see you are type 2'
'No, that's not right, I am type 1, I think you are looking at the wrong person on your screen'
'Dr **** ( a new Gp who had never even seen me before) has you down as Late onset type 2' !! ( wrong month and year too)
'I said, there's no such thing as late onset type 2' and type 1 can happen at any age'.
'Oh Dr ***** is very knowledgeable on diabetes and type 1 happens in children and adolescents' so, quite annoying and frustrating too
So I am not the only one @abigail0432
ps Could it be the cost, do they really need any more type 2's on their books, as type 1 is only about 10% of the diabetic population.

 

[Robinredbreast]

You know you are T1 and how to manage your condition which is the main thing

Agree, but doesn't help much if my surgery's medical record states I am the wrong type to what I actually am, could cause problems if medical intervention was needed.

 

[steve_p6]

Very few nurses in my experience seem to know about Type 1. I'm sure they associate it more with younger people and just don't realise we do actually get older.

Maybe the nursing syllabus is in need of an update for the Diabetes section, we never did get much older a 100 years ago!

 

[GrantGam]

Agree, but doesn't help much if my surgery's medical record states I am the wrong type to what I actually am, could cause problems if medical intervention was needed.

Yes that's a definite problem, I hope they get it changed to T1 soon - just in case.

 

[Diakat]

@TheBigNewt and we've had cases of people from north America on here similarly sent home with their insulin and no support - advice from this forum sent them straight back to the emergency room.

 

[Juicyj]

Agree, but doesn't help much if my surgery's medical record states I am the wrong type to what I actually am, could cause problems if medical intervention was needed.

Last year when I went for my eye screening the lady looked at me and said well you're not 84 then, they had the wrong date of birth on their system.. I told her I didn't feel too bad for my age..!!