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<blockquote data-quote="Jodieanne" data-source="post: 1384576" data-attributes="member: 317655"><p>Hi without knowing exactly what you need it's difficult as soo much goes on once being diagnosed I was only diagnosed June 2016 so it's still pretty fresh and my after care is still continued... at the hospital where I was diagnosed I seen a nurse who explained a lot of things regarding my insulin how I needed to use it what I needed to do to take care of myself I was diagnosed on a Thursday and as I managed to get my ketones down and already had a father with type 1 she allowed me to be discharged I had to ring on the Friday to let them know my sugar levels and so on so they could check I was okay and went back in for an appointment on the Monday (I was given out of hours emergency numbers for over the weekend incase I needed them) on the Monday again I seen the nurse and she pretty much went through everything again with me that she did on the Thursday just to help it stick a little more after that I had an appointment the following week then again 2 weeks after and they also booked one for me to see a consultant by the time I got to my consultant appointment I already knew about carb counting as was already doing it however was advised to be careful due to the honeymoon period - this didn't stop me though as the ratio they give you at the beginning is a complete estimate and wasn't working as I didn't always eat breakfast and definitely not as much to warrant the amount of insulin I was supposed to take vice versa tea time I was eating way more they arranged an appointment for me to see dietician, nurse and student nurse where they went through carb counting correctly with me tips on dieting good foods etc. After still really struggling with getting my sugar levels right I was allowed to attend a dafne course OCT/NOV this is a great course but had a mix of newly diagnosed and others that had been living with diabetes for years. After doing what feels like everything I possibly can I still see my nurse once a month and have just started on an insulin pump, also had a trial of cgm which has shown a huge amount of night time hypos which is possibly the reason for not being able to control my levels I have another appointment with my consultant this will be my 3rd in less than a year to speak about cgm and the results I had. My diabetic nurse is a great help and I can pretty much text her anytime I have a problem <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> sorry for how long just wanted to give you an insight ... if you need anything else or have any specific questions etc let me know happy to help <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jodieanne, post: 1384576, member: 317655"] Hi without knowing exactly what you need it's difficult as soo much goes on once being diagnosed I was only diagnosed June 2016 so it's still pretty fresh and my after care is still continued... at the hospital where I was diagnosed I seen a nurse who explained a lot of things regarding my insulin how I needed to use it what I needed to do to take care of myself I was diagnosed on a Thursday and as I managed to get my ketones down and already had a father with type 1 she allowed me to be discharged I had to ring on the Friday to let them know my sugar levels and so on so they could check I was okay and went back in for an appointment on the Monday (I was given out of hours emergency numbers for over the weekend incase I needed them) on the Monday again I seen the nurse and she pretty much went through everything again with me that she did on the Thursday just to help it stick a little more after that I had an appointment the following week then again 2 weeks after and they also booked one for me to see a consultant by the time I got to my consultant appointment I already knew about carb counting as was already doing it however was advised to be careful due to the honeymoon period - this didn't stop me though as the ratio they give you at the beginning is a complete estimate and wasn't working as I didn't always eat breakfast and definitely not as much to warrant the amount of insulin I was supposed to take vice versa tea time I was eating way more they arranged an appointment for me to see dietician, nurse and student nurse where they went through carb counting correctly with me tips on dieting good foods etc. After still really struggling with getting my sugar levels right I was allowed to attend a dafne course OCT/NOV this is a great course but had a mix of newly diagnosed and others that had been living with diabetes for years. After doing what feels like everything I possibly can I still see my nurse once a month and have just started on an insulin pump, also had a trial of cgm which has shown a huge amount of night time hypos which is possibly the reason for not being able to control my levels I have another appointment with my consultant this will be my 3rd in less than a year to speak about cgm and the results I had. My diabetic nurse is a great help and I can pretty much text her anytime I have a problem :) sorry for how long just wanted to give you an insight ... if you need anything else or have any specific questions etc let me know happy to help :) x [/QUOTE]
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