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<blockquote data-quote="donnellysdogs" data-source="post: 989015" data-attributes="member: 17713"><p>From my recent experience (although not a type 2). </p><p>All wards should have suitably knowledgeable nurses on their day and over night wards that know about insulin. And diabetic medicine and testing....</p><p>There are many type 2's on insulin and I would not want them to go through what I did 3 weeks ago.</p><p>Ie... Told I could take my normal insulin... They then put me on a sliding scale in addition for a one hour op! </p><p>Needless to say I could see my levels dropping and asked them to up the glucose. They insisted the sliding scale rules were to up my insulin drip. I begged 2 nurses not to do this. They came to collecte to walk to theatre and I was 3.7. I</p><p>asked them to sort out before walking me to theatre. They didn't. Last thing I remember was asking them to do another test on me and the anaethetist saying I was under 2.0 to the surgeon. I was off head and telling surgeon that he was going to kill me on the table..."</p><p></p><p>Obviously I have lived to tell the tale.</p><p></p><p>Medics, nurses, anaethetists in hospital must be given better diabetic training.</p><p></p><p>With the qtys of type 2's going on to insulin etc and increasing numbers of diabetic it is not acceptable that NHS Staff are not more aware of diabetes no matter what type you are.</p><p></p><p>My hubby also had to being in my own food as hospital could not cope with that.</p><p></p><p>The prescribing Doctor that came round the ward after my op had absolutely no idea at all of MDI. No idea that I could not tell he an exact amount of insulin that I take each injection... Had no appreciation that it would depend upon how much food I could eat or what my levels are.</p><p></p><p>As diabetes is increasing-so must the care teams knowledge in hospitals.</p><p></p><p>(Sorry -T1, but there are T2's on insulin as well).....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donnellysdogs, post: 989015, member: 17713"] From my recent experience (although not a type 2). All wards should have suitably knowledgeable nurses on their day and over night wards that know about insulin. And diabetic medicine and testing.... There are many type 2's on insulin and I would not want them to go through what I did 3 weeks ago. Ie... Told I could take my normal insulin... They then put me on a sliding scale in addition for a one hour op! Needless to say I could see my levels dropping and asked them to up the glucose. They insisted the sliding scale rules were to up my insulin drip. I begged 2 nurses not to do this. They came to collecte to walk to theatre and I was 3.7. I asked them to sort out before walking me to theatre. They didn't. Last thing I remember was asking them to do another test on me and the anaethetist saying I was under 2.0 to the surgeon. I was off head and telling surgeon that he was going to kill me on the table..." Obviously I have lived to tell the tale. Medics, nurses, anaethetists in hospital must be given better diabetic training. With the qtys of type 2's going on to insulin etc and increasing numbers of diabetic it is not acceptable that NHS Staff are not more aware of diabetes no matter what type you are. My hubby also had to being in my own food as hospital could not cope with that. The prescribing Doctor that came round the ward after my op had absolutely no idea at all of MDI. No idea that I could not tell he an exact amount of insulin that I take each injection... Had no appreciation that it would depend upon how much food I could eat or what my levels are. As diabetes is increasing-so must the care teams knowledge in hospitals. (Sorry -T1, but there are T2's on insulin as well)..... [/QUOTE]
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