hawalkden
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Well morning ladies 
. Looks like this is going to be another mini rant. Sorry.. 
yesterday went okay seeing the new Diabetic Team. Was a little intimidating when I walked into the consultant room there was the Diabetic Consultant, diabetic specialist nurse, dietitian and the Obstetrician Doctor!
They all introduced themselves and all seemed nice then the consultant logged straight into my hba1c profile. Which they hated! So when they showed me the results on the screen and said my lowest wasn't the best I just switched off.
Yes they where helpful and I feel bad now for shutting them off straight away but at the same time I'll always stick by what I think about people who don't have to live with diabetes everyday. They honestly can't feel the feelings I feel every time I sit in front of someone who is on £100,000 wage a year just to tell people what they've learnt from 'books' and theory!
Then the dietitian wanted to see me on my own so we went to another room and she asked what I felt about the whole diabetes in general from the beginning. How I was diagnosed, what courses I've been on, DKA event and the attitude I had from my other team. Which I told them in the mid of tears and stressing.
I also explained about the stupid ratio/carb counting I honestly don't understand. If it wasn't for the Bolus Wizard on my insulin Pump I'd be over or under dosing on insulin and my bloods would have been even worse then they have been. The dietitian gave me a carb & calories book with pictures of the portions of the foods and then the Grams which I hope works but still don't understand in a way because the photos hide food on the plate also at the moment due to Peanut running out of room I have to have my meals in two sessions so until I finish the meal if I can or want to then my bloods don't settle after the 2 hour rule thing. So that's frustrating.
Next I saw the diabetes nurse who I've seen before when I was admitted for the weeks trial on the pump. She's nice but harsh which I'm stubborn so we didn't get on at the beginning! She asked to look at my pump settings and didn't agree with what I was on bolus and basal and she changed them all upping all of them. Which worried me a little due to my body being use to bloods between 8-12 not 3-9! She then looked at my cannula sites and wasn't happy that my old team hadn't noticed that I'm starting to get the lipolysis' again. Which I got loads of when I was manually injection 8-9 times a day. I did mention I tried in my hip area and not just the front strip near my belly button.
The nurse did say that's one of the reasons possibility my bloods aren't settling after reading all the insulin I get on a normal day but my bloods aren't linking. I also mentioned I have to change it every 2 days at the latest because they hurt or just get so itchy also if I have a high dose of insulin the site leaks so I'm not getting all the insulin needed. So last night I got the courage to change it onto my fatty bit of my hips and it's on my stretch marks which last night I was scared to lay on last night but it wasn't that bad so hopefully going round them areas will help. Dreading in about 30 years time when I don't have any room left after all the scars & lipolysis' I might have!
I did want to mention about the thrush I've had since day one of pregnancy but after I had my BP and urine checked they didn't like the results of my BP being high and protein In urine; so I had to go on a BP profile just like last week for an hour. The obstetrician doctor didn't like my swollen hands and feet which I got the night before last week and the night before this week at the same time and even though my feet are still swollen they've gone down; the midwife say it's probably me worrying about the diabetes team and just the weekly appointment's catching up with me but they are keeping an eye on it over the next few weeks and if I get any headaches or flashing lights I've got to phone the Birthing Suite. It feels like as the weeks go on and get closer to due date I keep getting more and more pregnancy symptoms in the wrong way!
Now this morning I felt my blood boil with the whole 'Diabetes costing the NHS' in the news this morning and it was linked all about Type 2! This is no disrespect to any Type 2's but I think if I could I would slap every single one of them due to the simple fact they could have lived a better life and even more so if it's in the family and the risks are higher. I said this to my granddad's friend and we didn't speak for months after I went on a huge rage at him for the smoking and just bad lifestyle then losing his leg due to not controlling it. Type Ones never have the choice at all and it will never go away!
Just a question about inducing? After seeing the obstetrician doctor and asking them to change my scan time next week to have it at the same place as the whole team being. Which is my 34 weeks one. She changed it and then added an extra scan at 38 weeks... When I spoke to my other obstetrician doctor at the other hospital they said we probably won't give you a 36 weeks scan and around that time we'll plan to book you in for being induced around 38 weeks.
When I asked yesterday why I've got a 38 week scan she said just to see how things are and if you can go to 40 weeks!!!! I was thinking WTF??!?!?!?!?! I thought all Diabetics in pregnancy get induced at 38 weeks even if their bloods etc is all good and when I thought about it all they are saying I'm bordering pre-eclamptic, bloods aren't perfect and my sciatica so doesn't it make sense to induce me?
Did you ladies get induced?
Well thanks for listening (if you get thought it all!) I've had my mini cry for the day and feeling better. Honestly if it wasn't for this thread I don't know where I'd write all my thoughts down. Hope I've not offended anyone though 
x
. Looks like this is going to be another mini rant. Sorry.. yesterday went okay seeing the new Diabetic Team. Was a little intimidating when I walked into the consultant room there was the Diabetic Consultant, diabetic specialist nurse, dietitian and the Obstetrician Doctor!
They all introduced themselves and all seemed nice then the consultant logged straight into my hba1c profile. Which they hated! So when they showed me the results on the screen and said my lowest wasn't the best I just switched off.
Yes they where helpful and I feel bad now for shutting them off straight away but at the same time I'll always stick by what I think about people who don't have to live with diabetes everyday. They honestly can't feel the feelings I feel every time I sit in front of someone who is on £100,000 wage a year just to tell people what they've learnt from 'books' and theory!
Then the dietitian wanted to see me on my own so we went to another room and she asked what I felt about the whole diabetes in general from the beginning. How I was diagnosed, what courses I've been on, DKA event and the attitude I had from my other team. Which I told them in the mid of tears and stressing.
I also explained about the stupid ratio/carb counting I honestly don't understand. If it wasn't for the Bolus Wizard on my insulin Pump I'd be over or under dosing on insulin and my bloods would have been even worse then they have been. The dietitian gave me a carb & calories book with pictures of the portions of the foods and then the Grams which I hope works but still don't understand in a way because the photos hide food on the plate also at the moment due to Peanut running out of room I have to have my meals in two sessions so until I finish the meal if I can or want to then my bloods don't settle after the 2 hour rule thing. So that's frustrating.
Next I saw the diabetes nurse who I've seen before when I was admitted for the weeks trial on the pump. She's nice but harsh which I'm stubborn so we didn't get on at the beginning! She asked to look at my pump settings and didn't agree with what I was on bolus and basal and she changed them all upping all of them. Which worried me a little due to my body being use to bloods between 8-12 not 3-9! She then looked at my cannula sites and wasn't happy that my old team hadn't noticed that I'm starting to get the lipolysis' again. Which I got loads of when I was manually injection 8-9 times a day. I did mention I tried in my hip area and not just the front strip near my belly button.
The nurse did say that's one of the reasons possibility my bloods aren't settling after reading all the insulin I get on a normal day but my bloods aren't linking. I also mentioned I have to change it every 2 days at the latest because they hurt or just get so itchy also if I have a high dose of insulin the site leaks so I'm not getting all the insulin needed. So last night I got the courage to change it onto my fatty bit of my hips and it's on my stretch marks which last night I was scared to lay on last night but it wasn't that bad so hopefully going round them areas will help. Dreading in about 30 years time when I don't have any room left after all the scars & lipolysis' I might have!
I did want to mention about the thrush I've had since day one of pregnancy but after I had my BP and urine checked they didn't like the results of my BP being high and protein In urine; so I had to go on a BP profile just like last week for an hour. The obstetrician doctor didn't like my swollen hands and feet which I got the night before last week and the night before this week at the same time and even though my feet are still swollen they've gone down; the midwife say it's probably me worrying about the diabetes team and just the weekly appointment's catching up with me but they are keeping an eye on it over the next few weeks and if I get any headaches or flashing lights I've got to phone the Birthing Suite. It feels like as the weeks go on and get closer to due date I keep getting more and more pregnancy symptoms in the wrong way!
Now this morning I felt my blood boil with the whole 'Diabetes costing the NHS' in the news this morning and it was linked all about Type 2! This is no disrespect to any Type 2's but I think if I could I would slap every single one of them due to the simple fact they could have lived a better life and even more so if it's in the family and the risks are higher. I said this to my granddad's friend and we didn't speak for months after I went on a huge rage at him for the smoking and just bad lifestyle then losing his leg due to not controlling it. Type Ones never have the choice at all and it will never go away!
Just a question about inducing? After seeing the obstetrician doctor and asking them to change my scan time next week to have it at the same place as the whole team being. Which is my 34 weeks one. She changed it and then added an extra scan at 38 weeks... When I spoke to my other obstetrician doctor at the other hospital they said we probably won't give you a 36 weeks scan and around that time we'll plan to book you in for being induced around 38 weeks.
When I asked yesterday why I've got a 38 week scan she said just to see how things are and if you can go to 40 weeks!!!! I was thinking WTF??!?!?!?!?! I thought all Diabetics in pregnancy get induced at 38 weeks even if their bloods etc is all good and when I thought about it all they are saying I'm bordering pre-eclamptic, bloods aren't perfect and my sciatica so doesn't it make sense to induce me?
Did you ladies get induced?
Well thanks for listening (if you get thought it all
!) I've had my mini cry for the day and feeling better. Honestly if it wasn't for this thread I don't know where I'd write all my thoughts down. Hope I've not offended anyone though x
hawalkden - sounds like you have quite a team of people looking after you - I find when there are so many I get frustrated too. I was induced at 38 weeks and I am surprised they would let you go to 40 weeks (I know a number who have done that successfully but they usually had hba1cs in the 5 or 6s) Maybe speak to them again at your 34 week appointment.
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