I HAVENT BEEN FEELING 2 WELL ABOUT MY DIABETES…I RECENTLY SWITCHED DOCTORS BUT SHE DOES NOT WANT 2 HELP ME DUE 2 HER LACK OF KNOWLEGDE ABOUT DIABETES…SHE ALSO SAID THAT I WAS NON COMPLIANT BECUASE I COULD NOT SEE AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST THAT IS ABOUT 30 MILES AWAY FROM MY HOMETOWN…I STILL KEEP GETTING HOSPITALIZED BECAUSE OF THE DKA SITUATION WHICH I ALSO FIND UNUSUAL BECAUSE AT THE TIME OF MY HOSPITALIZATION MY SUGARS WERE 162…IM DEALING WITH THIS THE BEST I CAN…IT GETS DIFFICULT…IM STILL TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO WORK TAKING MY INSULIN INTO MY BUSY LIFESTYLE BUT I WILL OVERCOME THIS CHALLENGE…ITS JUST A MATTER OF FINDING THE RIGHT DOCTOR WHO WILL SUPPORT ME AND NOT TRY TO MAKE ME FEEL AS THO THIS DIABETES IS MY FAULT…JUST WANTED 2 UPDATE MY READERS ON MY SITUATION AND GET SOME FEEDBACK!!! THANKX!!!
Doctors are in the business of making you well. My doctors have to be hard on me because I’m hardheaded. The numbers game as I call it can be frustrating. Hold tight the more you work at it the better you’ll feel. peace!
LISTEN!!!
You have got to take control of you diabetes! YOU ARE WORTH IT. First if you doctor is not comfortable treating you because of lack of knowledge. Be thankful she is telling you the truth. It takes a lot for a person to admit they can’t do anything. YOU NEED TO SEE AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST… nothing less! 30 miles from your home is not alot when it comes to your health. People travel the world for treatments. Your blood sugar at 162 average is not acceptable. I should be below 120 or closer to 100. This is why you need to see and Endo.
You will always have problems till you create a diabetic team for yourself. This would include an Endo, Diabetic Educator, Nutricianist, possible a physical trainer. You need a support system. I have a very busy lifestyle and having diabetes —SUCKS! I work the night shift and I have a difficult time staying to my schedule but I try. If you don’t feel it isnot that important that you will have problems. You will have to learn to schedule your eating with taking your meds and doing exercise. I don’t know if you are Type 1 or Type 2 but loosing weight couldn’t hurt. WHY ARE YOU DENYING yourself proper care and proper information?
Diabetes (Type 1) is not your fault. What will be your fault if you do not put forth the unconditional effort into managing it and controlling it. This is not just the doctor’s problem this is your problem. The doctor can only suggest and prescribe meds to help the situation. IT IS UP TO YOU to find the strength to develop a support system, stay on a schedule, and healthy. Nobody can make you do this ---- only you…
I live in Los Angeles. I will be happy to help you find an Endo or at least a Diabetic Educator in your area.
Regards,
Christalyn
I was diagnosed 2 years ago with Type 2 I farted around with a primary care physician who was cool but I never got better. My B S was allways in the 250-300 range…This is extremely unacceptable. It wasn’t till I went to a clinic that specializes in diabetes and saw an Endo that I am getting better. Granted the 3 meds that I am on make me sick sometimes I still do it because it will save my life to help others…xoxoxoxox
I have had diabetes for over 20 years, diagnosed between 1 and 2 years old. My childhood doctors were absolute nightmares. They were so ridicoulously mean. I didn’t quite understand the importance of diabetes care at say age 8. Luckily I have only had dka once and that was because I had a staff infection in the area where I always insert my pump. You can still have ketones with lower sugars if your sugars had previously been high for long enough. DKA is very deadly and can get very scary.
Try to check your sugar as many times a day as you can think about it and take the appropriate amount of insulin. Everytime my doctor makes a sarcastic remark, I love to prove him wrong by writing down my sugars and sending them to him, losing weight, or whatever else the issue may be.
I finally found an endocrinologist that I love! He is at the Diabetes Institute in Saint Louis. I drive 1 hour and 45 minutes every 3 months to see him, the nurse educator, and my dietician. It is well worth it. You are too young to be taken by diabetes!
I would love to help if there is any way that I can. I’ve been there!
OK, whether you are going to an endo now or not, you can still learn how to understand what works for your diabetes. I’ve been dealing with Type 1 for 53 years now, and had the same problem you do for the first 5 years, then it took me 2 years to get my newly licensed endo how to find a way to gain control. Of course it WAS a bit different, nobody knew what to do to help a 5 year old Type 1 in those wonderful days before glucose meters could even be imagined, and there were no rules for dealing with it well either, except “follow this schedule and come back in a month” from my doctor.
The first thing ANY diabetic needs to do is to test, test and TEST… Chart everything, what you eat and when, anything that causes anxiety, foods you haven’t eaten normally, and anything else that seems it could affect your readings. This is a key item not only for you, but for your endo once you get to him (or her) since the pattern of your life is a large part of what leads to the proper pattern of treatment.
In the meantime it gives you a valuable tool to learn what to do. If you have high readings after a meal, what did you eat? Was the meal about the same time after the latest shot? Strange as it seems you also need to know that you may well be going high because you didn’t treat a hypo fast enough and/or overcorrected for it.
When do you normally take your shots? Is this on a fairly steady schedule, or does it vary from day to day? Do you get very different amounts of exertion day to day, or not? Do you take too much insulin or food to correct a bad reading? If in tdoubt try getting less of whichever, you may find that makes it better.
I know everyone is telling you to find an Endo dr. I know sometimes it isn’t possible because of where you live. But if you could temporarily find a dr. that specializes in Diabetes (I had a dr. years ago who wasn’t an Endo but specialized in Diabetes) that could be a start. Also if you could also locate a CDE (Certified Diabetes Educator) who can be helpful in teaching carb counting and helping to find your insulin to carb ratio try your local hospital.
Thanks Christalyn I should have included that link when I suggested a CDE.
SAMARA!!! I have known you since 5th grade!!! I thought you said that since you switched doctors that your shi has been good? Look if I have to I will tell dr. elsholz that you are effing up and that your dr is demanding you to see an endo and I am sure that he still cares about your health to take you back in his office. I am turning 21 and I was worried that since he is a peds endo that he would boot me out but he has an adult office that he is switching me too. So PLEASE CALL ME!!! If there is any way I can help you know I will. I already have neuropathy in my legs from T1 and you don’t need any of that in your life!!!