lesleya
04-03-09, 19:14
Sorry but im so stressed right now i feel like im going to blow a gasket.
I was diagnosed with diabetes in approx 1995 and have been on medication ever since.
Ive been having a rough time with work issues...harrassment/bullying etc for the last 6 months and ive been off on the sick with anxiety/pa since nov/december.
I have been going to the gps surgery for the last few weeks to have my bp done as it was a little high when the dr was taking it (white coat syndrome) so he decided that if the nurse took it for 4 weeks and it stayed low then i wouldnt need to have medication for it so that was good to me.
I went today for my bp done (3rd visit)...or so i thought it was my bp. Anyway i went into the office to see the nurse and it wasnt the usual nurse, it was one of the diabetic nurses who ive never met before. I sat down and then she proceeded to tell me she didnt think i was a diabetic!!!!:shrug: :shrug: :shrug: uuuh?
i said.... 'EXCUSE ME'....well you would woudnt you? I asked her on what basis she came to that conclusion and she said that my glucose blood tests always came back between 4 -6 which is good for someone who is diabetic.
I wasnt happy as you can imagine being told that and then she said to me 'look if you want to be a diabetic then fine'????....eh.. i thought is this woman for real? where the hell is this coming from....so im sorry to say i lost it...i blew my cool and i tore a strip off her asking since when does she know better than a consultant who specialises in diabetes? etc etc. Now she wants to go back to the records of when i was first diagnosed which according to her are still on paper records so she will need to find out where they are in the surgery so she can see what it says?
Im so mad...angry and upset with all this. Ive been getting chest pains since then, which is probably because im all worked up (good job she didnt take my bp it would be off the chart) and my hubby has just come in from work and ive told him what theyve said and so ive got myself all worked up again and its making me feel ill :weep: :weep:
Why do this to someone...they know im feeling low at the moment so surely they realise how this would affect me telling me this.
Have i been on meds all these years when i neednt have been?
I just dont know what to think anymore this has totally thrown me and i dont know what to do or think?
Im supposed to go back tommorow to see the other diabetic nurse to have my foot pulses done and my retinal screeing but im panicing in case i blow my cool again mainly because it makes me feel so ill...i dont know what to do:weep:
I was diagnosed with diabetes in approx 1995 and have been on medication ever since.
Ive been having a rough time with work issues...harrassment/bullying etc for the last 6 months and ive been off on the sick with anxiety/pa since nov/december.
I have been going to the gps surgery for the last few weeks to have my bp done as it was a little high when the dr was taking it (white coat syndrome) so he decided that if the nurse took it for 4 weeks and it stayed low then i wouldnt need to have medication for it so that was good to me.
I went today for my bp done (3rd visit)...or so i thought it was my bp. Anyway i went into the office to see the nurse and it wasnt the usual nurse, it was one of the diabetic nurses who ive never met before. I sat down and then she proceeded to tell me she didnt think i was a diabetic!!!!:shrug: :shrug: :shrug: uuuh?
i said.... 'EXCUSE ME'....well you would woudnt you? I asked her on what basis she came to that conclusion and she said that my glucose blood tests always came back between 4 -6 which is good for someone who is diabetic.
I wasnt happy as you can imagine being told that and then she said to me 'look if you want to be a diabetic then fine'????....eh.. i thought is this woman for real? where the hell is this coming from....so im sorry to say i lost it...i blew my cool and i tore a strip off her asking since when does she know better than a consultant who specialises in diabetes? etc etc. Now she wants to go back to the records of when i was first diagnosed which according to her are still on paper records so she will need to find out where they are in the surgery so she can see what it says?
Im so mad...angry and upset with all this. Ive been getting chest pains since then, which is probably because im all worked up (good job she didnt take my bp it would be off the chart) and my hubby has just come in from work and ive told him what theyve said and so ive got myself all worked up again and its making me feel ill :weep: :weep:
Why do this to someone...they know im feeling low at the moment so surely they realise how this would affect me telling me this.
Have i been on meds all these years when i neednt have been?
I just dont know what to think anymore this has totally thrown me and i dont know what to do or think?
Im supposed to go back tommorow to see the other diabetic nurse to have my foot pulses done and my retinal screeing but im panicing in case i blow my cool again mainly because it makes me feel so ill...i dont know what to do:weep: