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Oh Noooooooo!
Nov. 10th, 2008 10:15 pmI had a letter from the Specialist Diabetic Registrar today, in which she states that she has discussed me with my consultant and they've decided I would be suitable to receive a new-to-me drug, which I would have to inject twice daily. She hasn't said what the drug is called, although I don't think it's insulin, since we talked briefly about this at my last appointment a couple of weeks ago. She's asked the specialist diabetes nurse to contact me and "initiate treatment".
Now I'm a bit upset about this. I already told her that I'm unhappy about injecting myself twice a day and would prefer to stay on tablets, but in any case, I thought we had agreed that I would try to reform my eating, which has got a bit less controlled than it was, owing to my depression, would take an extra tablet each day, and see how my HbA1C would be at my next appointment in January. I explained to her that what with the cardiac rehab and seeing the psychologist, I felt I already had enough to cope with regarding my health, without any further difficult changes and I thought she had understood and agreed with me.
I know it's childish to be scared of doing my own injections, but I'm worried about things like clean needles, and whether it will be necessary to keep medication in the fridge, not to mention the possibility that I might have to inject in front of someone else. Tablets don't have any of these problems. On the other hand, she said in her letter that this medication might help me lose weight, which is very difficult for me with my other physical limitations.
I was feeling so much happier and now I feel upset and scared. I don't even know what the drug is called so that I can look it up.
Charles had a call from his mental Elf today suggesting that he applied for DLA. He's very grumpy about it, although I'm not sure why; he says he doesn't really know why she suggested it and has been making remarks about being "mad". She's bringing someone to see him.
I have to go and watch Spooks now. I hope I sleep better tonight that I did last night, because I had all sorts of plans about what I was going to do today and I haven't done any of it, having had about three hours' sleep.
Now I'm a bit upset about this. I already told her that I'm unhappy about injecting myself twice a day and would prefer to stay on tablets, but in any case, I thought we had agreed that I would try to reform my eating, which has got a bit less controlled than it was, owing to my depression, would take an extra tablet each day, and see how my HbA1C would be at my next appointment in January. I explained to her that what with the cardiac rehab and seeing the psychologist, I felt I already had enough to cope with regarding my health, without any further difficult changes and I thought she had understood and agreed with me.
I know it's childish to be scared of doing my own injections, but I'm worried about things like clean needles, and whether it will be necessary to keep medication in the fridge, not to mention the possibility that I might have to inject in front of someone else. Tablets don't have any of these problems. On the other hand, she said in her letter that this medication might help me lose weight, which is very difficult for me with my other physical limitations.
I was feeling so much happier and now I feel upset and scared. I don't even know what the drug is called so that I can look it up.
Charles had a call from his mental Elf today suggesting that he applied for DLA. He's very grumpy about it, although I'm not sure why; he says he doesn't really know why she suggested it and has been making remarks about being "mad". She's bringing someone to see him.
I have to go and watch Spooks now. I hope I sleep better tonight that I did last night, because I had all sorts of plans about what I was going to do today and I haven't done any of it, having had about three hours' sleep.
