about the diabetes care/doctors in this area

[fabricdragon]

this is stuff i heard from the doctor directly, or overheard back when they let me be in the room:

1. when wayne was put on insulin his doctor would not show him how to self inject.wayne had to ask a friend who is a diabetic how to do it and where to give himself shots. the doctor , for some reason, would NOT teach him, nor would anyone in the

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[littleblueghost]

I can go through a lot of the "What to ask, what you need to know to get started" stuff with you if you have phone/skype - yes it is long distance, but diabetes is diabetes, whether it is in Australia, USA or on the moon...

And I am happy to call if we can organise a time etc.

The big things I don't do/know are: talk much about injections/injection sites and needle length (needle length does play a role but I am not sure about the details....), what insulin would be best - I can look at BGLs and food and work out whether changing insulin amount or type might be necessary but can't make recommendations to which one or by how much- food is really my area.

I usually go through what we call the Cycle of Care - what should be done in a 12 month period to manage your diabetes, and what to ask your doctor for...

If this would be useful, let me know.

[fabricdragon]

i think it would be very useful.
i also would want you to talk TO WAYNE although i wantrto be where i can hear it so i know what you said.

i simply CANNOT bve the one going "the doctor/nurse said to do this.... now i am telling you to do it" i just cant.

i will and can HELP but i am really tired of it being my job.

in any case i am sure wayne can figure out this skype thing

[freyas_fire]

It ISN'T your job - he is responsible for his own health. He either takes the reins and does what it takes, or he dies. Period.
You are not his nurse and you shouldn't be shoved into a caretaker role. It took me all of five minutes to pull up the web links for you, and I'm sure it was the same for everyone else that posted info. It's not that hard, especially if he WORKS with computers on a daily basis.....there really is no excuse for him not taking responsibility on this. Blaming the malfunctioning meters is only a very small portion of the problem.

[paigemom]

This.

[littleblueghost]

Speaking from experience of a health practitioner in this role for over 5 years, the web is a wonderful thing but it only gets you so far...

[dana3]

Second or thirded -- THIS.

[littleblueghost]

I would have expected to talk to Wayne, but I prefer the partner/wife to be there. Too many times have people gone away the gone "The dietitian/diabetes educator etc. said this..." and misinterpretted things completely.

We teach self management - the person with the condition looks after themselves.

Skype can be videochat but I tend to only use the phone component of it as video chews through my downloads.

If Wayne is amenable (his responsibility) we can set up a time...

To make the time we talk as short as possibe the things that would be useful before hand would be BGLs across the day (as I have to translate it into the readings I understand - we use mmol/l here not mg/dl) and a two day food dairy. He has to do these things. It will cut down the length of time we spend talking and let me see what food he is eating and how it is impacting on his BGLs. A medication list would also be useful (including which insulin he is on).

Let him know it is an option anyway, or if you just want information I am always here :D