Also what I don't want is to be a diabetes specialist nurse. In all honesty I don't want to devote myself to diabetes any more than I have to. I deal enough with diabetes in my role as a student nurse on acute general medicine in my hospital. I can't face dealing with it any more than I am already. I know we need more DSNs but I can't be one of them. I need time out of diabetes. I dish out insulins, other diabetes drugs such as Metformin and well, I don't like to have any more input than that and perhaps making suggestions. I don't want to deal with it every second. It'd drive me even madder than I already am. I do use my knowledge to benefit my patients though. I won't waste it. I just don't want diabetes on the brain 24/7.
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
All I want for Christmas...
So what is it I want for Christmas this fine year? A functioning pancreas would be a little too much to ask of modern medicine. That said, I can ask for a CGM. Despite the NHS hating funding such things (adults with CGM funding are like rocking horse shit) I am going to badger my new consultant for one when I meet him next year. This will enable me to use the function that a Medtronic Veo equipped with sensors calls low glucose suspend. Do your reading. This'll make my life much easier, especially managing my diabetes as a student nurse. I am currently on placement. Although I am not doing badly in terms of managing my diabetes, I could be doing a lot better. Simple. Too many hypos for my liking. Oh well, I shall wait and see once I have booked the appointment with the new chap who is meant to be quite good.
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Great post on an interesting topic, Tom. It's interesting to hear how some have shaped their careers based on diabetes, and some haven't - and some who have, only do it to a certain extent to get that little mental "break" sometimes. Completely understand your perspective and think that's where I am at too. As a writer, though, it's not something that is on my job-related plate at all... even if it continues to be something I'm thinking about on my own D-management side all the time. Anyhow, thanks for sharing your perspective on this!
ReplyDeleteHi Tom! Great approach. There needs to be a balance in everything so give yourself a break once in a while.
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Hi Tom, I just wanted to say that I hope it's going well for you with getting CGM funding on the NHS. With a lot of pushing, I managed to convince my GP surgery to fund me for part time monitoring (10 sensors every 6 months), which I think is a pretty big achievement for NHS CGM funding!
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I think that they should be more proactive about using these methods to avoid complications. It seems like a lot of what the NHS is doing right now is saving pennies only to lose pounds later on. Hopefully it will come with time as studies prove the efficiacy of continuous glucose monitoring.
-Emma