Diabetes Type 1 Support Group
Childhood","Childhood diabetes is when the pancreas in a child does not produce enough insulin on its own. In order to survive, insulin injections need to be incorporated as well as diet regulation. If your child is diagnosed with diabetes, find support and share your experiences here. Caring for a child with diabetes is challenging. We're here for you."
I would like some advice about how to deal with doctors. My basic medical care is OK, I get regular appointments to see people and get my eyes screened. It is the actual support I am lacking and I do not know how to get it.
I have been emailing people in the local health service and bothering them for months now and nothing has really happened.
Recently I had a ray of hope - there was a local Diabetes Day where I could speak to health professionals and other diabetics, and they were even going to try and start up a support group. Except I couldn't - it was held between 10.30am and 3.30pm when I would be at work. I am excluded from anything like this because I have a job.
I feel like I am fighting a losing battle here. Nobody is available outside working hours to help me, doctors seem lazy and unwilling to do anything in the evenings or weekends. As a library assistant, I am expected to work at these times on a fraction of their pay and I do not understand why doctors do not have the same pressure since they are dealing with the important issue of peoples' health, rather than someone wanting the new Stephen King novel in a hurry.
I have been emailing people in the local health service and bothering them for months now and nothing has really happened.
Recently I had a ray of hope - there was a local Diabetes Day where I could speak to health professionals and other diabetics, and they were even going to try and start up a support group. Except I couldn't - it was held between 10.30am and 3.30pm when I would be at work. I am excluded from anything like this because I have a job.
I feel like I am fighting a losing battle here. Nobody is available outside working hours to help me, doctors seem lazy and unwilling to do anything in the evenings or weekends. As a library assistant, I am expected to work at these times on a fraction of their pay and I do not understand why doctors do not have the same pressure since they are dealing with the important issue of peoples' health, rather than someone wanting the new Stephen King novel in a hurry.
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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I gave my 2 week notice last Friday 13th. Now to join you fine people in a life of leisure and nothing else to do but to look out for myself....is it just me or does that sound pretty boring? My goal was to live to retire and I guess having to take early retirement because of health reasons wasn't exactly the way I had planned things. I just can't stay in that building that is reeking mildew...
The thing that gets the most attention is face to face discussion with health care professionals. Sometimes a case worker at the hospital can do more to get things rolling than a doctor can.
We've also found a doctor who practices homeopathic medicine and he usually has a group gathering once or twice a week in the evenings to educate and assist patients and non-patients alike. You might look for something like this where you live.