Wednesday 10th August 2016.
Today’s the day Eggy goes to the Diabetes Specialist Dietician. She’s quite excited, she said I could go but I had to stay out of sight and keep my mouth shut! She’s still in a mood with me. We parked at Eggy’s daughter’s house which is a 20 minute walk from the hospital. Not more walking! She told me to shut up, we need the exercise. We set off 40 minutes before her appointment. Eh? It’s so we can go the long way round to earn more steps.
We, eventually, get there, although Eggy has been to the hospital more times than she cares to remember, she’s on their Christmas card list, she has never seen anyone here regarding her diabetes. She doesn’t have to wait long and is shown into a room and introduced to Emma. After about an hour, yes a whole hour, Eggy has learnt such a lot. She comes out knowing about corrections, splitting her basal (oh that sounds painful!) when and when not to inject, how much etc. She’s given a carbs and cals book, a diary to record her insulin/carb intake and an appointment for a months time. She’s a very happy lady, I even think she’s forgiven me for mashed potatogate! We then walk, again, back to her daughter’s and thankfully, get in the car, firstly of course checking her BGs, and off we go home. A very good day.
Tomorrow she’s taking me to work, Eggy is a receptionist in an opticians, she is going to show me why it is important to have regular eye tests when you are diabetic. Night DF x x
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