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Originally Posted by Eddy  At DX, I started getting annoyed with the hospital. "We know that this will drastically change your life... that it will be hard... that blah blah blah."
Hunh? When one already feels bad, knowing the workaround is a _good_ thing, not a bad one. I remember being sleep-deprived, hyperglycemic, and grouchy at the time, and saying something to the extent of "this isn't rocket science; I can deal with it".
That was bad enough. Their video program was positively offensive... the makers should be shot for encouraging "pity parties".
(Opinionated? Who, me?) |
The people that work in the hospital were ok, some better than others. But the learning material they gave me was horrible. It talked more about the possible long term effects diabetes can have on your body, and barely anything about those who live with it good.
If I had to stay there without the visits from family and friends, I would probably go deeply depressed. It was very shocking to read about all the stuff that could happen.
I think it's time for the material and talks to newly DX'ed people to get updated, especially to a more user friendly level. Right now it seems like it's 40 pages of "You can die in x years", 2 pages about the different insulins and no single page on how to deal with it on a daily basis.
