Geoff
09-19-2006, 03:21 PM
Hi all. Today I had my annual review, my first one. All went well my HbA1c was 6.0 I have been around this mark for the last nine months 6.2, 6.0, 6.1, 6.0, I can not brake through into the five’s. My cholesterol was 4.2, and my lipids are in the normal range, my eyes are ok, I could even read the bottom line on the eye chart!!
My examination was conducted by the chief endocrinologist so I was in good hands, he was very complimentary about my BS control, everything was going great until I asked some pertinent questions about managing my condition, I asked him if he would support me in going on to an insulin pump? His reply was a firm no! As my control was too good, ( pumps are only given to diabetics here in the UK that do not have good basel control of their diabetes ) and that he would never be able to raise support for financing the running cost of the pump with the National Health Service. A figure of £5000 pr year, ( approx $9500) So the only way to get one is to let my control go to the dog’s??
Some other info I gleaned from him was that symlin will be available in the UK within the next two years, then he stopped and said that my time was up, I had used up my allotted 15 mins, and come back and see me in six months time. Well fifteen minutes was a lot better than the 8 minutes I normally get from my GP!!:proud:
My examination was conducted by the chief endocrinologist so I was in good hands, he was very complimentary about my BS control, everything was going great until I asked some pertinent questions about managing my condition, I asked him if he would support me in going on to an insulin pump? His reply was a firm no! As my control was too good, ( pumps are only given to diabetics here in the UK that do not have good basel control of their diabetes ) and that he would never be able to raise support for financing the running cost of the pump with the National Health Service. A figure of £5000 pr year, ( approx $9500) So the only way to get one is to let my control go to the dog’s??
Some other info I gleaned from him was that symlin will be available in the UK within the next two years, then he stopped and said that my time was up, I had used up my allotted 15 mins, and come back and see me in six months time. Well fifteen minutes was a lot better than the 8 minutes I normally get from my GP!!:proud: