Okay, so last Tuesday i made an appointment with the Diabetes specialist here at Carolina. She was very nice but unfortunately it made me miss a class and was a rather significant waste of my time.
Here is a little bit of background information...
1, every three or so months diabetics need to get something called the A1C taken. This is basically a number that is equivolent to my average blood sugar over the past three months and it is also is the one thing that i wanted to accomplish from my doctors appointment.
2, I am deathly afraid of getting blood drawn and this was the only way she was going to be able to take my A1C (when i can do it at wake med with a finger prick). so i opted out of that one.
aka very frusterating.
She gave me some pretty okay pointers about how to better manage my diabetes at college, but to be completely honest i have a hard time listening to people who don't actually have Diabetes themselves... it feel like its just kinda of like a "you don't know unless youve been there"
But anyways... that was my last Tuesday. Sorry Dr. Taylor for missing class but I'm gonna have blame this one on diabetes.... : ).
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Student Health
Posted by Ashley at 9:24 AM
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Hang in there!!! :) I still think it's funny that the name of our blogs are practically identical!
Did she have any useful advice, or was it just everything you've been doing to take care of yourself already?
That sounds so frustrating. My mom was recently diagnosed with diabetes, and we are all hoping that she can get everythiing under control so that she does not have to rely on insulin. I hope you continue to stay healthy. Best wishes!
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