A tricky situation

pollypenny

As posted, a diabetic would have regular checks with a practice nurse. She would have probably attempted to get an earlier repair operation for the woman, if it's so bad.

I'm beginning to think wild exaggeration or half term troll.

Ames

pollypenny wrote: »

As posted, a diabetic would have regular checks with a practice nurse. She would have probably attempted to get an earlier repair operation for the woman, if it's so bad.

I'm beginning to think wild exaggeration or half term troll.

Regular doesn't mean frequent. At my GP practice it's once a year. The OP sounded as though it's a fairly recent development so the diabetic nurse might not know about it at all.

piglet25

Having worked in homecare previously, I can well believe that a family would allow someone to wander around weeing themselves everywhere, there were properties that no staff would even enter they were so sodden with urine. I recall standing on a carpet once and watching as syrupy pee rose up from it - vomit inducing but the family were happy to live that way.

pollypenny

Ames wrote: »

Regular doesn't mean frequent. At my GP practice it's once a year. The OP sounded as though it's a fairly recent development so the diabetic nurse might not know about it at all.

OH has an appointment every four months. Added to those, he has chiropodist visits, so that's another professional who should take notice.

System

However, how many of the posters (truthfully) would be happy to sit down for a meal knowing it was soaked with piddle? Really, truthfully? Not many.

Not many would have moved in in the first place.

peachyprice

pollypenny wrote: »

OH has an appointment every four months. Added to those, he has chiropodist visits, so that's another professional who should take notice.

If this were thread genuine, why would you think that a woman living like this would take herself off to the surgery every 4 months for a check up?

AylesburyDuck

peachyprice wrote: »

If this were thread genuine, why would you think that a woman living like this would take herself off to the surgery every 4 months for a check up?

Validity of the thread aside, i know people who are diatetic who totally have no care in the world how they treat themselves because they strangely believe that regular check ups from health professionals means (misguidedly) that they are being looked after so no need to look after themselves.
I used to know a type1 who drank like a fish, ate all the pies, especially all the sugary pies, judged her insulin injection by how she felt rather than what her blood sugar told her/ or what she was eating drinking, hell she hardly ever took her blood sugar, had hypos all over the place and coundnt understand it when she ended up in hospital.
You couldnt tell her, she was totally blind to it.

Ames

pollypenny wrote: »

OH has an appointment every four months. Added to those, he has chiropodist visits, so that's another professional who should take notice.

Like I said, mine's every year. I tried to get mine checked a few weeks ago, seven months after the last one and they refused to do the blood tests because they weren't due. I don't see a chiropodist either - I asked because I know other people do but they said no as my feet appear to be fine.

It varies so much by area that I don't think it can be assumed that the OP's MIL will be seeing someone regularly. As someone else pointed out, even if her GP allows testing more frequently it doesn't mean she actually attends.

AylesburyDuck

Ames wrote: »

Like I said, mine's every year. I tried to get mine checked a few weeks ago, seven months after the last one and they refused to do the blood tests because they weren't due. I don't see a chiropodist either - I asked because I know other people do but they said no as my feet appear to be fine.

It varies so much by area that I don't think it can be assumed that the OP's MIL will be seeing someone regularly. As someone else pointed out, even if her GP allows testing more frequently it doesn't mean she actually attends.

Probably varies between types 1 and 2 as well. Hubbys type 2 and is yearly but i can imagine type 1 needs much more managment.

Ames

That makes sense, I'm also Type 2.