Why do hospitals DO this?
Besides T1, i have asthma and we’re having the worst pollen season ever right now (freeze, then everything came roaring back and blooming all at the same time). Having problems, ran to urgent care on Sunday to get prednisone, doc said, ”Prednisone! You need oxygen and an ambulance,” and off they sent me.
At first it seemed like the hospital was going to be reasonable and let me manage my own diabetes, but then they made me disconnect my pump and put me back on lantus and novolin. The dosage would have been fine normally, but made no allowance for the huge amounts of steroids they were pouring into me. Normally my A1C is around 6.2 with about 97% TIR, but I immedi shot up into the 200s and stayed there or higher for the rest of time I was there.
They also put me on something called the Carb Balance diet, which meant that every time ordered meals i had a long argument with the staff over the fact that i wasn’t ordering enough (60g) carbs for each meal.
i pointed out to them that i even have a Prednisone profile for my pump, but no. As soon as i got home I got back down to 111, no problem
Why the hell can’t they accept that we can do this better for ourselves?
UPDATE Argh. Despite everything I said to them my chart notes all say I have Type 2!