tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8450229305216272723.post8346098343840357643..comments2023-10-29T15:20:47.926+00:00Comments on 5 children Type 1 Diabetes, Coeliacs, me and my husband: Are The NHS Techno Phobes ?5 children diabetes, coeliacs and mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18355214554299409897noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8450229305216272723.post-72988717750606577962011-01-11T21:33:03.887+00:002011-01-11T21:33:03.887+00:00Sorry:
"In my COUNTY people are being denied...Sorry:<br /><br />"In my COUNTY people are being denied cataract and hip operations"richard.bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589364986804437392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8450229305216272723.post-6645232876718240752011-01-11T21:31:17.458+00:002011-01-11T21:31:17.458+00:00I hear what you are saying (I have had type 1 diab...I hear what you are saying (I have had type 1 diabetes for 35 years, 10 years on 2 injections a day, the rest on 4). As a child diabetes does make you "different", not only because of having to inject but because of adults applying their "understanding" of diabetes on you. It sounds like the insulin pump has been a good thing for your child and I am happy for her.<br /><br />However, I have to take you up on the "technophobe" accusation. The NHS is suffering deep cuts at the moment and insulin pumps are expensive. In my country people are being denied cataract and hip operations, indeed a neighbour with chronic back pain was told by her GP that she cannot have spinal injections for the pain because the PCT does not have the money. In my area people are denied insulin pumps because of the cost, after all, how can they justify supplying a pump when insulin can be injected by syringe, and deny a hip op when the alternative there is to endure a painful, disabling joint.<br /><br />Your daughter is lucky: the cash strapped NHS will no longer supply insulin pumps. It is the end of a era.richard.bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589364986804437392noreply@blogger.com