Patient Testimonials
Michelle Lamprecht
I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 28 years ago at the young age of 12. In 2012 my family and I relocated to Paarl and I met Sister Kamaretha Beckert and her CDE team. I immediately felt cared for, not judged, and safe, knowing instinctively that these wonderful people would care enough to not allow me to become “just another number” or another “statistic” of Diabetes. I now call them my “family” too – we cry together, laugh together and achieve together.
It has been 7 years now that I have walked a path with my CDE Super Team (how I describe them ☺) and not only trust them, and rely on their insight (they consistently research the Industry for better tools/solutions to help us in turn to better manage our condition) and knowledge; but love them dearly.
I truly cannot imagine walking the weary Diabetic path without them – they care for my whole family and have a holistic treatment approach. They have stood by me during difficult times that my HBA1C results were poor and celebrate when we manage to improve it — together — as a team, as a family. I learn so much from them and they take time to teach one everything you need to know (from new equipment/tools like meters or insulin pumps, to how to managed the injection areas to ensure better insulin absorption). I have no reservations about recommending the CDE / Winelands Diabetes Paarl South Diabetic caregivers to any of my fellow diabetics.
Minda Gildenhuys
Ek is al vir 15 jaar ‘n diabeet en besoek die kliniek al min of meer 8 jaar daarvan. Ek het al baie gegroei en geleer oor myself en my siekte vandat ek daar gekom het. Die personeel is altyd vriendelik en laat jou spesiaal voel. Ek voel altyd beter en selfversekerd oor myself en hoe ek my siekte hanteer as ek daar uitstap. Baie dankie vir al jul hulp en ondersteuning deur al die jare. Dit gaan nie net oor die siekte nie, maar ook jou as mens en dit is wat vir my ‘n meeste uitstaan van die kliniek.
Ek sal die kliniek definitief aanbeveel vir enige diabeet.
Maria Scheepers
The staff are very friendly and excellent service is rendered by Sr Beckert, dr. S. Strydom and Karin at the reception. They go out of their way to meet our treatment needs.
They will contact you to give blood tests results and that your medication has arrived. The receptionist will phone Pharmacy Direct to send medication to the Diabetic Centre to makes sure that you receive your meds, because there was a delay in my medication she had to phone them a number of times.
They make you feel at ease and that you are special for them. Good diabetic control, appointments with dietitian and optometrist.
Ian Adriaanse
Ek is middel 2018 gediagnoseer met diabetes. Ek het so baie vrae gehad wat my huisdokter ongelukkig nie kon beantwoord nie. Volgens hom moes ek maar in die winkels kyk op die etikette van die produkte en net gebruik wat geen suiker bevat nie. Dit het vir my gevoel asof ek ‘n doodsvonnis gekry het, want ek kon, volgens my dokter, omtrent net gestoomde kos eet en water drink!
Vandag is my gemiddelde glukose 5.3 . Ek voel ‘n nuwe mens.
Ek kan enige iemand aanbeveel na die Paarl Diabetes Kliniek. Vandat ek gereeld vir dr Strydom em suster Beckert by die kliniek sien en my glukose op ‘n gereelde basis gemonitor word, is ek ‘n ander mens.
Weer eens baie dankie vir julle hulpvaardigheid, vriendelikheid en professionaliteit.
Gideon Basson
Not only did the clinic understand my context and residential challenges of not having adequate resources in my immediate environment, but they also exposed me to the best technology and newest diabetes healthcare strategies. This enabled me to take pride in my stride and foster a mindset where I could always educate myself and self-manage difficult times. This skill developed into my personal life as well by providing me with the knowledge to be independent and responsibly mature in difficult life events.
Type 1 diabetes certainly has its limits on my everyday functioning and the realisation of many dreams, but it is with a strong medical healthcare team that I was able to realize that I can still achieve these goals with a good plan, support structure and with the necessary adjustments. Your first medical team that will help you with the inception of your mental orientation towards managing this lifelong disease, is most certainly the most important part of your healthcare journey. With their socialisation and impeccable medical skill, I can now say that diabetes has given me much more than what it has taken away from me.
Andre Pienaar
Amper drie maande gelede is ons 15 jarige seun, Andre, gediagnoseer met diabetes en het ons hierdie nuwe werklikheid betree. Oorweldig deur emosies en vrae en massa onsekerheid het Sr Kamaretha in ons lewens gekom en rustigheid en kalmte gebring.
Te danke aan haar leiding, kon Andre 10 dae na sy diagnose sy drome uitleef op die krieketveld deur deel te neem aan die interprovinsiale toernooi. Sy het elke dag “ingecheck” om te hoor hoe dit gaan, aanpassings gemaak soos nodig en saam met ons die pad gestap.
Nie net het sy ongelooflike kennis van diabetes nie, maar haar hart en mense kennis is amazing. Sy het elke gesinslid presies opgesom en elkeen se onsekerhede en vrese aangespreek.
Saam met span maak hulle elke besoek aan die Diabetes Kliniek maklik en ‘n hoogtepunt/gerusstellende event op ons kalender. Ek verwys elke diabeet wat oor my pad kom, want die pad kan makliker gemaak word – deur kenners soos julle! x
Baie dankie Sr Kamaretha, Dr Strydom, Dieetkundige Riekie en altyd vriendelike Karin dat julle ons so tuis en veilig laat voel in jul hande.