What's the craziest thing your doctor's ever said?

[kevinfitzgerald]

Been reading all these replies (equipped with a large cuppa) and been chuckling away! I'm unsure if being diabetic makes these comments even funnier because they are SO BAD or that they are just SO BAD considering they come from medical 'professionals'. Anyways, just really enjoying this - cheered me up no end! My contribution; My consultant at the time when I was heavily pregnant and struggling badly with stabilising my control and experiencing particularly bad hypos responded to my question of 'What should I be eating or doing to help sort this out' and his reply? 'Toast' - yep 'Wholemeal toast will sort this out, no butter, no jam just toast'. God I was so grateful for this enlightenment - and sure enough, it cured all my problems 'NOT'. I moved consultants when my daughter was born!

That really made me laugh !

 

[kevinfitzgerald]

Then there was this other Dr that prescribed me some night nurse after visiting with flu like symptoms and difficulty sleeping.

I told him I couldn't take anything with alcohol in it as I was a recovering alcoholic and he said

"don't worry there's only a little alcohol in night nurse, it won't hurt"

How do these people get work !



Inappropriate language removed.

 

[ElyDave]

"we're really only supposed to prescribe you one pot of test strips at a time, per week"

How much of his and my time was he thinking of wasting with that, accounting for NICE guidelines for T1s on a pump, testing 7 times a day, that leaves 1 strip for driving and exercise, he seemed confused when I pointed that out.

 

[Jaylee]

When I was about twenty years old I visited the clinic for a check up & was disarmed by the greeting of a female doctor I never met before with "my your a big boy coming here all by yourself.!?" I replied with "yep, & I had to pay full fair on the bus too!"

My girlfriend (now wife.) & I getting treated for serious "deli belly" in India. When I mentioned to the Doctor I was diabetic she exclaimed "but you are so young!!" When you hold a bucket for someone projectile barfing like Linda Blair in the Exorcist. You know she's a keeper!
Fair play to the doc though. We were both sorted & able to travel within 48 hours....

When my grandfather died the ageing doctor in attendance told my mum to "just leave him in his chair, someone will sort him out in the morning..."
Lucky there were two nurses renting the flat next door who were absolute saints...

 

[lynne99]

Sadly a 15 minute car journey which I was always against because one day, if I'm spared, as a friend always says, I might not be able to drive. For the time being I can go to my surgery, never get worried about waiting, have a little chat with the receptionist and other patients sometimes. Nice doctor listens, usually, doesn't get cross because I'll not be taking statins ever again, or because I went low carb (she seen the benefit). Happy days usually.

Must have been reading too much about diabetes........ I read "surgery" as Sugary

 

[malky39]

My GP not long after diagnosis told me to stop drinking diet juice because of all the sugar in it.
More recently I just joined a new GP and the called me telling me I needed to come I for an appointment urgently, this was not long after a consultant appointment at the diabetes clinic, I walked in and the GP asks me so what are you her for. My answer well you tell me which was followed with 10 mins of my time I will never get back telling that I will not be going to them for anything to do with my diabetes.

 

[Jeannie87]

Interesting thread indeed. My contribution.....not from a Doctor but a Diabetes Specialist Nurse 28 years ago, when I went to the clinic happily just pregnant with my third child she pronounced I really was taking a huge risk in having another baby as it wasn't good for my diabetes (type 1 and well controlled). Gee thanks Nursey for those encouraging words. Also same DSN, told me another time (before I was pregnant that I really needed to lose weight.....yes all 5ft 9ins of me and approx 11 stone. And this coming from a nurse who easily weighed in at around 16 stone .......... And a nurse on a hospital ward who said I couldn't have a few tomatoes with my lunch as I was a diabetic.......,

 

[Puddlejumper]

At 21 I went for a repeat prescription for the contraceptive pill and was told that I should be sterilised as diabetics shouldn't have children!!! You can imagine the rage

 

[msmi1970]

My young non-diabetic Cardiologist after seeing my initial two month weight loss on LCHF.

"Eggs, butter & steak? I'm going to try this.."

He stopped after losing just under a stone in the first month..

 

[lessci]

Newly diagnosed, eating porridge with dried fruit for breakfast (yes I know better now, but I thought I was being good ) DN looked at food diary I was keeping. DN said to me the porridge was ok but to lose the fruit, I asked what I could sweeten with instead and she replied........ wait for it........ honey, because it was a "natural" sugar.

 

[pshuttle]

When I went to see my GP with the typical undiagnosed Type 1 symptoms of desperate thirst, massive weight loss, constant peeing, extreme lethargy and thrush in my mouth, I was told that I was probably just "depressed". I went home and did my own research, went to see another GP in my clinic and was immediately given a blood test for diabetes. Sugars came back from the test in the 30s.

 

[smidge]

Standing in front of the DSN at my surgery who had diagnosed me with Type 2 nine months earlier - down 1.5 stone to about 6 stone, my BG in the 20s despite no more than 10g carb at any meal:

Me: You have misdiagnosed me, I have LADA - refer me to a specialist

Nurse: I don't know why you think you've been misdiagnosed. I have another skinny Type 2 patient and she doesn't make the fuss you're making. You just need to eat more.

Me: Just because you have probably misdiagnosed another patient too, doesn't make me Type 2. I have LADA and you are killing me. I need a GAD antibody test.

Nurse: I don't know what LADA is and I've never heard of a GAD antibody test. I'm going to prescribe you Gliclazide and you must increase your carb intake for it to be effective.

Insisted on seeing the GP who took one look at me, took many, many blood tests and referred me to a consultant. I was put on insulin as soon as the consultant saw me and later reclassified as Type 1.

Smidge

 

[dancer]

Years ago I went to a clinic appointment.

Doc: You're very thirsty and running to the toilet all the time.

Me: No, I'm not.

Doc: Yes, and you have been for several days.

Me: No, I haven't.

Doc: So, I'm going to change you from one injection per day to 2 injections where you'll mix 2 insulin together - you'll be shown how to do this. . . . OK?

Me: (thinking, "This guy's an idiot!"): If I start having hypos, I'll never forgive you!

Doc: That could very well happen and this tells you exactly what changes you should make and when.

He handed me a credit card sized card.

Me, looking at card, thinking: "That's fine, I'll be able to reduce the overdoses of insulin he's telling me to take."

Doc: But don't ON ANY ACCOUNT change any of the doses until you come back here in a fortnight!

Me: He IS an idiot!!!!

I'm ashamed to admit I, very foolishly, did what I was told and had to cancel a holiday due to hypos.

 

[Cath16]

GP last week: "your diabetes is incredibly well controlled. It's actually TOO well controlled". Couldn't believe my ears!
Cath

 

[JAY1JAY1]

The most stupid thing my doctor told me ,hmm,hmm lets think !! I know. GIVE UP DRINKING .

He also told she that thinks she's obeyed, that she must stop smoking!!! She has never smoked in her life ​

 

[seanj67]

I once went to see my (ex) GP about a suspicious mole on my leg. He assured me it couldn't be skin cancer as " it always starts on the ears and neck"...

Luckily it was nothing serious.

 

[Jillyp83]

Diabetic dietician told me I would lose weight If I replaced white bread, rice, pita with brown!!!!!!