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Today I received a letter from my GP practice (signed with a squiggle but no typed name - so I don't even know who to blast!) informing me its time for my diabetic annual review.
No it isn't. It was done in December. At the specialist clinic at my local hospital, where I've been going for about 6 years. Where I also work, so it's more convenient too. Where I suspect they know a tad more about managing T1 than the practice nurse does. (This is the practice nurse who wanted a T1 of 35 years to have a glucose tolerance test. She also calculated mum's BMI - by weighing and measuring mum with her coat and shoes on!)
I went to their "diabetic clinic" once, in 2002. Took half a day off work (unpaid) for the practice nurse to tell me "Oh, you're on insulin. This clinic isn't for people who are on insulin. I don't understand insulin, it goes right over my head." The 2 types of insulin on my repeat prescription might have been a clue :roll:
Fortunately (for them) the surgery was closed by the time I read the letter. I'd have quickly resorted to heavy sarcasm or verbal abuse!!! Maybe I should fax some old recalcitrant bs readings to the practice nurse and ask her to sort my insulin out for me - some chance :lol:
No it isn't. It was done in December. At the specialist clinic at my local hospital, where I've been going for about 6 years. Where I also work, so it's more convenient too. Where I suspect they know a tad more about managing T1 than the practice nurse does. (This is the practice nurse who wanted a T1 of 35 years to have a glucose tolerance test. She also calculated mum's BMI - by weighing and measuring mum with her coat and shoes on!)
I went to their "diabetic clinic" once, in 2002. Took half a day off work (unpaid) for the practice nurse to tell me "Oh, you're on insulin. This clinic isn't for people who are on insulin. I don't understand insulin, it goes right over my head." The 2 types of insulin on my repeat prescription might have been a clue :roll:
Fortunately (for them) the surgery was closed by the time I read the letter. I'd have quickly resorted to heavy sarcasm or verbal abuse!!! Maybe I should fax some old recalcitrant bs readings to the practice nurse and ask her to sort my insulin out for me - some chance :lol: