kitedoc
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Pump
- Dislikes
- black jelly beans
I think it is interesting that a health professional might view A T2D doing BSLs as a bit too obsessive when she is off swimming rivers and in open seas etc, certainly not a middle of the road, non-obsessive activity in itself.
I seek a GP who is not going to give me their own, generic world view but will try to view and assess things from my viewpoint, needs, knowledge and uniqueness - and a GP who is flexible in outlook and prepared to think outside the square.
And I resent the arrogant attitude sometimes seen of " the patient will never understand this so I will not bother to suggest, test for or prescribe that". It is a cop-out !
In my past experience as a patient there have been times when I have noted something which could 'not be readily explained by medical science' - to find later that an explanation had surfaced either through another doctor looking further into things and clinching a diagnosis/cause rather than reading the old notes and copying the same defeatist attitude, or new research yielded answers. Not all these things were diabetes-related, but some were.
That some (but not all) doctors pooh-poohed my symptoms as being 'psychologically based', 'made-up' or ' as not fitting any disease known to man' was sadly predictable. Some doctors appeared to not be prepared to go the extra distance or think outside the square, or would blame me for having the symptoms yet in one instance via Google I found one good example of a medical condition which fit my symptoms very well. The condition had not been suggested or looked for, and when discussed with the doctor he just carried on about patients looking up the internet. (I was a registered doctor at the time, which he knew but had used the internet to demonstrate that one did not have to be in the profession to find out some possible answers). He dismissed the condition without being able to offer any explanation as to why.
I do acknowledge that knowledge about health and illness is expanding and no one person can be across it all. And sometimes conditions evolve over time and become more easily diagnosed.
And I freely acknowledge the medical free-thinkers who are great exemplars of the medical sciences and art.
But that does not excuse any of the lazy, ignorant, or blaming attitudes of others towards science, the mind, wholism and patients' welfare. End of rant !!!
I seek a GP who is not going to give me their own, generic world view but will try to view and assess things from my viewpoint, needs, knowledge and uniqueness - and a GP who is flexible in outlook and prepared to think outside the square.
And I resent the arrogant attitude sometimes seen of " the patient will never understand this so I will not bother to suggest, test for or prescribe that". It is a cop-out !
In my past experience as a patient there have been times when I have noted something which could 'not be readily explained by medical science' - to find later that an explanation had surfaced either through another doctor looking further into things and clinching a diagnosis/cause rather than reading the old notes and copying the same defeatist attitude, or new research yielded answers. Not all these things were diabetes-related, but some were.
That some (but not all) doctors pooh-poohed my symptoms as being 'psychologically based', 'made-up' or ' as not fitting any disease known to man' was sadly predictable. Some doctors appeared to not be prepared to go the extra distance or think outside the square, or would blame me for having the symptoms yet in one instance via Google I found one good example of a medical condition which fit my symptoms very well. The condition had not been suggested or looked for, and when discussed with the doctor he just carried on about patients looking up the internet. (I was a registered doctor at the time, which he knew but had used the internet to demonstrate that one did not have to be in the profession to find out some possible answers). He dismissed the condition without being able to offer any explanation as to why.
I do acknowledge that knowledge about health and illness is expanding and no one person can be across it all. And sometimes conditions evolve over time and become more easily diagnosed.
And I freely acknowledge the medical free-thinkers who are great exemplars of the medical sciences and art.
But that does not excuse any of the lazy, ignorant, or blaming attitudes of others towards science, the mind, wholism and patients' welfare. End of rant !!!