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

Enclave said:
I went to the Drs with a very swollen foot and lower leg ... I was told to go away and get a hobby !!!!!!! (I hate my doctors now, and I don't trust them on inch, this inc the diabetes team)
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Would this hobby you should take up involve long sharp pointy things, and a doctor doll, by any chance ? :D

Signy
 
"You can't have antibiotics, your chest is clear"
I then coughed up a large amount of very infected sputum and presented it to him.
"Oh, your chest must have been so full there was no room for it to rattle about in there"

Or:-

" Have you ever thought of losing weight"
"I have thought of nothing else and have followed every diet you gave me and more and they don't work"
"Obesity is a lifestyle choice, if you're happy then that's fine"
"I'm not"
"Have you tried cutting down the amount you eat?"
" I am here because my throat hurts. I have only eaten 3 oranges a day for the past week"
"That's good, you don't need to eat so much when you are ill"
"Can I have antibiotics?"
"No"

Or:-

"You have tonsillitis on one side only and your temperature is up a little. Here's some antibiotics"
"I don't feel ill really, won't I just get better without them?"
"It's tonsillitis, take them"
So I took the prescription, got better without them and then saved the antibiotics for the next time I had a chest infection. Perfect! :)

Or:-

"You have diabetes. Don't eat anything sweet and make an appointment for 6 weeks time at diabetic clinic. Here's a DUK booklet. Read it, don't throw it in the bin"
I read it and then threw it in the bin.
 
Natalie1974 said:
Whilst waiting to see my diabetic nurse a few years ago...she was running a little behind and offered me a cup of tea while I was waiting...I accepted gratefully...but was quite shocked to hear her call from the kitchen...'do you take sugar???'
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Sadly lots of diabetics do still take sugar; they are not all as good as those of us here try to be. I know T2 diabetics who regularly eat donuts, cakes, bread etc and are now on insulin and just up their insulin when they have a blow out.
 
I got bronchitis. I went to the docs once a week for a month, about sore chest and a cough. They said it was a virus. I got so bad I couldn't even talk. I ended up having to take antibiotics for 3 months.
 
I dislocated and fractured my shoulder and went to casualty. I was patched up and sent home and had an appointment with the orthapedric surgeon a week later who said it looked like a typical osteoporosis fracture and sent me for a bone scan which came back as low. He dicharged me but told me to make an appointment to see my GP ASAP to start treatment. When I saw my Dr (first time I had seen him!) he looked my notes up on the computer and asked why I had come to see him????? Just fancied a day out and a different face to see!!!!
 
Daibell said:
Similar to my diabetes GP when I questioned her about my T2 diagnosis being incorrect (I have always been slim and had high bs at the time) she said well, you're not a T1 therefore you must be T2
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@Daibell

Heard a similar story to yours and this woman went back to being a dance teacher.. Helped enormously.. She had been diagnosed T1.5 too..

JM
 
Visited the diabetic doctor this week, problems with BG control problems and lack of response with Lantus (plus not feeling well with it etc etc) , while waiting for the appointment I actually came off Lantus altogether with no change in BG levels and feeling much better.
I do have complex health problems including Mitochondrial disease, partly diagnosed, and which may have some effect on my diabetes.

I opened up with explaining that I am still waiting to get a full diagnosis and am waiting to see a consultant about the Mitochondrial disease, and that it may be that which is causing my problem. I was told she didn't want to get involved in that. OK, so I then explained that I had given up on the Lantus and had seen no difference in my BG readings. Her reply was that that 'was brave'.

I then asked if I could try another long acting insulin while I wait for hospital referral for diabetes appointment that had just been sent off last week. I was told that she couldn't touch me as I have a referral in the system. Hmmm, so any idea how long I might have to wait to see the doctor at the hospital? Her reply was, 'Well I don't know leave it another week and then chase the secretary at the hospital'

Laugh or cry?
 
Years ago I went in for an op and the nurse asked if I was pregnant, I said "no I haven't had a period for over 2 years" she said "so you are pregnant"

I might be wrong but I thought it was 9 months!!

Also I had a discussion with one of the diabetes nurses about type 1 and type 2 and I said " I sympathise with type 2's because it's actually a lot harder for them to control their sugar levels, they can't just inject for what they eat" she said "don't feel sorry for them it's all self inflicted!!"

Very unprofessional!
 
My doc said I am 33 so there is no way I would be type 1 diabetic
She also said when I had pins and needle feeling on my feet, dont worry its not a stroke, I never expected it to be.
Everyone I have seen on the forum is referred to the diabetic nurse and mine got upset, almost crazy saying who asked you to go to the Diabetic Nurse, I told him I got a letter from them asking me to go an see them, he then said why did you go you should have come to me, I said if I have an appointment with you and I dont come how would you feel, quiet after that as on the reception there is a board mentioning if you dont turn up for appointment on time we can cancel you off the surgery.
 
My doc said I am 33 so there is no way I would be type 1 diabetic
She also said when I had pins and needle feeling on my feet, dont worry its not a stroke, I never expected it to be.
Everyone I have seen on the forum is referred to the diabetic nurse and mine got upset, almost crazy saying who asked you to go to the Diabetic Nurse, I told him I got a letter from them asking me to go an see them, he then said why did you go you should have come to me, I said if I have an appointment with you and I dont come how would you feel, quiet after that as on the reception there is a board mentioning if you dont turn up for appointment on time we can cancel you off the surgery.
 
2 here :

1st

On retiring, I moved from London 'back home' and went to a new G.P. She first took some blood tests then I had a first interview

She : I have some bad news. I think you have diabetes
Me : Oh ? That explains it.
She : What's that ?
Me : Why Dr. L (my G.P. in London) has been prescribing Metformin for the last ten years

Not read my notes, do you think ?

2nd.

Visited the Diabetic Nurse for annual check

She : I think you need to change your lifestyle.
Me : Why, and in what way ?
She : I think you need to change your lifestyle.
Me : Why, and in what way ?

(repeat 3 more times)

As a former Community Nurse myself, I have often needed to advise a change of lifestyle ; I have always considered it my responsibility to explain WHY and give guidance as to HOW. When I said this to her, she told me that as a nurse myself I shouldn't need to ask. My nursing qualification, incidentally is in Psychiatry
 
zand said:
"You can't have antibiotics, your chest is clear"
I then coughed up a large amount of very infected sputum and presented it to him.
"Oh, your chest must have been so full there was no room for it to rattle about in there"
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I had the "your chest is clear" line despite coughing a very fruity cough in front of the doctor, he gave me a token course of antibiotics. Went back a week later when the cough was still as bad as ever and saw a Nurse Practitioner who immediately said Eurgh! and proceeded to tell me that the course of antibiotics I took wasn't very much and prescribed me a course of steroids and another 2 weeks at double the strength! That thankfully did the trick (with a lovely dose of thrush thrown in!)
 
RaBu said:
2 here :

As a former Community Nurse myself, I have often needed to advise a change of lifestyle ; I have always considered it my responsibility to explain WHY and give guidance as to HOW. When I said this to her, she told me that as a nurse myself I shouldn't need to ask. My nursing qualification, incidentally is in Psychiatry
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Just what we need, you are going to become a valued member of our forum. we'll help you with lifestyle.[it's the carbs, AKA starches and sugars] and you can help us with diabetic stress :)
 
Are you still following that madcap diet? Opening sentence by doc re my LCHF diet.
Let me think...bs currently 5.7 (just taken it) , weight loss in excess of 4 stone, trigs 0.51 errr yes. I think the answers yes to that one! :banghead::rolleyes::angelic:
 
My first appointment for confirmation of diabetes from a locum doctor at our docs practise

Me - what will it take for me to control this?
Him - a minor miracle!!

Gee thanks for that doc :nailbiting:
 
Many years ago I went to see a new Dr (I was about 17) with really bad skin (acne)

My skin is good now no issues but back then it really affected me and it was all over my face and shoulders. I was very self conscious.

He gave me a strong course of antibiotics, his manner was awful and I remember him saying something along the lines of "it's only acne all teenagers get it" but that wasn't what upset me.

What upset me was about a year later. I had not seen this Dr since that first time but I had a problem I needed help with. Anyway when I was called in to his office to see him, he looked up, saw me and I couldn't believe it when he said "I remember you, so what life threatening disease have you come to waste my time with this time!"

What a total bell end !

Anyway he got shut down some years later due to the way he used to talk to his patient so I was told.

Still sticks with me though !
 
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'. :banghead: 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!:D
 
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