Some nerve damage
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This is something you need to discuss face to face with the Gp as only he has your medical results and history.
Make an appointment asap and find out what is wrong and what medications he is talking about.
Make an appointment asap and find out what is wrong and what medications he is talking about.
Hi Shygirl 
If your doctor, in whom you have no confidence, is off for some months then you have the ideal opportunity to see another doctor in the practice - if there is another.
If your doctor, in whom you have no confidence, is off for some months then you have the ideal opportunity to see another doctor in the practice - if there is another.
ShyGirl said:
Shygirl, we all have off days with diabetes but we just have to stick with it.
Synonym's suggestion is what I would say as well. Consult another doctor, ask round,see if anyone you know with diabetes has a good doctor and try and see them.
We all have days when readings are erratic, mine are today because of a steroid injection, all we can do is keep at it.
Change GPs.ShyGirl said:
Also I assume you have type 2 diabetes and are not on insulin because they are refusing test strips? Have they done GAD and islet cell antibodies tests? I ask because I was told for 5 years I had type 2 diabetes, and my blood sugars kept going up and up, turns out it was type 1 all along they just hadn't bothered to do the tests.
HLW said:
My habc1 is stable according to the doctors , it's other issues that seem to getting in the way.
You might be able to change the consultant appointment to be earlier, worth a try anyway?
Re: GPs you could see if there is another GP practice nearby that is accepting new people?
Re: GPs you could see if there is another GP practice nearby that is accepting new people?
hi shygirl,
please try not to panic too much about this letter. "Some nerve damage" can mean a lot of things, and may be nothing terribly serious at all. You know many diabetics (most? - not sure of the percentage) have some nerve damage, myself included.
Two things to say: first, nerves can heal, so nerve damage may not be permanent (I had neuropathy [nerve damage] in my feet, which has improved considerably over this past year); and secondly, I'd question why you need medication for it. If you don't want more meds, which I totally understand, you're not obliged to take them. My nerve damage improved with an extended period of good blood sugar control, no pills apart from the 2x500 Metformin I take anyway.
I know it's hard to cope with scary communications from the medical profession, especially if you're on your own, but you get great advice and support from this forum which personally I value higher.
So please try not to worry, it sounds like you're doing pretty well overall.
please try not to panic too much about this letter. "Some nerve damage" can mean a lot of things, and may be nothing terribly serious at all. You know many diabetics (most? - not sure of the percentage) have some nerve damage, myself included.
Two things to say: first, nerves can heal, so nerve damage may not be permanent (I had neuropathy [nerve damage] in my feet, which has improved considerably over this past year); and secondly, I'd question why you need medication for it. If you don't want more meds, which I totally understand, you're not obliged to take them. My nerve damage improved with an extended period of good blood sugar control, no pills apart from the 2x500 Metformin I take anyway.
I know it's hard to cope with scary communications from the medical profession, especially if you're on your own, but you get great advice and support from this forum which personally I value higher.
So please try not to worry, it sounds like you're doing pretty well overall.
