As a Type 2 diabetic on metformin I have been fortunate to have been prescribed test strips which allows me to monitor my daily blood sugar. My DSN gave me a meter and my GP put them on repeat prescription for me. This was a year past now.
I put my repeat in for renewal the other day after which my wife received a phone call from a Doctor at the surgery. She said that because I’m Type 2 on metformin I shouldn’t get strips and was refusing to prescribe them. My wife called me and explained what this “rather haughty” doctor had said.
Angry? Yes! I hadn’t even heard of this GP at our surgery. Just as well she was in surgery when I called because I was livid. I called my DSN who said that the GP was standing in for another GP on special leave and that she would sort things out.
I couldn’t believe a doctor would cancel my strips when my own GP and DSN were sanctioning it or without even discussing the matter with me. I hope I don’t have to meet with her in the near future because even after four days I still get angry just thinking about. :x Oh, and she chose to discuss it over the phone with someone other than me, confidentiality?
There, got that rant off my chest.
I put my repeat in for renewal the other day after which my wife received a phone call from a Doctor at the surgery. She said that because I’m Type 2 on metformin I shouldn’t get strips and was refusing to prescribe them. My wife called me and explained what this “rather haughty” doctor had said.
Angry? Yes! I hadn’t even heard of this GP at our surgery. Just as well she was in surgery when I called because I was livid. I called my DSN who said that the GP was standing in for another GP on special leave and that she would sort things out.
I couldn’t believe a doctor would cancel my strips when my own GP and DSN were sanctioning it or without even discussing the matter with me. I hope I don’t have to meet with her in the near future because even after four days I still get angry just thinking about. :x Oh, and she chose to discuss it over the phone with someone other than me, confidentiality?
There, got that rant off my chest.