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Arrrgh,
I've just been to my GP to discuss some specific questions about my diabetes and have walked out of the surgery feeling really frustrated and angry.
I don't know quite how I'm being looked after by my GP, I used to see my consultant with my GP under care share scheme but that stopped over 2 years ago, I want to see a consultant that can answer my questions, is taht too much to ask for I wonder.
I had 10 things relevant to diabetes to ask him and when i told him this he said that he couldn't answer everything as it was only a ten minute appt!!!! (the surgery was empty probably due to the fact England were playing).
I am a T1 and have been for 39 yrs, I hven't been on DAFNE and am struggling to work out my carbs and what amounts of insulin I should be taking (currently on Humalog and Lantus and also have 10mg of Lisinipril) to cover this.
All I wanted to ask the doc was, should I be taking Statins, should my ace inhibitor dose be increased, should I be seeing a pediatrist (haven't seen a foot doc in years), how can I get my a1cs down to help with my PDR etc.......not difficult questions and all he said was I needed to have more blood tests done, despite me only having them done a couple of months ago!
Does anyone know how to get back under hospitl care rather than being looked after by my GP and has anyone else had bad experiences of their GP's looking after their diabetes.
Sorry for the rant but I just don't know where to turn to for help
I've just been to my GP to discuss some specific questions about my diabetes and have walked out of the surgery feeling really frustrated and angry.
I don't know quite how I'm being looked after by my GP, I used to see my consultant with my GP under care share scheme but that stopped over 2 years ago, I want to see a consultant that can answer my questions, is taht too much to ask for I wonder.
I had 10 things relevant to diabetes to ask him and when i told him this he said that he couldn't answer everything as it was only a ten minute appt!!!! (the surgery was empty probably due to the fact England were playing).
I am a T1 and have been for 39 yrs, I hven't been on DAFNE and am struggling to work out my carbs and what amounts of insulin I should be taking (currently on Humalog and Lantus and also have 10mg of Lisinipril) to cover this.
All I wanted to ask the doc was, should I be taking Statins, should my ace inhibitor dose be increased, should I be seeing a pediatrist (haven't seen a foot doc in years), how can I get my a1cs down to help with my PDR etc.......not difficult questions and all he said was I needed to have more blood tests done, despite me only having them done a couple of months ago!
Does anyone know how to get back under hospitl care rather than being looked after by my GP and has anyone else had bad experiences of their GP's looking after their diabetes.
Sorry for the rant but I just don't know where to turn to for help