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That's exactly my point. When you have a routine, such as going to work 5 days a week, you can & usually do control your food & drink intake throughout the working week & perhaps just indulge a bit over the weekend. When you retire, things change. When i eat out with friends (i don't mean a...

Indeed, the whole point of me going out, apart from to be with people, is to get away from the monotony of always eating "the diabetic way" at home. I guess i'm having a bit of diabetic burnout creeping in too. Being a spontaneous person and hating routine, a lovely creamy cappuccino in a nearby...

Hello everyone. As a long-standing type 1 diabetic (50yrs +), i was wondering how those of you who have your diabetes more or less well controlled cope when you go out to pubs & coffee shops? I am fortunate to have been able to retire recently and it is vital for me to go out more & meet...

If only there were "opt-out" preferences we could mark with each service (like there are in some other parts of the NHS, e.g. choosing whether to be checked for different cancers)!

The cynic in me has wondered whether it's something to do with funding too. The NHS isn't helping itself by trying to duplicate workloads. I can understand this happening in areas where there is private competition, e.g. with flu jabs, these being offered by pharmacies too now; but a surgery...

I am beginning to see that strange GP practices towards diabetics is not that unusual, which is somewhat comforting if still frustrating. Thank you all, i will keep fighting the good fight!

And i have some concerns about their admin staff: all very nice people, but i had to correct my prescription set-up 3 times and challenge 2 appts that appeared on my NHS record, which it turns out were not for me!

Interesting point about whether the surgery have my records correct - i hadn't thought of checking that, so thank you. It occurred to me many times that they seem to be treating me like a newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic who they have to keep an eye on.

All the reviews that different GPs - not nurses - have requested of me have been in relation to 1 blood test that i had on registering (last Oct) and 1 urine test in Feb. I spoke to 4 doctors, face-to-face and over the phone, in the month of Oct alone. I've started keeping a log of all the times...

Hi @Jaylee, my previous surgery used to be like that, i'd have a once-a-yr foot and weight check and a once-a-yr phone call to check if all was ok with my medication. So i'm quite shocked at this new surgery never leaving me alone. I've not gone a single month without receiving a phone call from...

Hello - first time poster here! I'm at the end of my tether with the new GP surgery where i registered after moving vicinity. Although i have explained several times, to their GPs and receptionists, that as a long-standing type 1 diabetic my diabetes & associated factors (kidneys etc) are fully...