Diseased_Bunny
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
Been T2 for 14 years now (gosh!) so have done the rollercoaster that this disease provides us all. Went for my latest bloods 1st week in Jan (probably not the best time to have a 1AC test, but anyway). Due to the clinic being busy I didn't get the diabetic nurse appointment until today. I got the results a week after the bloods, so I knew it wasn't good (85) and was told i needed to see the Gp, but as i had the appt with the (so-called) DN, then not to bother (despite the 6 week wait?). I must at this point mention I am a cuddly little bear, scaling in at 135kg, and know that the lard is a big reason why the numbers are high - when im fat im in the 80-85 bracket, when i kick the weight its moire like 45-50 region. The yo-yo dieting is a PITA too, but thats another story, for another day. Currently on metformin (500g 2xam, 2xpm), pioglitazone(45mg), irbesartin (bp), simvastatin (Chol)
Anyway, fast forward to today. So I have meeting with the DN, she mentioned my high AC, so I said fine, letrs go back onto the meds i was on previously - Januvia - that brought the numbers down until i shift the weight (again! ). Her answer: I need an appointment with the GP to get the meds changed! And this will be a 2 week wait. So, potentially I could be damaging myself all because the incompetence of the staff at the practice - incidentally, the last time I needed these meds, approx a year ago, the DN got the GP to sign a medication for me, so what changed in 12 months, i dont know? Apparently I am being referred to a CCG (clinical commissisoning group) who can discuss my up to date meds, etc? - No idea what it is to be honest, all the DN said was that they can assess my meds - isnt the my own practice's job??
So the next thing, was the weighing side of things, and asking how I was feeling. It is this that concerns me curreently more than anything - I have been on the whole up and down involved with T2 previously as obviously been in the game for far too long. But I told her how down I was getting with it and said I felt fed up and generally down and depressed with it all, to which she shrugged it off. Previous years I have been SPECIFICALLY asked if I was depressed or down, to which i could honestly say I havent been. But to ignore the fact that I told her I was depressed and she just palmed it off set my alarm bells going!! She was running late and I felt I was juyst being pushed out the door asap.
Just not sure what to do now - Do I simply wait for this referral, which will take at least a week? My OH is telling me to kick off at the Practice manager at the GP office over todays episode mainly as I still havent had any more meds prescribed and if it was the receptionists opinion that i didnt need a GP appt as the DN one was booked rather than one of the GP who is she to make that decision? Also the black dog is concerning me - yes im not suicidal, nowhere near! , im just not my usual happy self, and if Im noticing that myself, then it has to be serious, right?
Sorry if this is a bit ranty, but I am just getting this off my chest!
Anyway, fast forward to today. So I have meeting with the DN, she mentioned my high AC, so I said fine, letrs go back onto the meds i was on previously - Januvia - that brought the numbers down until i shift the weight (again! ). Her answer: I need an appointment with the GP to get the meds changed! And this will be a 2 week wait. So, potentially I could be damaging myself all because the incompetence of the staff at the practice - incidentally, the last time I needed these meds, approx a year ago, the DN got the GP to sign a medication for me, so what changed in 12 months, i dont know? Apparently I am being referred to a CCG (clinical commissisoning group) who can discuss my up to date meds, etc? - No idea what it is to be honest, all the DN said was that they can assess my meds - isnt the my own practice's job??
So the next thing, was the weighing side of things, and asking how I was feeling. It is this that concerns me curreently more than anything - I have been on the whole up and down involved with T2 previously as obviously been in the game for far too long. But I told her how down I was getting with it and said I felt fed up and generally down and depressed with it all, to which she shrugged it off. Previous years I have been SPECIFICALLY asked if I was depressed or down, to which i could honestly say I havent been. But to ignore the fact that I told her I was depressed and she just palmed it off set my alarm bells going!! She was running late and I felt I was juyst being pushed out the door asap.
Just not sure what to do now - Do I simply wait for this referral, which will take at least a week? My OH is telling me to kick off at the Practice manager at the GP office over todays episode mainly as I still havent had any more meds prescribed and if it was the receptionists opinion that i didnt need a GP appt as the DN one was booked rather than one of the GP who is she to make that decision? Also the black dog is concerning me - yes im not suicidal, nowhere near! , im just not my usual happy self, and if Im noticing that myself, then it has to be serious, right?
Sorry if this is a bit ranty, but I am just getting this off my chest!
