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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KACEY49_" data-source="post: 2265124" data-attributes="member: 431610">Im very angry with the gp i spoke to at my practice. She isn't my normal gp but when i raised my concern about the higher risk of covid for diabetics she said she'd never heard of any risk for diabetics and it was nonsense; I had already read the report highlighting the danger way back in March. She basically called me a liar. I live in Scotland and I have a friend in England who's husband is diabetic with high blood pressure and has been ordered to self isolate for 12 weeks which is totally reasonable to me. I also have both of these as well as a whole host of other conditions but have been side lined. There doesn't seem to be any set rules in place, or perhaps it's a case of pot luck which surgery your with.I'm house bound and have been struggling to get grocery deliveries and I was advised by Autism Scotland (I have Aspergers Syndrome) to contact my local council. They were more than willing to help me but I needed a letter from my gp with my CHI number on it. My gp refused because I wasn't in the severe risk category ie. Had a transplant or on chemo or radiotherapy etc. So I've been left struggling, living alone, with no family or friends to help me. And all around me I see people who are not in the severe risk category getting grocery boxes delivered weekly and it's infuriating because all I wanted was some help accessing delivery slots from supermarkets. I'm not trying to sponge free food from the government and I pay Boots £55 per year to deliver my medication every week. I'm sorry if I've gone off topic but I'm extremely angry and frustrated. The whole system seems totally chaotic.</blockquote>

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