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<blockquote data-quote="outdoorgirl" data-source="post: 995776" data-attributes="member: 21690"><p>Years ago I was putting on weight for no apparent reason. I asked my GP several times to test me for diabetes. He asked if there was a family history, which there isn't, so he said that I couldn't be diabetic then! Thank heaven for our local chemist who do the test. GP wasn't at all apologetic when I went back and stuck it to him! Then I had severe problems with my feet to the extent that I could hardly walk the pain was so bad. I saw another GP in the same practice who I had also seen about the pain in my hands ( he told me it was because I slept with my hands curled up!). After some persuasion this GP referred me to a podiatrist who looked at my feet, couldn't figure out what the problem was, looked at the notes, saw the type 2 diagnosis and promptly said I had neuropathy! This really scared me so back I went to the GP, told him what the podiatrist has said, which he laughed off and said no, he didn't think I had neuropathy! I then demanded to see a specialist who FINALLY diagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome in both hands! And I found a brilliant acupuncturist who sorted out my feet so I'm back walking as long and as far as I want again. I have changed my surgery and on the rare occasions I have to see a GP or DSN it's been okay so far!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="outdoorgirl, post: 995776, member: 21690"] Years ago I was putting on weight for no apparent reason. I asked my GP several times to test me for diabetes. He asked if there was a family history, which there isn't, so he said that I couldn't be diabetic then! Thank heaven for our local chemist who do the test. GP wasn't at all apologetic when I went back and stuck it to him! Then I had severe problems with my feet to the extent that I could hardly walk the pain was so bad. I saw another GP in the same practice who I had also seen about the pain in my hands ( he told me it was because I slept with my hands curled up!). After some persuasion this GP referred me to a podiatrist who looked at my feet, couldn't figure out what the problem was, looked at the notes, saw the type 2 diagnosis and promptly said I had neuropathy! This really scared me so back I went to the GP, told him what the podiatrist has said, which he laughed off and said no, he didn't think I had neuropathy! I then demanded to see a specialist who FINALLY diagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome in both hands! And I found a brilliant acupuncturist who sorted out my feet so I'm back walking as long and as far as I want again. I have changed my surgery and on the rare occasions I have to see a GP or DSN it's been okay so far! [/QUOTE]
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