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<blockquote data-quote="forty six" data-source="post: 548335" data-attributes="member: 72202"><p>It's not that I don't trust their knowledge and skill - but my brothers situation has made me very cautious and is proof that sometimes you cannot go back if they make a mistake. He had pains in his chest when walking and went to his GP more than a dozen times only to be told that he needed to lose weight and it would go away. It didn't and he had to go back to the clinic when his GP wasn't there and so he saw a locum. She sent him straight to the cardiac unit. He had an angiogram and it turned out he had a blockage in his lung. The doctor who performed the test said he was weeks away from a heart attack and that although it would have affected his heart the blockage was entirely due to smoking in his youth. Within a week he had a stent fitted and is now much better. Although I know this has nothing to do with diabetes etc, it has taught me that GP's are the front door of the NHS and are <strong>not specialists</strong> so I take everything they say with a healthy dose of <u>check it out</u>. I actually trust the diabetic nurse more in my practice because she is a specialist and has to continue her training to keep her qualification. I am lucky in that I get on very well with both my GP and the DN, but I still won't take statins!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="forty six, post: 548335, member: 72202"] It's not that I don't trust their knowledge and skill - but my brothers situation has made me very cautious and is proof that sometimes you cannot go back if they make a mistake. He had pains in his chest when walking and went to his GP more than a dozen times only to be told that he needed to lose weight and it would go away. It didn't and he had to go back to the clinic when his GP wasn't there and so he saw a locum. She sent him straight to the cardiac unit. He had an angiogram and it turned out he had a blockage in his lung. The doctor who performed the test said he was weeks away from a heart attack and that although it would have affected his heart the blockage was entirely due to smoking in his youth. Within a week he had a stent fitted and is now much better. Although I know this has nothing to do with diabetes etc, it has taught me that GP's are the front door of the NHS and are [B]not specialists[/B] so I take everything they say with a healthy dose of [U]check it out[/U]. I actually trust the diabetic nurse more in my practice because she is a specialist and has to continue her training to keep her qualification. I am lucky in that I get on very well with both my GP and the DN, but I still won't take statins! [/QUOTE]
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