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<blockquote data-quote="GraceK" data-source="post: 324757" data-attributes="member: 47233"><p>As I've mentioned before on the forum, about 10-15 years ago, well before my recent diagnosis I had ALL the major symptoms of diabetes but had a very blase GP at the time. I had a couple of blackouts and he asked me if I had any witnesses!!! His tone wasn't enquiring, it was sarcastic and trite. </p><p></p><p>I came home from the surgery feeling like a malingerer and I was dazed and confused for months which I think was a result of high blood sugar. Went to the hairdresser and she discreetly asked me if I'd been under a lot of stress recently as I had two large bald patches on either side of my head, twice the size of a 50p piece. I hadn't even noticed I'd lost any hair apart from a strange feeling when my hair moved around. On closer inspection I couldn't believe it and promptly burst into tears. Went to the doctor and he quickly inspected the bald patches, told me it was alopecia and that it would grow back. That was it. No tests done as usual. He never once suggested I have blood tests for anything. I was in a very vulnerable state at the time, menopausal, depressed and having gone through divorce and two very close bereavements in a short space of time and most of the time I was in a state of bewilderment and just accepted his word.</p><p></p><p>Eventually, I just stopped going to the doctor altogether and muddled through as best I could. My health has been awful but could have been a lot better had I had a GP who gave a ****. </p><p></p><p>Rather than have the bald patches, I had my head shaved. :lol: I always was a bit drastic with my hair styles. My hair eventually grew back but it grew back pure white so I had a head full of brown hair with two thick white streaks down either side of my head. So I started a new fashion. Eventually it grew back in its natural colour. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GraceK, post: 324757, member: 47233"] As I've mentioned before on the forum, about 10-15 years ago, well before my recent diagnosis I had ALL the major symptoms of diabetes but had a very blase GP at the time. I had a couple of blackouts and he asked me if I had any witnesses!!! His tone wasn't enquiring, it was sarcastic and trite. I came home from the surgery feeling like a malingerer and I was dazed and confused for months which I think was a result of high blood sugar. Went to the hairdresser and she discreetly asked me if I'd been under a lot of stress recently as I had two large bald patches on either side of my head, twice the size of a 50p piece. I hadn't even noticed I'd lost any hair apart from a strange feeling when my hair moved around. On closer inspection I couldn't believe it and promptly burst into tears. Went to the doctor and he quickly inspected the bald patches, told me it was alopecia and that it would grow back. That was it. No tests done as usual. He never once suggested I have blood tests for anything. I was in a very vulnerable state at the time, menopausal, depressed and having gone through divorce and two very close bereavements in a short space of time and most of the time I was in a state of bewilderment and just accepted his word. Eventually, I just stopped going to the doctor altogether and muddled through as best I could. My health has been awful but could have been a lot better had I had a GP who gave a ****. Rather than have the bald patches, I had my head shaved. :lol: I always was a bit drastic with my hair styles. My hair eventually grew back but it grew back pure white so I had a head full of brown hair with two thick white streaks down either side of my head. So I started a new fashion. Eventually it grew back in its natural colour. :D [/QUOTE]
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