Help Needed 2. :-(

I do understand, Dippy - from the partner's point of view! There are plenty of ways you can demonstrate your affection together; talk things over calmly and ask her to have patience and to help. (OMG Auntie Viv has reappeared! :crazy: )

As for the GP - is there more than one in the practice? if so, get a second opinion; if not, complain to the practice manager. Be polite, but don't take no for an answer. Take the request to the Patients Liaison service in the PCT. Quote the reference your gave in your original post. Print it out and give everyone a copy.

As a last resort, find out who the specialist is and write directly to him/her.

This is another case of 'one size fits all'. You are an individual, and should be treated as such!

Viv 8)

Hi Dippy,

I can't offer any more advice than Viv. I think we're going down the same route as you though.

On reading the link in the OP I'm very concerned. I just know that the talk of anything CVD related will mean our (fairly useless GP) putting my husband on Statins again. He stopped taking the Statins in the first place because of the almost instant ED they produced. He had taken six pills, one per day at night, and all libido and possibility of an erection disappeared. So he stopped taking them and a few days later he was good to go. Not being totally sure if the Statins were the cause he tried taking them again and within a week the same thing had happened so he stopped taking them and hasn't taken them since. The GP does not believe that Statins are the cause - she says 'Statins have no undesired side effects'

However, although my husband has function now, he has lost all desire. We have no idea what's causing this; could be his age (nearly 50) could be stress, although he says he isn't stressed, could be his diabetes although the GP says not - it was caught too quickly. Could it be the Metformin? GP says no, but by now we have no confidence in her opinions of prescribed drugs.

We are going to see her again next Friday, but neither of us is very confident. Sadly, there is no male GP at our surgery.

Ju

Refer your GP to the current ad campaign on the subject on TV. Unfortunately ED is often associated with diabetes. just look at the number of ads for devices in"Balance" the DUK magazine.
Hana

Can I suggest you get your testosterone levels checked by the doctor?

It is likely to be a factor.

MH was told, last Friday, by our DSN that'll he'll be extremely lucky to get a testosterone blood test as they are incredibly expensive. He asked for one as they'd just taken blood to do his very first HbA1c, and he thought it would be two birds with one stone. But no, you must discuss things with the (female) GP as a blood test for testosterone is regarded as the 'absolutely desperate measures' test.

We are still going to badger for one this coming Friday when we see the GP. I've yet to meet a GP who will address female hormonal problems without the relevant blood tests so why should it be any different for men with possible hormone problems?

Ju