Help.

[Helen_g.]

I was diagnosed type 2 ,six months ago.
I had complained for possibly two years ,I could not feel my legs, you have a good pulse in your feet go away.
I am now unable to sleep as the pressure of my legs on the mattress is very painfull,I have had a new mattress every year for the past four years. Now I know the problem.
I am sitting here feet up due to chronic fluid retention, worse in the left leg. Painfull.
My eyesight is deteriorating,
For the past two days I feel quite whoozey.
I take 1000 mugs Metformin.
60 mgs. Furosemide .
My blood result / first since diagnosis is 6.9 . I had to ring for result.reception.
I saw the Practice Nurse a week after diagnosis , she gave me a leaflet.
I read the news on this forum from other members and feel I am not being taken seriously, I am afraid I go back to my original thought, it's down to age.
Shall I or shall I not jump out of the frying pan into the fire, I hear such good reports from others ,using other surgeries.

 

[catherinecherub]

I think you need to write a letter of complaint to your GP's surgery as you are not getting the care that you deserve.
Is there another G.P. in the practice that you can see?
http://www.nhs.uk/choiceintheNHS/Rightsandpledges/complaints/Pages/NHScomplaints.aspx

 

[TorqPenderloin]

Well, you're being prescribed diabetes medication (Metformin) and medication for fluid retention (Furosemide) so your doctor is at least addressing the situation in that regard.

As far as your symptoms and what you shared, are there other factors affecting your situation? Meaning, are you overweight, disabled, etc?

Of course, either way you deserve to be treating like a human being, but until you find a doctor who is a better fit there are certain things you can possibly do on your own in the mean time.