Well where do i start, I had my first appointment at the diabetic clinic yesterday regarding my feet. The lady i saw wouldn't get any prizes for making you feel comfortable, infact she was like an american pit bull with breasts. However, this said, one i thing i will say is that she really knew her job and she was very nice in an odd kind of way. We talked about everything from the day i was diagnosed, GP, medication, complications etc. I'd recently been to see a chiropodist and she asked me what he'd done. When i said that he'd looked at my feet and gave me a memory sole for my left shoe,(it's the right one thats really sore), and i was in and out within five minutes she was really impressed (not). Anyway after loads of tests she diagnosed DPN, but thankfully it's only in the earlier stages. She told me that i've got to test at least three times a day whether my GP likes it or not, (she wasn't very impressed with him either), and if he wasn't prepared to give me test strips then she would, whoopee.
I've got to go and see her again on Monday and within 2 hours of me getting home she'd rung to say that i had appointments for the doctor in October and a dieticien in November, (it's not you is it Ally ?)
Anyway, sorry for going on but i've not felt so happy and positive for yonks. I actually feel for a change that someone not only cares about my health but is taking an active interest in it apart from myself and there is help out there for me. 8)
Regards
Hazey
I've got to go and see her again on Monday and within 2 hours of me getting home she'd rung to say that i had appointments for the doctor in October and a dieticien in November, (it's not you is it Ally ?)
Anyway, sorry for going on but i've not felt so happy and positive for yonks. I actually feel for a change that someone not only cares about my health but is taking an active interest in it apart from myself and there is help out there for me. 8)
Regards
Hazey