Inspired by the thread "What Stupid Things Have People Said to you",
These relate to my previous GP, and surgery.
-When I was first diagnosed my GP wouldn't prescribe any medication, he decided to let the consultant do it, I eventually go to see him at the earliest opportunity, 5 months later. It was 1997, hopefully doesn't happen now.
-When I was prescribed Metformin for the first time I was warned that it might give me the runs for a couple of weeks. After 5 years of making excuses for not attending functions with friends, I summoned up the courage to tell the GP, enough was enough.
-Same endocrinologist, he prescribed Atorvastatin and he said it was better than a quadruple bypass, he didn't say anything about the muscle pain, sleeplessness or brain fog.
-Supplied some urine for GP to do a test while I was in his office and when I asked what he was testing he just said "just making sure everything is OK". Obviously thought I was as thick as two short planks.
-Surgery rang after I'd had a blood test to say that I had osteoporosis, which I didn't believe. GP made it worse when he said that I actually had osteo rheumatoid arthritis. I didn't argue, I have a friend who is a GP in Middlesborough, she thought it was funny (haha funny) and suggested that he was just hedging his bets. I have osteoarthritis.
-I was prescribed Rosiglitazone instead of Metformin and when I complained about weight gain I was told that was just being over anxious and prescribed citilapram.
-When I complained of muscle pain GP said it was because of my weight, despite it starting when I started taking Simvastatin.
-A year later he said it was because I exercised too much.
That's most of it, I might end up writing a book.
