Hello,
I need your advice. I myself a long-term type-1 diabetic. A few months ago we noticed that my son (10 years old) drinks more than usual, and we measured his sugar, which was 8.9 two hours after last meal. In the morning he had 6.2. We immediately excluded sweets from his meals. We addressed two our GPs who measured morning sugar which was close to upper limit. They refused to make further tests, even a simple one, like glucose tolerance, not saying about antibodies and c-peptides. They say there's no clear clinical picture (he is not skinny, what you want?) and he can eat as much as before and anything. In addition, to make their words more solid, and make our life not as easy, they set social services on us. The case was closed, but it cost me a couple of months of preparation for their visits.
Third GP promised to call endocrinologist in hospital but obviously did not, as a "letter from hospital was lost somewhere".
Now my wife and son are abroad. And they have made all these tests. And all of them are bad. My wife is badly depressed as she is going to return to the country where we cannot expect any help from a GP. Changing a practice is possible only theoretically, endocrinologists are not accessible (I wrote numerous letters to hospitals - one reply from tens of letters).
How to get an appointment to an endocrinologist? What to do?
Thank you, Andrey
I need your advice. I myself a long-term type-1 diabetic. A few months ago we noticed that my son (10 years old) drinks more than usual, and we measured his sugar, which was 8.9 two hours after last meal. In the morning he had 6.2. We immediately excluded sweets from his meals. We addressed two our GPs who measured morning sugar which was close to upper limit. They refused to make further tests, even a simple one, like glucose tolerance, not saying about antibodies and c-peptides. They say there's no clear clinical picture (he is not skinny, what you want?) and he can eat as much as before and anything. In addition, to make their words more solid, and make our life not as easy, they set social services on us. The case was closed, but it cost me a couple of months of preparation for their visits.
Third GP promised to call endocrinologist in hospital but obviously did not, as a "letter from hospital was lost somewhere".
Now my wife and son are abroad. And they have made all these tests. And all of them are bad. My wife is badly depressed as she is going to return to the country where we cannot expect any help from a GP. Changing a practice is possible only theoretically, endocrinologists are not accessible (I wrote numerous letters to hospitals - one reply from tens of letters).
How to get an appointment to an endocrinologist? What to do?
Thank you, Andrey
