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<blockquote data-quote="jackois" data-source="post: 2183041" data-attributes="member: 99684"><p>[USER=334119]@porl69[/USER] and [USER=432241]@Circuspony[/USER] </p><p> </p><p>Hi again, my previous GP, who recently retired, was well up on diabetes, as he had trained under the consultant who saw me and asked me to pass on his regards. Time will tell whether his replacement will be as good.</p><p></p><p>With respect to the practice nurses, I'm well aware that they can be lacking in knowledge and believe this to be down to them being 'jack of all trades'. It's the same nurses that do flu jabs, change dressings, take blood samples and so on. However, mainly they follow a checklist which will flag up items that they should check and feed any concerns through to the GP. They have, in the past, been diligent enough to call me back for a doppler scan when they weren't sure of a foot pulse. I also see a chiropodist every 3 months to have my feet checked, nails trimmed and hard skin removed, and she does the pulse checks as well.</p><p></p><p>As for eye checks, in our area, once you are registered as type 1, your annual retinopathy check is dealt with by the eye screening service. All other things eyewise are dealt with by my optician.</p><p></p><p>I think we all have our own ways of managing our diabetes and my original post was focussed on my theory that some things are better done face to face rather than on the telephone.</p><p></p><p>I know this thread has wandered away from the original post, but I'm still wondering if [USER=37769]@chrisf-1[/USER] got sorted?</p><p></p><p>cheers all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jackois, post: 2183041, member: 99684"] [USER=334119]@porl69[/USER] and [USER=432241]@Circuspony[/USER] Hi again, my previous GP, who recently retired, was well up on diabetes, as he had trained under the consultant who saw me and asked me to pass on his regards. Time will tell whether his replacement will be as good. With respect to the practice nurses, I'm well aware that they can be lacking in knowledge and believe this to be down to them being 'jack of all trades'. It's the same nurses that do flu jabs, change dressings, take blood samples and so on. However, mainly they follow a checklist which will flag up items that they should check and feed any concerns through to the GP. They have, in the past, been diligent enough to call me back for a doppler scan when they weren't sure of a foot pulse. I also see a chiropodist every 3 months to have my feet checked, nails trimmed and hard skin removed, and she does the pulse checks as well. As for eye checks, in our area, once you are registered as type 1, your annual retinopathy check is dealt with by the eye screening service. All other things eyewise are dealt with by my optician. I think we all have our own ways of managing our diabetes and my original post was focussed on my theory that some things are better done face to face rather than on the telephone. I know this thread has wandered away from the original post, but I'm still wondering if [USER=37769]@chrisf-1[/USER] got sorted? cheers all. [/QUOTE]
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