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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1460897" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>GPs aren't too knowledgeable about diabetes and normally delegate the care to a Practice Nurse who will see you at regular intervals. (I've never seen a GP for diabetes related stuff). The nurse should put you on the NHS diabetes care pathway, which entails an annual screening of your retina, an annual foot check, and regular repeat blood tests. These are normally every 3 months initially, then if all is well, 6 monthly, then annually. You should also be invited to attend a course, although often these are a bit of a waste of time. (Not all of them)</p><p></p><p>You need to enquire if your surgery puts test results on line, and how to register for this. All English surgeries were asked to do this by April 2016 although some haven't. If yours hasn't, then you need to ask for a print out of your test results. It is more than useful to know all these as you need to know where you are starting from to compare with all the many tests you will be having from now on.</p><p></p><p>It would also help no end if you read round our main DCUK website <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.diabetes.co.uk/</a> as there is a wealth of information on the site about the tests we have, what the results mean, all about the different medications we may be given, targets to aim for, and so much more. Learning what all the numbers mean, and what all the different measurement units are will help you understand matters.</p><p></p><p>Your HbA1c of 8.6% isn't good, but it isn't drastic. With some effort on your part and advice from this forum you can get that down.</p><p></p><p>Ask any questions you like, and good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 1460897, member: 94045"] GPs aren't too knowledgeable about diabetes and normally delegate the care to a Practice Nurse who will see you at regular intervals. (I've never seen a GP for diabetes related stuff). The nurse should put you on the NHS diabetes care pathway, which entails an annual screening of your retina, an annual foot check, and regular repeat blood tests. These are normally every 3 months initially, then if all is well, 6 monthly, then annually. You should also be invited to attend a course, although often these are a bit of a waste of time. (Not all of them) You need to enquire if your surgery puts test results on line, and how to register for this. All English surgeries were asked to do this by April 2016 although some haven't. If yours hasn't, then you need to ask for a print out of your test results. It is more than useful to know all these as you need to know where you are starting from to compare with all the many tests you will be having from now on. It would also help no end if you read round our main DCUK website [URL]http://www.diabetes.co.uk/[/URL] as there is a wealth of information on the site about the tests we have, what the results mean, all about the different medications we may be given, targets to aim for, and so much more. Learning what all the numbers mean, and what all the different measurement units are will help you understand matters. Your HbA1c of 8.6% isn't good, but it isn't drastic. With some effort on your part and advice from this forum you can get that down. Ask any questions you like, and good luck. [/QUOTE]
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