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- Type of diabetes
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- Insulin
Hi @Brendon.Dean, As a long term patient, not as professional advice or opinion:
Please see your doctor NOW is my request to you.
Your Gp is trained to do more than order blood tests, She should be able to interpret them (and often the pathology report is accompanied by an comment such as (purely an example not an interpretation of your results- low thyroid function, thyroid antibody tests recommended). And your GP should have the nous to pick the phone and ring the doctor reporting the blood test results if unsure about that other tests might need to be done as follow-up).
I would not expect other members of the health team to know these things as it is not fully within their training.
With further tests and even perhaps on the strength of current tests certain treatment and referrals to ? specialists/ for other tests can be forthcoming. That is your GP's job. If she is not up to it, you may need to find a better one NOW.
A basic urine test can at least confirm that you may be losing albumin in your urine (no blood test needed). Your GP can advise on further tests/referral and your endocrinologist might need to be stapled to his/her desk for more than 15 minutes to do his/her bit in sorting things out, too. Look up the usual level for albumin in the blood - if you have reported your result correctly then < 5 mg/ml is low in any one's language. The significance of that is what the doctor is there to interpret as well as the CK result.
Are you taking any other medications, just in case they might to affecting your blood work?
## You need attention now not in two week's, one month's time. Find a GP who will act NOW and not delay and palm you off.
The soonest I can see my family doctor is Thursday. I'm wait listed to see my endocrinologist sooner than my appointment date next year... Unfortunately when health care is free like it is over here it comes with a price of quality and efficiency. I can't snap my fingers and get all the referrals and appointments I need, it all takes time over here sadly. My best chance is to educate myself on what tests I need, tell my doctor to test that, ask for referrals for the clinics I researched and go from there.