Your doctor sounds like an idiot. I'd find another one before he causes you real damage.
Your doctor sounds like an idiot. I'd find another one before he causes you real damage.Hi Folks,
I went to the Doctor this morning to ask about getting a referal to the Diabetic Eye Clinic in Northern Ireland. He laughed and said I don't need to go there and only if I noticed fluid inside my eye. I said but what about the screening.
He said they run the screening once per year and his clinic has not been used yet. He said that Specsavers can easily do the same tests that the Diabetic eye clinic can do and if I have problems I should goto them. He said in-fact some NHS places in england use specsavers as their diagnostic location instead of having a dedicated clinic.
I have had type 2 for about 9 months now so I am concerned I still havent had the initial scan.
I also told him that I brought my blood sugars down from 7.6 to 5.4 fasting and told him that the Metformin gave me a 'little' bit of benefit.
He said we should look at increasing it to 3 pills per day. (I have noticed that if I skip Metformin for many days in a row my blood sugar stays relatively stable so why he is suggesting more pills when I am doing good is really disheartening).
What should I do - I have already little trust for my doctor so I am strongly thinking of leaving the practice.
Cheers,
He said they run the screening once per year and his clinic has not been used yet. He said that Specsavers can easily do the same tests that the Diabetic eye clinic can do and if I have problems I should goto them. He said in-fact some NHS places in england use specsavers as their diagnostic location instead of having a dedicated clinic.
I went to Specsavers after my husband pressured me to go to them to save money - The glasses they made for me were not done to my prescription, and I was a danger on the roads as I was clipping the curbs - there was no 'prism' in the glasses they made for me and my brain was ignoring what my left eye saw. They did a retina scan and said nothing was wrong.
I went back to my old opticians and got the right glasses but since being diagnosed I have noticed my eyes had changed, and so have had an eye test, I need three different pairs of glasses for driving, computer use and reading. I have also had a retina scan and - guess what?
I would not recommend Specsavers for even the most basic optical work.
I would never use specks avers with a barge pole
It's confusing because some opticians work for their local diabetic eye screening programme in which case they take extra qualifications so they can do the screening test to the required standard and their work is quality assured. Other opticians may also take retinal photos independently of the diabetic eye screening programme but they are not as accurate because they take the photos undilated, take fewer photos, have less advanced manipulation tools in the software, have not received the specialist training and don't see enough diabetics to gain sufficient experience and do not have quality assurance.Not sure about that at all, I've asked in Specsavers if their Digital Photo's are on par with those taken in the Eye Screening Programme and they said No, one reason is the ESP dilate the eyes so get a better picture of the retina than Specsavers would.
I'd ring your local Specsavers branch and just check.
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