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Who has never seen a consultant?

timo2 said:
Hi Choccy,

You've got to start Googling.

Wikipedia says that Dyslipidemia is a disruption in the amount of lipids in the blood. Nasty.

Regards,
timo.
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What he says, shorthand - dys = lousy, lipid = blood fats (cholesterol and trigs), emia - in the blood

HTH

(one of the only advantages in being forced to take Latin in school, you get to understand medspeak)
 
I have, not i seen a consultant, and never heard of an Endo,

The only people i have seen, are my practice nurse, who, was looking after me, and was part of the orginal practice. Now i have been informed, she as left, with no prior notice to me.

i,ve seen 4 different docs, about 6 times in all, over past 12 mnths, all new, to the new practice, i did finally, get to see the dietician, waste of time, and effort, just talked over my head,

There is a Support Group near the area i live, i,m thinking of going,to the next meeting, to see if i can find out whats going on, in our area, and maybe find out, how others are being treated,
 
I've seen my GP, who is nice enough and no bother with prescriptions. My practice nurse who is a numpty.

They talked about me getting my eyes photographed at my first annual assessment (a year ago nearly) still no appointment, I've been to the optician off my own back and he reassured me my eyes are fine at the moment.

I'm pretty well controlled, so while I don't need lots of treatment, I am a bit fed up there has been no offer of help - I'm going to kick off when I see the pratice nurse about the eye thing.
 
I have just googled the name of the Doctor I saw and it says he is a Consultant so I guess I should be pleased ,as up to now I have been cared for by nurses .
 
ShyGirl said:
not sure if a six month gap between HABC1 tests is ok or bad)
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Pretty much par for the course I suspect. In some places they will do tests quarterly. To a degree it depends on your control, I was *supposed* to have a six monthly test and when I forgot to book it the GP looked at my BG and BP graphs and told me not to bother for another six months.

I'm impressed that as a Type 2 you're getting to see a consultant, though if they are transferring all your care there to make it less convenient to you and more convenient to them this may not be such a good plan.
 

I was told that the man on my letter wasn't the Dr I actually saw last week! Oops , he was probably a consultant though. I'm not sure if i'm impressed as I feel like a lost cause and was having habc1 tests every 3 months if I could face going in.
 
Diabetic 25 years. Type 1.
Saw consultant for the first year, and was discharged as my care and understanding was so good.
Have had some problems recently (after moving to Wales) with new diabetic GP refusing to let me see a podiatrist, and not sending me to get my eyes checked and screened-now almost 2 years, and again I have asked twice to have my eyes screened.
I have now asked the diabetic consultant at hospital instead of GP care, so hopefully should get better advice and care than from the diabetic GP.
Never had any problems previously, and had a fantastic GP in Towcester. My old GP when I had problems would even let me email him my readings on a weekly then monthly excel spreadsheet, so he could help me.
In Wales my current GP who specialises in Diabetes is only at the suregery one day a week, and it is impossible to get an appointment to see him. In fact to ask him to refer me to hospital, I had to phone the surgery and for the nurse to request the GP to do it!!!
Shame that the same level of care isn't given by all the GP's across the UK. I wish I was still experiencing the care that I received previously. Still, lets hope the hospital consultant will make sure I am on the list for the retinopathy care.
 
consultant ???? what are they - I definately know more about blood testing than the nurse who was tasked to show me how to test - she could not get the meter to work - I suggested turning the test strip around the other way so the copper bits went into the meter ! I lost all faith in anything she said after that point.

Doc however has been helpful in agreeing with most things - but would like the opinion of an expert befor ethey are called in to deal with (perhaps) inadaquate care and the notion of "if this had been dealt with a few years ago differently....."
 
I have never seen a consultant in the 4 (ish) years of being diagnosed as T2 but I have to take some responsibility here as I've never demanded to see one either - compared to some I think I'm doing okay. However I'm sure that if I had problems and I did request it I would be referred

My DN is very nice and really does her best but doesn't always seem to take notice of what I'm saying i.e. I keep banging on about my high morning readings but its not going in (evening readings c 5.9 morning c 9.2). My GP is great and whilst he can be blunt he won't fob you off with platitudes and I know that if I really don't get any joy from the DN I can go to him

On seeing another practice doctor about my weight seemingly being out of control was advised follow a low carb diet - which was pretty radical given some of the posts you see around this subject.

So I am trying to cut the carbs and the portion sizes and step up my exercise so I've lost more lb's - 11.5kgs and counting. So it's working so far.

However I'll see what my blood test results are like on Friday - fingers crossed!!
 
Type 2 and seen a doctor twice and a good nurse every six months (now a year due to time off for good behaviour) and otherwise just a couple of diabetic nurses at a DESMOND day.

I got the impression the DESMOND day was the first time anyone had spoken to most of the diabetics on it about anything other than you have diabetes here's your medication.

I on the other hand had been given some information already and even told about low carbs by my diabetic nurse. So much so that the DESMOND nurses kept asking me to tell everyone else what I had been doing!
 
I've never seen a consultant, just the diabetic nurse, who in the past has moved me from Metformin twice a day, to four slow release metformin in the morning. I watch what I eat, but I haven't seen a dietician, and know very little about my diabetes. I was concerned about four weeks ago when my blood sugar level was averaging at 15.5. I had to wait three weeks for an appointment to have blood taken, even after expressing my concerns to the practise nurse. After feeling pretty horrible for the last few weeks I eventually got an appointment with my GP yesterday, who managed to get the diabetic nurse to see me. She decided that I needed to go on to Byetta. I'm due to visit her again tomorrow to learn how to inject myself.

After reading this forum, I'm pretty scared that they might have it all wrong - I certainly think they are going the wrong way about my treatment, I think that everyone upon diagnosis should automatically be referred to a consultant, and I will certainly be requesting that tomorrow. In the mean time, does anyone know if there are any undesireable side effects upon stopping Byetta?
 
In answer I finally saw a Consultant yesterday after being diagnosed and having a HBa1 in November of 8.8 and readings when checking, of around 23 - 27...ouch. All this and because of an existing condition, that was the main cause of becoming Diabetic I was not able to take Metformin, so was only doing my best to control with diet. My GP and Practice Nurse did all they could to accelerate the process but to no avail!!! :roll:
Seems there is a real lack of urgency when it comes to seeing a Endocronologist. Thankfully now having seen him I am on medication and feel a little less stressed.
 
I am another diabetic who has never seen a Consultant or an Endochrinologist although I was diagnosed as a diabetic 2 years ago. I have not actually been told I was T2, although as I am 61years I suppose it can be assumed. I am on Metformin 500 (2 per day) although, as my H1ac was 7.9 the Practice Nurse doubled my dose 3months ago, and this caused me to come out in a rash, which started around my knees (puzzling?) and then spread up and down my legs, so that my GP (yes, I actually got to see him again)told me to return to the original dose. I have read as many books on Diabetes as I can get my hands on, and so take lots of the recommended supplements such as ALA,Vit C, Gymnena, Fenugreek etc. (rattling nicely - thankyou!). I had complained for about three years before my diagnosis of tiredness and insomnia, asking if my GP was sure I was on the right level of Thyroxine for my Hypothyroidism as I felt quite ill. However I was told by my GP that he sees hundreds of patients who feel tired and I should just lose some weight to feel better. As though I was not trying!! I do not and did not overeat, avoid ready meals, and eat organic wherever possible. By the way although I have been hypothyroid for 8 years I have only ever seen my GP initially for that condition, again never a Consultant or Endochrinologist. For both conditions I now only see the practice nurse, who is more concerned with putting me on a variety of Statins (which so far I have had a succession of nasty side effects from) and making sure I take an asprin a day.I have read enough both on the Internet and in books to know that Statins are not the 'wonder-drugs' they are currently being hailed as, and I prefer to take Plant Sterols and Policosanol to keep my Cholesterol at reasonable levels - although they are never good enough for the new levels diabetics are supposed to keep to, according to the Practice Nurse, who at about 15-16 stone in weight is fortunately about 4 stone heavier than I am, b ut lectures me on losing weight!!http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-forum/posting.php?mode=reply&f=1&t=7891#
 
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