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My surgery...HELP (an internal scream)

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Sharron1

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Just had a phone call from the surgery to arange a telephone consultation re meds review. Slightly bemused i said but I had it in Nov. Oh no she said for the meds review you need to see the diabetes doctor. Deep breath, i continued , when I made the appointment in Nov I was told I could see any of the GPs. So I made the appointment, had a pleasant chat with the GP who didn't once mention Metformin or even Diabetes for that matter. I thought it was odd at the time, but it was my first meds review so I just went along with it.After 10 minutes we said goodbye and that was that. So, am not really sure why I saw him, I expect it has ticked a box somewhere. Enough to raise the sugar levels...
 
When I've been to GP practice, to see GP about meds, as far as I was conerned I got whichever doctor I happened to get.
 
Oh, I'm on various meds, not just metformin, for various conditions. I don't know if that makes a difference. Not on insulin or gliclizide.
 
I do not have meds for diabetes but have to take levothyroxine for an under active thyroid. I had a couple of reviews with the pharmacist. As I have to take this medication I cannot really see the point of them as I politely told the pharmacist. (I always start politely my experience is that it gets better results than having a go.) I have never had another review. I do understand the need for reviews for other medications and would have them. 🙂
 
I’ve never had a GP review my diabetes medication it’s always the hospital diabetes team.
 
grovesy said:
You are Type 1 and most Type 2 don't get seen at a hospital.
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Yeah sorry I kind of thought of that afterwards, having a mad moment.
 
Other thing is you don't seem to be on drugs for anything else Mark. With a lot of conditions there are a variety of drugs that might do the trick so if you have trouble with one, they'll try you on another until they know if that one works better and doesn't cause the side effects you had to stop taking the first 4 for! Not joking, the story of me and my BP medication.

There again - T1s don't really have a choice in that we all have to use insulin. However there are so many different insulins and also ways of delivering it - the choices there are pretty comprehensive and unless your doc is at the forefront of treating diabetes and receiving pretty constant CPD and all the updates in research findings etc, their knowledge won't be as 'hot off the press' as a hospital diabetologist. By no means every UK T1 automatically gets their D treatment by a hospital D team.
 
I'm under the hospital for my heart, and a lot of the meds I've been on are for that. Hospital has been heavily involved in proscribing.
My review is still at GP practice. I get notifications on how they'll not do repeates until review is done.
 
trophywench said:
Other thing is you don't seem to be on drugs for anything else Mark. With a lot of conditions there are a variety of drugs that might do the trick so if you have trouble with one, they'll try you on another until they know if that one works better and doesn't cause the side effects you had to stop taking the first 4 for! Not joking, the story of me and my BP medication.

There again - T1s don't really have a choice in that we all have to use insulin. However there are so many different insulins and also ways of delivering it - the choices there are pretty comprehensive and unless your doc is at the forefront of treating diabetes and receiving pretty constant CPD and all the updates in research findings etc, their knowledge won't be as 'hot off the press' as a hospital diabetologist. By no means every UK T1 automatically gets their D treatment by a hospital D team.
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Actually, I can relate to what you say just as much because I do take medication for other conditions, I just don’t choose to list them all.

Im type one diabetic, suffer with chronic migraines where so take three diffeeent tablets for, inflammatory bowel disease where I take another 2, as well as having two eye conditions which has led to been registered partially sighted, which I take another tablet for, several eye drops and one specially made eye drops which is produced and dispatched via the NHS Blood and Tissue service.

So I can totally relate.

All I meant in my comment was that as. T1 I have always found that my diabetes team managed me, forgetting T2 more than likely is managed via their GP.
 
And mine related to the fact that some T1s aren't dealt with by hospital clinics but their GPs - postcode lottery plus - I've always thought, if patients have other co-morbidities should be more likely to get to see proper hospital OP team such as you and I have always automatically had.
 
Sorry to hear your phone review was slightly baffling @Sharron1

I had a similar one - a pleasant 10 min conversation, then a call back to say I was not on the ‘right list’ and would have to have a repeat appointment from the different list next month.

hey ho!
 
I'm type 2 but am on 4 times daily injections. All my diabetic needs are done by the hospital. Monthly calls from the DN and quarterly appointments with the consultant but no other conditions. I guess I'm lucky that way.
 
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