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After the first ever meds review

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Sharron1

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OMG. A.painless affair but... first of all the GP hadn't seen my records that I had only recently had all the diabetic checks needed. I gently explained that they had all.veen done in October.Then he told me i should have the Hbthingy blood test. I told him I was advised to have it in Feb 2020.He checked and said oh yes that is right , here is the form to contact the hospital , book it in end of Jan. Finally he said would you like your cholesteol checked I declined it isn't too bad and I don't think I would ever entertain Statins (the jury still out on that). He agreed and told me I have good control of my diabetes.We had a little chat about Brexit and the forthcoming election. That was that. Not a mention about metformin or much diabetic related. May be
I should see the receptionist next time.
 
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Glad it went ok, you won’t be worried next time now will you.
It’s grand to hear he said you had good control so no meds suggested.
 
Ljc said:
Glad it went ok, you won’t be worried next time now will you.
It’s grand to hear he said you had good control so no meds suggested.
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Ah, that is the oddness of it all. I àm on meds
Metformin.I am not sure he realised that.No mention of them. It was later when I was thinking over the whole thing, it struck me.
 
Sharron1 said:
Ah, that is the oddness of it all. I àm on meds
Metformin.I am not sure he realised that.No mention of them. It was later when I was thinking over the whole thing, it struck me.
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When I was on tablets they really only mention them if they thought the dose needed changing. It’s not much different now I am on insulin, all my nurse asks is how many units of basal insulin and my ratio for mealtime insulin and if I’ve had any hypo’s, so I understand where you are coming from .
Sadly GPs and diabetes practice nurses (DN) usually don’t get very much training on diabetes so after a brief time of coming to sites such as this one, we usually know more about our diabetes than they do.
Having said that my newish nurse really knows her stuff.
 
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Sharron1 said:
Ah, that is the oddness of it all. I àm on meds
Metformin.I am not sure he realised that.No mention of them. It was later when I was thinking over the whole thing, it struck me.
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Even though I have said elsewhere my medication reviews have been variable, even the worse and had all my medication up on the screen.
 
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Glad to hear it went well in the end @Sharron1 - and it sounds like the GP you saw must be rather overrun as it doesn’t seem like they had any chance to prepare before you came in.

in your shoes I would suggest you do get your cholesterol checked, whatever your feelings about Statins. You would need a ‘full panel’ rather than just a total cholesterol figure in order to be able to make sense of it, but as a person with diabetes we are all at increased risk of cardiovascular problems, so keep on an eye on the markers which also affect cv risk - that way you can make informed decisions on the best ways forward for you (even if you don’t currently think that’s tablets).
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Glad to hear it went well in the end @Sharron1 - and it sounds like the GP you saw must be rather overrun as it doesn’t seem like they had any chance to prepare before you came in.

in your shoes I would suggest you do get your cholesterol checked, whatever your feelings about Statins. You would need a ‘full panel’ rather than just a total cholesterol figure in order to be able to make sense of it, but as a person with diabetes we are all at increased risk of cardiovascular problems, so keep on an eye on the markers which also affect cv risk - that way you can make informed decisions on the best ways forward for you (even if you don’t currently think that’s tablets).
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You are correct. The GP didn't know, as clearly the notes were not on my records but I had it checked in April 2019, along with other blood tests . I do keep an eye on it. He was looking at results for July 2018. I suspect I will do the same thing sometime next year. The results showed I have good cholestrol, which at the time I felt something was working.
 
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Well done @Sharron1 keep up the good work.🙂
 
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Well done @Sharron1 keep up the good work.🙂
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Ta. Currently at work eating my tofu (or as I like to call it , cavity wall filler).Hope things have improved for you.
 
Sharron1 said:
Ta. Currently at work eating my tofu (or as I like to call it , cavity wall filler).Hope things have improved for you.
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I never really got in with Tofu, and preferred Paneer which is firmer and can be fried into cubes with a crispy edge. However a recent recipe has redeemed tofu for me by using it as a sort of scrambled egg replacement (my youngest is vegan) and it works brilliantly for that. I think it’s the texture of it when it’s in cubes that I wasn’t keen on.
 
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