Nicky1970
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
I have sinned. I've been away for the forum for a while.
Today I am wearing my Little Miss Angry hat as I have a telephone appointment to discuss my annual review results.
Last year my GP put me on Gliclazide and despite watching what I eat and plenty of walking I have put on 3 stone. Now, I wasn't exactly a sylph to start with and so cue lecture from the practice nurse. (The same nurse who told me last week it didn't matter that I hadn't had my podiatry check-up as she thought they'd probably decided that at 43 years of age I wasn't 'high risk', had to be goaded into checking my pedal pulses and then recalled me back to the surgery because she had 'forgotten' to draw enough blood).
I had an agreement with my GP that he would refer me to a consultant if my HbA1c was no better, but I learned last week he is on long-term sick leave. Since his locum makes the Grim Reaper look like an angel of mercy at the best of times, I am now not hopeful this will happen.
I am sorry to come on here and spout off like this but I am really fed up at the moment.
Today I am wearing my Little Miss Angry hat as I have a telephone appointment to discuss my annual review results.
Last year my GP put me on Gliclazide and despite watching what I eat and plenty of walking I have put on 3 stone. Now, I wasn't exactly a sylph to start with and so cue lecture from the practice nurse. (The same nurse who told me last week it didn't matter that I hadn't had my podiatry check-up as she thought they'd probably decided that at 43 years of age I wasn't 'high risk', had to be goaded into checking my pedal pulses and then recalled me back to the surgery because she had 'forgotten' to draw enough blood).
I had an agreement with my GP that he would refer me to a consultant if my HbA1c was no better, but I learned last week he is on long-term sick leave. Since his locum makes the Grim Reaper look like an angel of mercy at the best of times, I am now not hopeful this will happen.
I am sorry to come on here and spout off like this but I am really fed up at the moment.
Sounds like you need to stand your ground and insist on a referral. If the surgery can't help (and it sounds like they do not have the 'expertise', shall we say? 