Surgery Threatening To Stop My Meds

[TheClockworkDodo]

I'd rather not if I can avoid it (don't want anyone coming into the house) but I might mention it if they give me no alternatives. For that matter the nurse who does my blood tests, who is lovely, would happily do me a blood test with me sitting in our car in the surgery car park (she's done that before), but I'd be worried about what she might have touched on the way out of the surgery, and who or what else might have touched the tourniquet she uses on me, and things like that.

 

[grovesy]

I'd rather not if I can avoid it (don't want anyone coming into the house) but I might mention it if they give me no alternatives. For that matter the nurse who does my blood tests, who is lovely, would happily do me a blood test with me sitting in our car in the surgery car park (she's done that before), but I'd be worried about what she might have touched on the way out of the surgery, and who or what else might have touched the tourniquet she uses on me, and things like that.

I did wonder from what you have said before whether you would be comfortable with having people in the house. My suggestion was meant as a compromise but I think there is not going to be easy answers to your other concerns either.

 

[TheClockworkDodo]

Well, I have sent the email, so we'll see what happens. I suspect I will have another sleepless night waiting for a reply, and probably have to get R to open any email I get back from her as I will be too stressed to do so.

 

[Ralph-YK]

I wouldn't know who to copy the letter to, tbh, as I haven't seen a permanent consultant since 2014 - he retired and I've only ever seen locums since. If it becomes necessary though I will send it to the diabetes department at the hospital or try emailing the specialist nurse I have contact details for, and see if she is still there.

Some hospitals list staff on the NHS website. Easiest way to find it is Googling the hospital name and department. It's quite possible to find various pages with info.

 

[nonethewiser]

I wouldn't know who to copy the letter to, tbh, as I haven't seen a permanent consultant since 2014 - he retired and I've only ever seen locums since. If it becomes necessary though I will send it to the diabetes department at the hospital or try emailing the specialist nurse I have contact details for, and see if she is still there.

Anyone in dept will do, secretary will give details of consultant specialist nurses.

 

[TheClockworkDodo]

I'm pleased to say the news is good 🙂 - R had a phonecall from the nurse this afternoon, and he said she sounded really nice. She had obviously seen the email I sent to the practice manager and she is going to sort the review for me and renew the meds. She said as my last blood tests were fine I don't have to go back into the surgery again until I feel comfortable doing so. I am so relieved, my blood sugar has been really high with the stress (needed double my normal insulin for minimal breakfast and lunch yesterday) and I haven't been able to sleep much, so going to go and lie down and have a rest now ...

 

[rebrascora]

So pleased you have got it sorted but such a shame an organisation which is supposed to improve your health caused you to feel so ill. Hope your BG and stress levels are coming down and you feel a bit more relaxed soon. ((Hugs))

 

[Bloden]

That’s brilliant @TheClockworkDodo. Hope you feel less stressed ASAP. 🙂

 

[grovesy]

Glad you have got some resolution, hope you can now relax.

 

[AndBreathe]

Thanks everyone x

I wouldn't know who to copy the letter to, tbh, as I haven't seen a permanent consultant since 2014 - he retired and I've only ever seen locums since. If it becomes necessary though I will send it to the diabetes department at the hospital or try emailing the specialist nurse I have contact details for, and see if she is still there.

My initial draft of the letter was more forceful, but I looked again at the letter from the surgery and the threat is implied rather than explicit ("if you come in for a blood test and review we will renew your next prescription" rather than "if you don't we won't") so I took out the bits about NICE guidelines and medical ethics and the mention of them threatening me and thought I'd try something a bit more polite and reasonable first.

Dod - My letters from the hospital, in the top right hand block of info, like NHS Numbe etc has a field which is "Under the care of", with a named Consultant in there. I saw that person once, but was later referred again to the same area, on a named basis to a different clinician, whom I now see (and have never seen anyone else since). You may have something similar on your correspondence?

Secondly, in current times, the tourniquets being used are disposable, so there would be minimal risk there.

I appreciate your underlying issue has thankfully been resolved, but just wanted to add those two points, hoping to just give some additional information that could be helpful another time or to another person.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I'm pleased to say the news is good 🙂 - R had a phonecall from the nurse this afternoon, and he said she sounded really nice. She had obviously seen the email I sent to the practice manager and she is going to sort the review for me and renew the meds. She said as my last blood tests were fine I don't have to go back into the surgery again until I feel comfortable doing so. I am so relieved, my blood sugar has been really high with the stress (needed double my normal insulin for minimal breakfast and lunch yesterday) and I haven't been able to sleep much, so going to go and lie down and have a rest now ...

Great to hear Juliet. Well done for keeping your composure under all that upheaval.

Hope you stress levels quickly subside, and your BG and BP fall back into line with them.

 

[TheClockworkDodo]

Thanks Mike - my blood sugar is back to normal now 🙂 Haven't checked BP yet, it was 147/88 the day I got the letter 😱 - and bearing in mind I have supine hypotension and normally have to eat salt in the evening in an effort to keep it over 110/60 so I can manage to sit up in the morning, this was a bit of a shock! I thought I'd give it a few days to calm down before I did another check!