medication
Hi everyone, medication is something else, can I say that in my 11 years of experience the only person I take notice of with regard to changes in diabetic medication is the consultant I see at the hospital, it is no good speaking to your GP because most have not the slightest idea about the condition other than the basic requirement (and why should they ?), most GP's surgery's have a diabetic nurse but it is difficult for her to deal with anything other than standard cases, in my case on seeing a different GP within the practice he reduced my medication much to the annoyance of my Consultant, he said there can only be one captain of the ship and it has to be him, and so I am only allowed to see my proper GP, which keeps things running fairly well.
The other major problem is depression, GP's seem to have an ad version to diabetic depression, but a lot of the time it is the GP's practice that is to blame, they talk about assisting you along the road and say support is available but when you leave the surgery it is sad to say but you are often forgotten, lack of Hba1c tests, blood pressure and other related important tests are missed, in many cases patients have to remind surgery's that they are due a yearly check, Primary Care Trusts do not carryout retnotherapy tests unless pushed, my local one has only managed 63% of diabetic patients that they have, the cost to the health service is I believe ?10 million per day, thats just all they know about but we well know that many more people with diabetes are unfortunately un diagnosed, this a problem that the Health Authorities will and have to deal with, it is no good saying that the condition can be always self managed but it can't, it needs education and support to attain a good blood glucose level and to be able to live life to the full, now I will get off my soap box and I am off to bed.
