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⌈ Secret Post #3472 ⌋

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Re: Health and Fitness

[slashgirl]

Still diabetic and I've never seen an endocrinologist; my doc has not suggested or mentioned it--but he tends to be averse to specialists for the most part. The only thing I've had is a diabetic clinic and I found that next to useless. I'm actually on insulin now--had DKA about 4 years ago (I was to the point of not being able to catch my breath when sis took me to Emerg; ended up in ICU at the Regional hospital for a few days, too. Not fun.) because I was an idiot and hadn't been taking my meds and thought I felt fine. Not so much.

I've been overweight most of my life (I'm 45) and I'm to the point of just trying to keep my sugars and a1c where they should be. I find that hard enough to manage. I'm really not a good person to have a chronic disease that requires so much monitoring and such. I'm really not.

Re: Health and Fitness

[herpymcderp]

Oof. That sounds rough. I'm sorry to hear it.

It's just ...really kind of a shit move on your doc's part not to send you to a specialist. There's basically no chance that as a GP he's ready to monitor all of the challenges that can arise from long term insulin dependent diabetes. There is a LOT to consider and probably a lot of changes you could be making to your care regimen to give you a better quality of life.

For example, if you're really terrible at glucose management you could be a prime candidate for an insulin pump. The new systems are really remarkable pieces of technology compared to what was available before, and an endocrinologist would be better suited to assessing whether or not such a system would be beneficial for you.

If you can't ask him for a referral, I suggest doing a little research on who's available and taking patients in your area. Diabetic clinics are generally only useful for people who are very recently diagnosed and need to figure out how to use their supplies and might need help with nutrition etc. They really aren't helpful for anyone who is used to managing their condition, imo.

tl;dr, see someone and get a second opinion. You will most likely be doing yourself a favour.