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Old 01-13-2007, 05:57 PM
Ozgirl
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Diana wrote:
> "Ozgirl" <are_we_there_yet@maccas.com> wrote in message
> news:12qgnsgk0ed0u25@news.supernews.com...
>> Wes Groleau wrote:
>>> An endocrinologist's main job is to help you control

your
>> diabetes.
>>>
>>> Other things would normally be handled by your PCP, even

>> if they
>>> are caused by high blood sugar.
>>>
>>> On the other hand, BOTH of them are doctors and should

be
>> able to
>>> do something.
>>>
>>> The endo is probably thinking that it's better for him

to
>> not
>>> treat the complications so that he can devote more time

to
>> treating
>>> the cause.
>>>
>>> The PCP is probably thinking that it's a waste of time

to
>> treat
>>> something that will just keep coming back due to the

>> diabetes.
>>
>> The PCP shouldn't be judge and jury though. If the

patient
>> is non complaint that shouldn't matter at all, they

should
>> just prescribe treatment and drugs to the best of their
>> ability, not refuse a patient.
>>
>> I can understand an endo not wanting to do the things the
>> PCP could do (on endo's orders) but I can't understand a

PCP
>> refusing to see a patient anymore.
>>

>
> Thanks dear friend :-) I think around here the docs are

not fat
> friendly doctors. I get treated very shabbily and said

really mean
> things to by doctors. I went to an Endo before this one

and he
> laughed at me in from of my 10 year old grandson because I

could not
> stand straight and told me also that as fat as I was I

must be eating
> cases of fruit because at that time the only thing I could

stomach
> was fruit all other food nauseated me really bad.
>
> He also told his receptionist that people like me depress

him and
> don't like to take care of people like me and he did not

know I was
> standing behind him along with my Grandson and I said

doctor did you
> ever think I am fat because I am depressed? He went on a

rampage and
> threw papers up in the air and screamed at me that he was

not talking
> to me and said he would see me in two weeks and I flat

told him he
> would never be seeing me again.
>
> He isn't the only one who has spoken to me that way in the

medical
> field. It is embarrassing, degrading and hurtful for them

to treat me
> as dirt because I am fat.


I would have reported that. Some people also believe that
really fat people must eat a lot. When someone gets very big
they don't move around as much and it doesn't take much food
to maintain weight. About 20 years or so ago I had a friend
stay with us for a few months. She was very big but she ate
like a bird. I don't know what kind of diet she could have
eaten to actually lose weight. She had very badly swollen
legs and feet and moving around was very difficult. Have you
ever considered Byetta Di?

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Old 01-13-2007, 05:58 PM
Chris Malcolm
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Billie <mynewsaccount@swbell.net> wrote:

> Diana, my pcp is an internist, too, and but directs me to all specialists as
> soon as he feels I am beyond his expertise. All of my specialists report to
> him. My appointment with him lasted 45 minutes last week. It was good, and
> very detailed. You know, one thing that helped me get good results from my
> doctors was when my husband had to start going in with me. They were good,
> but they were more attentive, and precise when he started showing up. We
> would get amused at how they would make sure they talked to him almost as
> much as they did to me. He also noticed how they did not pay as much
> attention to *me* as to him whenever he spoke to them, something I'd been
> telling him, but he never believed me. Now, he stays on top of everything.


Getting a friend to come along with you to doctor's appointments puts
them on better behaviour, regardless of the friend's gender or what
they do. If the friend says nothing at all, just sits there with a
notebook and pencil, you'll get better behaviour and better
explanations. Getting a friend to come along just to act as a
note-taking secretary can help you to get a lot more out of a visit to
the doctor.

--
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IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

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Old 01-13-2007, 05:58 PM
Chris Malcolm
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Diana <no@no.com> wrote:

> I think around here the docs are not fat friendly
> doctors. I get treated very shabbily and said really mean things to by
> doctors. I went to an Endo before this one and he laughed at me in from of
> my 10 year old grandson because I could not stand straight and told me also
> that as fat as I was I must be eating cases of fruit because at that time
> the only thing I could stomach was fruit all other food nauseated me really
> bad.


> He also told his receptionist that people like me depress him and don't like
> to take care of people like me and he did not know I was standing behind him
> along with my Grandson and I said doctor did you ever think I am fat because
> I am depressed? He went on a rampage and threw papers up in the air and
> screamed at me that he was not talking to me and said he would see me in two
> weeks and I flat told him he would never be seeing me again.


> He isn't the only one who has spoken to me that way in the medical field. It
> is embarrassing, degrading and hurtful for them to treat me as dirt because
> I am fat.


Sounds to me like you really do need to take a friend along as
notetaker on your visits to the doc. Sounds like it would be a good
idea if the friend wasn't fat :-) All you need to say is that you
sometimes get confused and don't remember everything
afterwards. That's not uncommon in ill people, and oddly enough, one
of the main reasons people go to see a doctor is because they're ill
:-)

--
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IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

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Old 01-13-2007, 05:58 PM
Chris Malcolm
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Diana <no@no.com> wrote:

> My endo when I asked what would help
> me to bring down my bg's just said "We have done all we can because you have
> already tried everything" So I must be left to either die or lose lots of
> weight from starving :-)


I don't know how your healthcare system works, but here in the UK if
obesity is complicating things dangerously and everything that's been
tried hasn't worked, if you want they'll take you into a residential
care programme, such as in a hospital or clinic, where they'll bring
your weight down by keeping you on a diet.

--
Chris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk DoD #205
IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

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Old 01-13-2007, 05:58 PM
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
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Diana wrote:
> I am sorry to be a pain again :-(
>
> I had a voice mail from my endo's office and she said that people with
> recurrent UTI 's or Kidney infections should go to the primary care.
>
> I am confused because she flat out told me that I am getting them on a
> recurring basis because of my diabetes being uncontrolled and the primary
> care is the one who said he would not treat my diabetes anymore so now which
> way do I go? If it is diabetes related why would I be told to go to the
> primary care? How do I know who to go see and for what now?


The doctor that has the most ongoing experience with treating UTIs will
be the best at doing it.

> Thanks a million.


All thanks and praises belong to GOD, Whom we love with all our hearts,
souls, minds, and strengths.

May GOD continue to heal our hearts with HIS living water curing our
diabetes, depression, anxiety, or panic so that we can love our
neighbors a little more and LORD Jesus Christ a whole lot more, dear
sister Diana whom I love unconditionally.

Prayerfully in Christ's amazing love,

Andrew <><
--
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Cardiologist, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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unconditional love they have for everyone including their enemies
(Matthew 5:44-45, 1 Corinthians 13:3, James 2:14-17).
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Old 01-13-2007, 05:58 PM
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My question is why your grandson was in the examination room with you?
The doctor should not have spoken to you that way in front of him, that
was not nice. Doctors get frustrated when they see patients that they
cannot help because they cannot help themselves. That doesnt give him
license to be abusive to you. I hope you went to a kinder and gentler
doctor.

Loretta

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of Israel, two bastions of strength in a world filled with strife and
terrorism.

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Old 01-13-2007, 08:54 PM
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Hello Loretta,
My Grandson was in there as he stays with me in the daytime for one thing.
Another is he has a high IQ and is a learning machine. He has made lists out
of all my bg's to give to doctors, he has given me my injections and he
learns as much as he can about diabetes to try to help me.

I also do not leave a child unattended in any place because my job is to
protect that child and if he is with me I know he is safe.

Last but not least I never have to take any clothing off at an Endo's office
and that is where the verbal abuse about my weight takes place so it isn't
like he will be seeing me in an unfit way.

I hope this alleviates all questions or concerns.

Oh one more thing. He is also the only one in my family that has wanted to
learn about diabetes to help me and he is also the only one who has ever
wanted to learn to give me my injection just in case there was ever a need.

Thanks for your concerns though as I do see why you would ask.

BTW Loretta I think you are under the false impression that I do not try to
help myself. That is wrong because I do because I have family I love and I
do NOT want to die and leave my Grandson to grieve over his Memaw at such a
tender age of 10 so of course I take care of myself. I am just not
successful as you is all. I haven't had the good physician as you have.
"Loretta Eisenberg" <Ronetta@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> My question is why your grandson was in the examination room with you?
> The doctor should not have spoken to you that way in front of him, that
> was not nice. Doctors get frustrated when they see patients that they
> cannot help because they cannot help themselves. That doesnt give him
> license to be abusive to you. I hope you went to a kinder and gentler
> doctor.
>
> Loretta
>
> --
> In tribute to the United States of America and the State
> of Israel, two bastions of strength in a world filled with strife and
> terrorism.
>



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Old 01-13-2007, 08:54 PM
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"Ozgirl" <are_we_there_yet@maccas.com> wrote in message
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> Diana wrote:
>> LOL the nurse practitioner at my Internist office I went

> to before
>> this doctor wanted to send me to a psychiatrist because my

> arms had
>> lots of sores from the high bgs. I went to see a surgeon

> as I was
>> going to have a hysterectomy and told him what she said

> and he
>> laughed and said he didn't think a Psychiatrist would help

> me but a
>> dermatologist would. We laugh about her diagnosis and that

> was back
>> in 2000 she wanted to do that. She said I had picking

> syndrome and I
>> told her I shower before coming there and the scabs fall

> off from
>> being wet but I guess she didn't want to believe me.

>
> Kids have picking syndrome too And it's not just scabs!
> My current doctor has a nurse, not a common thing here, I
> make an appt to see her for minor stuff - let her write the
> referrals for my labs etc, pap tests, bp tests and the like
> but I wouldn't tolerate her playing doctor. I see her just
> so as not to take up the doctor's (and other patients') time
> over stuff a nurse is allowed to do. I am glad you were able
> to laugh at her suggestion though
>


Yeah they sure do. I feel bad for those children. It is a deep hurt inside
that makes them do that.

I had asked why I would not be seeing the Endo instead of the nurse and was
told the Doctor was very busy and hard to get in to see her so the nurse
does all the follow-up care. I really had hoped I would not have to see
another person except the Endo herself.

I only laughed because I knew it was not true about me. I would never laugh
at anyone who actually had this type problem and especially a child.


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Old 01-13-2007, 08:54 PM
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"Chris Malcolm" <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> Billie <mynewsaccount@swbell.net> wrote:
>
>> Diana, my pcp is an internist, too, and but directs me to all specialists
>> as
>> soon as he feels I am beyond his expertise. All of my specialists report
>> to
>> him. My appointment with him lasted 45 minutes last week. It was good,
>> and
>> very detailed. You know, one thing that helped me get good results from
>> my
>> doctors was when my husband had to start going in with me. They were
>> good,
>> but they were more attentive, and precise when he started showing up. We
>> would get amused at how they would make sure they talked to him almost as
>> much as they did to me. He also noticed how they did not pay as much
>> attention to *me* as to him whenever he spoke to them, something I'd been
>> telling him, but he never believed me. Now, he stays on top of
>> everything.

>
> Getting a friend to come along with you to doctor's appointments puts
> them on better behaviour, regardless of the friend's gender or what
> they do. If the friend says nothing at all, just sits there with a
> notebook and pencil, you'll get better behaviour and better
> explanations. Getting a friend to come along just to act as a
> note-taking secretary can help you to get a lot more out of a visit to
> the doctor.
>
> --
> Chris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk DoD #205
> IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
> [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]
>


Thanks Chris. That is what I have done for a few years now. I don't drive
any more because of blurred vision so whoever takes me just goes on in the
exam room with me. I have never had to take any clothing off except my shoes
and socks for a foot exam so I never saw any harm in taking someone in with
me.


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Old 01-13-2007, 08:54 PM
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"Ozgirl" <are_we_there_yet@maccas.com> wrote in message
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> Diana wrote:
>> "Ozgirl" <are_we_there_yet@maccas.com> wrote in message
>> news:12qgnsgk0ed0u25@news.supernews.com...
>>> Wes Groleau wrote:
>>>> An endocrinologist's main job is to help you control

> your
>>> diabetes.
>>>>
>>>> Other things would normally be handled by your PCP, even
>>> if they
>>>> are caused by high blood sugar.
>>>>
>>>> On the other hand, BOTH of them are doctors and should

> be
>>> able to
>>>> do something.
>>>>
>>>> The endo is probably thinking that it's better for him

> to
>>> not
>>>> treat the complications so that he can devote more time

> to
>>> treating
>>>> the cause.
>>>>
>>>> The PCP is probably thinking that it's a waste of time

> to
>>> treat
>>>> something that will just keep coming back due to the
>>> diabetes.
>>>
>>> The PCP shouldn't be judge and jury though. If the

> patient
>>> is non complaint that shouldn't matter at all, they

> should
>>> just prescribe treatment and drugs to the best of their
>>> ability, not refuse a patient.
>>>
>>> I can understand an endo not wanting to do the things the
>>> PCP could do (on endo's orders) but I can't understand a

> PCP
>>> refusing to see a patient anymore.
>>>

>>
>> Thanks dear friend :-) I think around here the docs are

> not fat
>> friendly doctors. I get treated very shabbily and said

> really mean
>> things to by doctors. I went to an Endo before this one

> and he
>> laughed at me in from of my 10 year old grandson because I

> could not
>> stand straight and told me also that as fat as I was I

> must be eating
>> cases of fruit because at that time the only thing I could

> stomach
>> was fruit all other food nauseated me really bad.
>>
>> He also told his receptionist that people like me depress

> him and
>> don't like to take care of people like me and he did not

> know I was
>> standing behind him along with my Grandson and I said

> doctor did you
>> ever think I am fat because I am depressed? He went on a

> rampage and
>> threw papers up in the air and screamed at me that he was

> not talking
>> to me and said he would see me in two weeks and I flat

> told him he
>> would never be seeing me again.
>>
>> He isn't the only one who has spoken to me that way in the

> medical
>> field. It is embarrassing, degrading and hurtful for them

> to treat me
>> as dirt because I am fat.

>
> I would have reported that. Some people also believe that
> really fat people must eat a lot. When someone gets very big
> they don't move around as much and it doesn't take much food
> to maintain weight. About 20 years or so ago I had a friend
> stay with us for a few months. She was very big but she ate
> like a bird. I don't know what kind of diet she could have
> eaten to actually lose weight. She had very badly swollen
> legs and feet and moving around was very difficult. Have you
> ever considered Byetta Di?
>


I had thought of reporting him to the medical board. I just hate messing
with someone's livelihood as when I was able to work my employers always
held things over my head to do as they ask such as they knew I had to work
to take care of my daughter back then and after she left home I didn't take
as much but still I am not one to try to seek revenge.

The Endo's nurse said I had tried everything and there was nothing else they
could do but I find that odd because if someone doesn't do something I am
headed for amputation, a heart attack or stroke with levels as high as I go.

I agree about your friend but so far you are the only one who I know has
voiced understanding the problem. Thank you so much for that. I too don't
eat anything like I once did but I still gain the weight and the Endo's
nurse said the insulin makes you hungry and I am on alot of insulin.

I have asked my husband to put food that I can't have but he wants behind a
locked cabinet because that way I can't kill myself with food.


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Old 01-13-2007, 08:54 PM
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"Chris Malcolm" <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> Diana <no@no.com> wrote:
>
>> I think around here the docs are not fat friendly
>> doctors. I get treated very shabbily and said really mean things to by
>> doctors. I went to an Endo before this one and he laughed at me in from
>> of
>> my 10 year old grandson because I could not stand straight and told me
>> also
>> that as fat as I was I must be eating cases of fruit because at that time
>> the only thing I could stomach was fruit all other food nauseated me
>> really
>> bad.

>
>> He also told his receptionist that people like me depress him and don't
>> like
>> to take care of people like me and he did not know I was standing behind
>> him
>> along with my Grandson and I said doctor did you ever think I am fat
>> because
>> I am depressed? He went on a rampage and threw papers up in the air and
>> screamed at me that he was not talking to me and said he would see me in
>> two
>> weeks and I flat told him he would never be seeing me again.

>
>> He isn't the only one who has spoken to me that way in the medical field.
>> It
>> is embarrassing, degrading and hurtful for them to treat me as dirt
>> because
>> I am fat.

>
> Sounds to me like you really do need to take a friend along as
> notetaker on your visits to the doc. Sounds like it would be a good
> idea if the friend wasn't fat :-) All you need to say is that you
> sometimes get confused and don't remember everything
> afterwards. That's not uncommon in ill people, and oddly enough, one
> of the main reasons people go to see a doctor is because they're ill
> :-)
>
> --
> Chris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk DoD #205
> IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
> [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]
>


Yes you are right. Actually it is true. I do take them because I don't hear
well or remember too well so they do take the notes for me. :-) Thanks for
your help.


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Old 01-13-2007, 08:54 PM
Diana
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"Chris Malcolm" <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> Diana <no@no.com> wrote:
>
>> My endo when I asked what would help
>> me to bring down my bg's just said "We have done all we can because you
>> have
>> already tried everything" So I must be left to either die or lose lots of
>> weight from starving :-)

>
> I don't know how your healthcare system works, but here in the UK if
> obesity is complicating things dangerously and everything that's been
> tried hasn't worked, if you want they'll take you into a residential
> care programme, such as in a hospital or clinic, where they'll bring
> your weight down by keeping you on a diet.
>
> --
> Chris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk DoD #205
> IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
> [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]
>


Actually my present PCP did say something to that effect but insurance won't
pay for it. He wanted to put me in the hospital on a 500 calorie diet until
I lost all the weight but he said the insurance these days will not pay for
something like that. I have also thought very seriously about the Gastric
Bypass and the Lap Band but my insurance won't pay even though it is
medically necessary for me to lose the weight


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Old 01-14-2007, 11:56 AM
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"Diana" <no@no.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Billie" <mynewsaccount@swbell.net> wrote in message
> news:VwSph.26650$QU1.21302@newssvr22.news.prodigy. net...
>> Diana, I have wondered all along why you associated you urinary tract
>> infections with your diabetes. I have had them since I was 22 y/o. I am
>> 64, and still have them (have one right now, in fact , even taking a
>> prophylactic antibiotic. I see a urologist for my urinary problems (you
>> should see your pcp first and go from there), and my endo for my
>> diabetes.
>> I have six different doctors for currently active diseases right now.
>> They
>> talk to each other, but each one controls each specialty. I am glad to
>> hear
>> you endo referring you back to your pcp for your recurring utis.
>>
>> If you want to talk utis privately, I'd be glad to.
>> Billie
>>
>>
>> "Diana" <no@no.com> wrote in message
>> news:45a7ef60$0$9558$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>> :I am sorry to be a pain again :-(
>> :
>> : I had a voice mail from my endo's office and she said that people with
>> : recurrent UTI 's or Kidney infections should go to the primary care.
>> :
>> : I am confused because she flat out told me that I am getting them on a
>> : recurring basis because of my diabetes being uncontrolled and the
>> primary
>> : care is the one who said he would not treat my diabetes anymore so now
>> which
>> : way do I go? If it is diabetes related why would I be told to go to the
>> : primary care? How do I know who to go see and for what now?
>> :
>> : Thanks a million.
>> :

> Hi Billie,
> Thank you for being so kind. It was the endo that found the infection a
> month ago as two months before I thought I had one as I had the symptoms
> and my pcp told me it wasn't not one but then a month later I went to the
> endo for regular visit and she told me I did have one and gave me two
> weeks of antibiotics. Then went for two more weeks or a month and then
> said I had another one and this time yesterday when the endo's nurse
> called told me they are diabetes related because my bg's have been very
> high and uncontrolled for over a year now. Thanks for your information and
> I feel bad for you to have to see so many doctors and that has to get very
> expensive for you. I wish you all the very best. I am 56 btw and was never
> sick except for horrendous migraines until the diabetes diagnosis in 1999
> then everything went to heck in a handbasket so to speak.

Diana,

Forgive me, but if your BGs are uncontrolled, shouldn't your endo being
doing something about that? If I remember right, you have problems
controlling your BG, but so do a lot of people (had an uncle like that), and
his doctor altered his medication (insulin) in order to take care of it.

Just my 2 cents, but if the UTI's are related to uncontrolled BGs, then the
endo ought to do something with your meds.
--
Michelle, T2
diet & exercise


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Old 01-15-2007, 01:44 AM
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"Michelle" <bookbug2005@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Diana" <no@no.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Billie" <mynewsaccount@swbell.net> wrote in message
>> news:VwSph.26650$QU1.21302@newssvr22.news.prodigy. net...
>>> Diana, I have wondered all along why you associated you urinary tract
>>> infections with your diabetes. I have had them since I was 22 y/o. I
>>> am
>>> 64, and still have them (have one right now, in fact , even taking a
>>> prophylactic antibiotic. I see a urologist for my urinary problems (you
>>> should see your pcp first and go from there), and my endo for my
>>> diabetes.
>>> I have six different doctors for currently active diseases right now.
>>> They
>>> talk to each other, but each one controls each specialty. I am glad to
>>> hear
>>> you endo referring you back to your pcp for your recurring utis.
>>>
>>> If you want to talk utis privately, I'd be glad to.
>>> Billie
>>>
>>>
>>> "Diana" <no@no.com> wrote in message
>>> news:45a7ef60$0$9558$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>>> :I am sorry to be a pain again :-(
>>> :
>>> : I had a voice mail from my endo's office and she said that people with
>>> : recurrent UTI 's or Kidney infections should go to the primary care.
>>> :
>>> : I am confused because she flat out told me that I am getting them on a
>>> : recurring basis because of my diabetes being uncontrolled and the
>>> primary
>>> : care is the one who said he would not treat my diabetes anymore so now
>>> which
>>> : way do I go? If it is diabetes related why would I be told to go to
>>> the
>>> : primary care? How do I know who to go see and for what now?
>>> :
>>> : Thanks a million.
>>> :

>> Hi Billie,
>> Thank you for being so kind. It was the endo that found the infection a
>> month ago as two months before I thought I had one as I had the symptoms
>> and my pcp told me it wasn't not one but then a month later I went to the
>> endo for regular visit and she told me I did have one and gave me two
>> weeks of antibiotics. Then went for two more weeks or a month and then
>> said I had another one and this time yesterday when the endo's nurse
>> called told me they are diabetes related because my bg's have been very
>> high and uncontrolled for over a year now. Thanks for your information
>> and I feel bad for you to have to see so many doctors and that has to get
>> very expensive for you. I wish you all the very best. I am 56 btw and was
>> never sick except for horrendous migraines until the diabetes diagnosis
>> in 1999 then everything went to heck in a handbasket so to speak.

> Diana,
>
> Forgive me, but if your BGs are uncontrolled, shouldn't your endo being
> doing something about that? If I remember right, you have problems
> controlling your BG, but so do a lot of people (had an uncle like that),
> and his doctor altered his medication (insulin) in order to take care of
> it.
>
> Just my 2 cents, but if the UTI's are related to uncontrolled BGs, then
> the endo ought to do something with your meds.
> --
> Michelle, T2
> diet & exercise
>
>


Hi Michelle,
My thoughts exactly. When I asked though they told me that all has been done
that they can do. I can not for the life of me figure out why. In my opinion
I should be in the hospital on a insulin drip to get them normal then the
infections will finally go away with the treatment. You have confirmed what
I have been thinking. Thanks for your thoughts.


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