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I have type 2 diabetes, I controlled it by diet for many years, but then the doctor decided to give me Metaform then the Jardiance.

I was chatting with a friend, and she said did the hospital decide I said no and also was never given the blood sugar test at home. Another friend got it given to her straight away.
 
I have type 2 diabetes, I controlled it by diet for many years, but then the doctor decided to give me Metaform then the Jardiance.

I was chatting with a friend, and she said did the hospital decide I said no and also was never given the blood sugar test at home. Another friend got it given to her straight away.
It's so hit and miss the level of care now. You obviously manage your illness very well which is excellent, but should have the proper help to be able to do so. Trying to get an appointment is a huge deal, however I can't complain too much on that score at least I can get one of I'm fit enough to stand and wait in the queue, my sister on the other hand lives in Southsea has monumental trouble getting any kind of appointment. i just keep plodding on. The world is a crazy place right now and the health service with it.
 
It's so hit and miss the level of care now. You obviously manage your illness very well which is excellent, but should have the proper help to be able to do so. Trying to get an appointment is a huge deal, however I can't complain too much on that score at least I can get one of I'm fit enough to stand and wait in the queue, my sister on the other hand lives in Southsea has monumental trouble getting any kind of appointment. i just keep plodding on. The world is a crazy place right now and the health service with it.
My friend was telling me that a friend of hers Surgery will only allow online appointments now. It's a disgrace,I've not seen the asthma nurse since just before Covid. I get a text yearly with a tick sheet,that's it.
The same friend couldn't get an appointment at her surgery and she went to the pharmacy who told her to go to A& E. Her husband sent a letter of complaint to the surgery and they rang and she got an appointment.
A friend who's a nurse said not to be afraid to go to A&E as patients who can't get appointments with their GP are logged and if there are a lot CQC is notified.
 
My friend was telling me that a friend of hers Surgery will only allow online appointments now. It's a disgrace,I've not seen the asthma nurse since just before Covid. I get a text yearly with a tick sheet,that's it.
The same friend couldn't get an appointment at her surgery and she went to the pharmacy who told her to go to A& E. Her husband sent a letter of complaint to the surgery and they rang and she got an appointment.
A friend who's a nurse said not to be afraid to go to A&E as patients who can't get appointments with their GP are logged and if there are a lot CQC is notified.
All this to get an appointment? The mind boggles! Where will it end?
 
Hmmm. Metabolic Gold. I had a look at the ingredients and think it's a pile of meta-bollocks.

Artichoke is "good" for the liver, as is milk thistle. Nothing in that supplement will make you lose weight. You can add baobab powder (it's fairly high fibre) to your meals and that might help you "go" but you can buy the powder for just over a tenner for 500g. The bergamot is high in flavonoids but you can buy cheaper flavonoids from various places. Flavonoids are known as Vitamin P and are found in tea, berries and wine.

My sister has just found out she's genetically pre-disposed to having high cholesterol so we're all supposed to get tested. Of course, the rest of my family have handed in the letter to their GPs and been tested. I handed in mine (it's a generic letter telling the surgery that relatives of the named person need testing), but my surgery are refusing as it's addressed to my sister not me. Duh.

Anyway, my sister has tried statins and not got on with them at all. She's now having the new jab but has been advised to eat foods that bind to fats like porridge, Benecol instead of butter or spread and drink the Benecol drinks. She also has diverticulitis and has had success calming it by adding inulin to drinks and taking psyllium husk capsules with meals.

It's not lowered her cholesterol by a lot but it is helping. She's also having the happy side effect of fewer troubled toilet times and noticed she sleeps better if she puts the inulin in her evening drinks. Peak Supps sells inulin and baobab powder as well as many other supplements at very reasonable prices. They're on eBay, Amazon and sell direct. They also sell citrus bergamot capsules starting at £9.49 for 30.

I sound like a walking ad for them but it's just my experience buying from them. Good prices and good service.
well I have also read all the ingredients, and it can help with weightloss, cholesterol and sugar cravings, but you still have to eat healthy, I am usually a synic where these type of things are concerned, but it is working for me.
 
well I have also read all the ingredients, and it can help with weightloss, cholesterol and sugar cravings, but you still have to eat healthy, I am usually a synic where these type of things are concerned, but it is working for me.
So pleased its working for you. I had high hopes for metabolic gold but sadly it didn't work for me. My cholesterol did go down but only by 0.5 and it did nothing to relieve my sugar cravings.
 
My last asthma check up was the in surgery pharmacist, sp, phoning and chatting with me. She suggested I only take one puff of the inhaler twice a day. I told her I did on advice some years back and the next time I saw the doctor was told no 2 puffs twice a day if I don't get a chest infection. If chest infection, increase to 6 puffs 4 times a day plus the grey inhaler on top. I still do the two puffs twice a day.
 
All this to get an appointment? The mind boggles! Where will it end?
In recent months, I've had to resort to using 111, which is quite good. They triage you and if necessary, put you through to a GP, and I think they can send prescriptions to the chemist.

However, I've noted that the things they can do for you, (such as making a phone or face-to-face appt on your behalf with your own GP, if they think it's necessary, which they say they don't do now, sadly), are always changing, but it's worth trying your luck with them if you're really worried.
https://111.nhs.uk/
 
My last asthma check up was the in surgery pharmacist, sp, phoning and chatting with me. She suggested I only take one puff of the inhaler twice a day. I told her I did on advice some years back and the next time I saw the doctor was told no 2 puffs twice a day if I don't get a chest infection. If chest infection, increase to 6 puffs 4 times a day plus the grey inhaler on top. I still do the two puffs twice a day.
I use Fostair 2 pumps morning and just before bed. The blue reliever I and when I need it. I usually use it quite often when pollen from trees,grass,rapeseed etc starts ,usually March to September☹️. I love a warm calm spring and summer as pollen isn't as bad,
 
Mine are Clenil Modulite 100 which I use daily. The grey one is Salbutamol 100 this one I only use when needed. I had to start using it just before Xmas as I seemed to develop a bit of a rattle first thing in the morning and a heavy feeling, which has now settled down again.

I also have to use a nasal inhaler, Avmys 27.3 every day.
 
My friend was telling me that a friend of hers Surgery will only allow online appointments now. It's a disgrace,I've not seen the asthma nurse since just before Covid. I get a text yearly with a tick sheet,that's it.
The same friend couldn't get an appointment at her surgery and she went to the pharmacy who told her to go to A& E. Her husband sent a letter of complaint to the surgery and they rang and she got an appointment.
A friend who's a nurse said not to be afraid to go to A&E as patients who can't get appointments with their GP are logged and if there are a lot CQC is notified.
Those folks who do manage to get a GP's appointment at the surgery often say the place is almost empty when they turn up - and this isn't only on one occasion, when there could be a good reason why, it seems to be a regular thing and so many people say the same. Everyone else has returned to normal working after Covid - what makes the GP's surgery different? Should say that I'm not complaining about ours, they are great, and same-day face to face appointments are the rule, rather than the exception. I'm old enough to remember when GP's did home visits - I think some of today's GP cohort would collapse with shock if you told them that.:D
 
Those folks who do manage to get a GP's appointment at the surgery often say the place is almost empty when they turn up - and this isn't only on one occasion, when there could be a good reason why, it seems to be a regular thing and so many people say the same. Everyone else has returned to normal working after Covid - what makes the GP's surgery different? Should say that I'm not complaining about ours, they are great, and same-day face to face appointments are the rule, rather than the exception. I'm old enough to remember when GP's did home visits - I think some of today's GP cohort would collapse with shock if you told them that.:D
The GP’s have it easier than the medics in hospital.
Ridiculous that somehow the appointment system has been allowed to continue as it has.
Gross negligence and incompetence.
 
Without giving away my line of employment, the work of a GP has changed beyond all recognition in the past 10-15 years. When you starve a system of money and ask consistently for more and more from fewer and fewer resources, something has to give. The population has exploded in this country, people are living longer and are sicker, with often multiple chronic health conditions and there is a global market for medics and healthcare workers.
 

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