Well as you can image the trip to the doctor involved yet more waiting in a day full of waiting, especially as the doctor we see is popular because she doesn't just give patients just the NHS allotted 8minutes or so.
Only a 40minute wait didn't seem long, although John was in a bad mood, because the doctor tends to tell him off, and he had already seen one doctor, even if that doctor was a waste of space. So although the wait wasn't long it was a little uncomfortable as we sat in silence.
Still the doctor called him in and we sat down. John then went through concerns about some medication he was missing (mini steroids for the postural hypotension and codeine phosphate for pain relief); and she asks about the diabetic necrosis on his legs, which is much better, but he is now getting lesions on his wrists, however as he has an appointment with the dermatologist on 24th it is carry on the good work.
The doctor asks is there is anything else and John hands over to me, so I go through the horrendous appointment we had had earlier and update the doctor on everything else as well. Her reaction is that a referral back to the diabetic consultant, Mr R is a good thing, and take a list of questions with us, because she has a lot of the same questions as I do. She also admitted that John will probably end up back under her care.
Up to this point she was doing really well, then came the fact that she had received a form from the DWP (Department of Work and Pensions) about John's claim for disability living allowance. She had to ask about his back (she diagnosed crushed vertebrae about 9 years ago), as she wasn't actively treating it; then she seemed to think the arthritis in his hands wasn't much of and issue (nope he just can't do things like peel potatoes any more, and using his blood tester is getting more difficult); and walking is an issue if a trip to the supermarket leaves you exhausted. So now John and I will wait to see what response we get from the DWP to find out just how healthy the doctor has made him out to be.
Let me see was there anything else??? The doctor did bother to take his blood pressure (a little on the low side) and she asked if he felt the antidepressants were working (who knows). To be fair it was a better consultation and at least everything was noted.
No comments:
Post a Comment