Re: In Diabetes, Get Glucose Control 'Just Right'

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"Cheri" <cherig3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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"Chris Malcolm" <cam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message


Because as you point out the GP refers patients on to specialists when
necessary. The GP's expertise is in knowing when to refer to a
specialist. So if the GP doesn't refer you on to an endo or
diabetologist that's because in his expert opinion you don't need to
be referred on. Who are you as a non-specialist with no medical
training to doubt the medical expertise of your doctor?


+1

Do we seriously need to score off our peers in this group Cheri - you are not the Cheri I am used to? As to Chris's point, there have been enough tales in this group showing that a lot of GP's don't know enough about diabetes (and rightly so, they are not expected to be "specialists"). I don't doubt my GP's medical expertise, he knows what he needs to know to treat people in a general way. But I do like to retain the right to ask for a referral if I don't think I am getting better or preventing complications with his view on how I should be treated. That is vastly different to thinking that as a lap person I know more than my doctor.

+1 simply means I agree with the post. It's faster that typing ICAM, ITA, or some long involved blah, blah, blah post saying the same thing. When you post something I agree with I will make sure I +1 it too.

Cheri

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