Hello everyone!I have searched on the Internet some forum where I can vent and found this page.It is the first time that I enter and I have not read much since I am very overwhelmed and I fear doing it more.
It is not me who suffers from the disease, it is my father, the person I love most in the world.He is an insulin dependent diabetic but never has controlled levels despite the great sacrifices that he does for it what makes him be in a very low mood, he lives sad and this desperates me deeply.It has been living with the disease for 12 years but now it begins to complicate more since in the last review they have seen the high ocular tension (21-25).I am very scared and I do not know where to resort, neither do I know if I should be alarmed as much as I have done and if the consequences of such tension are always the same or on the contrary there is a way to avoid them to the fullest.I have been looking to make private medical insurance in order to be looked at by some other professional and my surprise has been that none admits to patients with diabetes ... This seems to me an absolute shame.We live in a small province of doctors and where good professionals go to larger cities so we are in a situation of disadvantage and total helplessness.
I do not want to lengthen anymore, there are many doubts that I have but I do not want to steal more time and that it is made heavy to read this. I would be greatly grateful if someone could give me some guidance about where I can go and how I should do it.
Greetings to all and thank you very much in advance.
To be able to guide you better, it would be good if you told us what treatment your father has, that is, what types of insulin use, doses, schedules, etc. I do not know what province you are (it would help to know to be able to recommend a doctor), but it is important that your father is examined by an endocrine.To the elderly, especially to type 2 diabetics, the head doctor usually takes them, but it seems nonsense in many cases.
Even if you are in a small site (it is my case too) your father has the right to ask for the change of doctor, both of header and specialist.
Give us all the data you can and stay calm, that we are going to help you together.
Welcome to the forum, you have arrived at the fair site, they can help you here.I think I remember that a member of this forum was made of private medical assistance even if diabetic, how was the case, only that he had to pay the quota for a full year.
Answer the questions ALEA will see how they look for a solution soon.
Diagnosticada en Agosto del 2009, solicite la curva de glucosa, diabetes melitus II, actualmente tomo Jentadueto, dos al día. Glicosilada 6,4
Hello Marta
Welcome to the forum
Medical insurance does not usually ensure existing diseases at the time of signing insurance, unless you pay scandalous premiums ... much less in the case of diabetes, where complications statistics are at the head ... issue of profitability of thecompanies. On the other hand, private doctors are usually the same as the public at 99%...
Ocular tension does not have a relationship with diabetes ...
In any disease you have to look for a balance between medical control and quality of life.
I am very grateful for your answers, so much that I even moved by reading it, I am very affected, I think too much.
We are of Soria´provincia where there are few specialists and no choice option.What I don't know is if diabetes is type 1 or type 2, I don't live at home, I am out for work, and I don't want to ask until the weekend, I don't want you to realize that I am so worried.What I do is that insulin is injected 3 times a day.
I have been going around the subject all afternoon and I am thinking about one thing: what if you do private insurance without telling you that you have diabetes?When then attending an endocrine or ophthalmologist can treat you without the insurance company having evidence that you suffer from the disease?, So that for example they attended to social security in Madrid (we would be willing to go anywhere), how do youwould we have to do it?And one last question can the ocular tension be treated and therefore not to have drastic consequences ...?.
Thank you very much again and tell you that for the little I have seen so far I think you do a great job.
Marta, I think the first option is to go to patient care and raise the subject, but wait for us to have that data to guide you about what to ask and who
Trying to cheat private insurance does not work much and may not work.Yes you can make an appointment from a private endocrine, to have a second opinion.
Anyway, Soria belongs to Castilla-León, so I do not see that they can meet him in another province of the same Autonomous Community if there are no enough specialists in yours.
When you go on the weekend, ask yourself quietly about your treatment, your diet and so on.Tell him, if you want, that it is to be able to contrast it with other people with diabetes.So you don't lie and it doesn't sound worrying.
