Re: elaine - tsh question/Simon

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Aldyth Rae wrote:

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> Had a message from the Endo saying absolutely not to drop the medication on

Friday after I spoke to his secretary. My confidence in current GP has flown

pdq out of the window! It's going to be awkward going back asking for a repeat

prescription.. not sure what to do. Any thoughts?

You get assigned an endo precisely to avoid problems with

inexperience on the part of GP's, if the GP queries the renewal

just refer your GP to the endo. Try not to let the politics

bother you, it is your health and it is more important than your

doctor's ego.

From what you said before about your GP before - I don't think

this is necessarily a reason to leave. Don't dump your GP just

because they don't know how to treat Graves', the next one may

be no better. However if you can find a GP with an interest in

thyroids, then you can make a positive switch.

As I said here before the best UK doc's usually have the most

patients, as they can't regulate demand by putting up their

prices like they do in the US (thankfully). So although you say

it is hard to switch GP in the UK, obviously enough do switch to

affect availability. My guess is for 95% plus of patients, they

see there GP for routine scans, innoculations etc and it doesn't

really matter if their GP is an Einstein or a Beckham (oh damn

missed an opportunity to use my favourite word - " fungible " ).

However for those who do have serious or unusual complaints they

are more likely to need a better GP, and even a small number of

these switching probably create a substantial work load for the

GP's they switch to.

> It's a long time since I saw 'Life of ' who did you mean??

" we are all individuals " voice at back of crowd " I'm not "

Did you see in the Sahara when he went back to where he

was crucified?

Always look on the bright side.