New to chronic pain conditions

Welcome to the CP forum UB. Sorry to hear of your problems and I sure hate to be the bringer of bad news but its real likely thats what is happening. We are not Doctors though just folks with a whole lot of experience in chronic pain and the things that cause them.

Have you spoken to you spoken to your Doctor about this? I would certainly do that as its possible he may want to change med times or add something to the mix to help cover that time.

Im glad to see you post here in CP and please stick around you never know what kinds of tricks you may pick up to help your pain issues!!

Welcome to Healing Well Chronic Pain Forum UncleBuck48. Did you happen to ask your doctor to test you for Type 1 diabetes? Or did you happen to mention, that is what you thought you might have? The reason I ask is, in my experience, I have found that most doctors ( or at least allot) do not like to be second guessed by their patients. (Personal opinion I think it is an Ego problem), after all they have the education and they are the "Doctor"!!! Anyway I have found that it is easier to stroke their "ego" a little and ask the doctor about the symptoms your having and ask him/her if it is possible that it isn't type II diabetes? and does he have any recommendations as to what it could be? and how else it might be treated? Kind of lead him or her in the direction you think it might be, but let them come up with the, testing and diagnosis and solution on their own. After all the patient isn't suppose to know anything! That way you don't come off to the Doctor as trying to tell him/her what is wrong with you and what test you want and treatment. Even though you might not be doing that, you want to make sure your doctor doesn't think that you are!

I hope I am making sense to you, but I think some doctors just don't like being told what the patient has, by the patient! And if they are told, I think some of them will sometimes bulk at even doing the proper test to try and find out if the patient is right. I am not condoning this, but........This is just my insight from my personal experiences! After all Doctors are just human beings, and just because they are doctors, doesn't mean they discard allot of the sometimes petty human traits!

Just my thoughts about your situation. Good Luck to you! and hope you can get some relief from your pain!

White Beard

Hello & welcome to the chronic pain forum. My husband was dx'd a few years ago with type 2 diabetes. In the very beginning he was put on the same medication that you are taking. He had to keep a log of his readings daily. On his 2nd return they saw that it was not getting the level down so his med was increased and they added another one to the mix. He eventually ended up on insulin and believe me you do not want to go there unless it is absolutely necessary. Keep an accurate log of your readings & be sure to take these with you to the dr.. If your sugar is not controlled they will make adjustments in your meds or should, but it is not done quickly.

It is my understanding that most adults that are dx'd with diabetes it is type 2 they are dx'd with. There is such an animal as diabetic neuropathy, my husband has this in his feet & hands. He was started on Gabapentin and it had to be increased over time to get some relief. Right now he is on 1800mg a day & is needing an increase.

You might want to look at the Mayo Clinic's website about diabetes & if you see some things that apply to you print them off & take them to the drs appt with you & have the dr look at it.

But, if you are as dissatisfied with the dr as you indicate maybe its time to find another dr.

Good luck......Susie

Welcome UncleBuck

Agree w/above poster re:some dr have hhmm 'ego issue ' is a nice desciption - in my mind I am thinking of them in rude terms.

I too would recommend printing out something very brief - like the list you posted -
however use it as questions to approach the conversation in a naive way..
NOT to prove a point

sometimes -to get what WE want we have to play a game.
Think of girls fluttering eyelashes, pouting, etc

I worked in engineering field all my career &, sometimes found errors made by engineers, which I had to point out & this method worked best for me..

SOME men did NOT want to have a ' stupid female ' working with them, much less showing them the error of their ways. Their descriptive WORDS -said to me - more than once.
Guess some doctors think of us as ' stupid patients ' & we have to play along just enough to get what we need.

Personally I deal with workers compensation, not state, but similar.. the lies that have been written about me because 'their' insurance company pays the bills, well I have been known to roll my eyes - even curse sometimes but not outloud of course .. but even thinking that way well .. Being raised a 'Southern Belle' this is major lapse of my normal character.

Am guessing that simply changing dr may not always be an option for you??

I observed situation similar to yours - diabetes not diagnosed / treated correctly at the beginning in a family friend. Neuropathy pain advanced to level that barest moving of arm caused screaming.. Desensitizing therapy helped tremendously - his family was told therapy should have been started way before pain reached that level.

(I wrote a reply not long after yours " .. dr are idiots .. " was originally posted
but it & several other replies of mine written in that sitting just disappeared into wherever it is they go -
a void in the Matrix? NSA's dead letter file? Lol)

Wishing you the best - please keep us updated