I was doing better before they changed me from Glipzide to insulin shots, but the VA doctor won't listen. They just keep telling me how much easier and simpler it is to give myself shots, than to take a couple tablets that I could carry with me. They prescribed two shots of five units, but that didn't work. I was up to two shots of 50 units, twice a day before I started to get results.
I have to argue with the doctor, and send e-mail to have a record of what prescriptions she doesn't bother to renew. For instance, they over prescribe the syringes and test strips. Then they don't prescribe enough insulin, or the lancets. I have requested some refills for other medication that weren't filled for over 120 days. I can't sleep due to pain, but I'm told that the Gabapentin is already a high dosage. It only affects diabetic neuropathy, and I am at the low end of the scale for all the good it does.
I had to file a written complaint last year, against my VA doctor, and the VA to get a referral to the VA hospital wound clinic. I had to get into a shouting match with my doctor to get my handicapped parking reinstated, even after three different nurses had argued with her that I can barely walk. I had a woman start to back out of a parking space without looking. I had to slam the back of her car with my cane to keep from being run over, yet she had refused. The biggest problem is that I have lost so much upper body strength that I constantly drop tools and other things. Jobs that used to take five minutes can take all day, now. So, I have to at least scale back.
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