No, no actually, it's a private consultant who I see probably now while everything's going smoothly it can come down to an annual checkup. I did see him quite regularly last year when there were various sort of complications and issues that took several months to bottom out.
To deal with?
That turned out to be the lymphangiectasia. Which was difficult to diagnose I gather, it's uncommon and that is what had resulted in the fluid accumulations, oh and, a chest infection, TB actually, a sort of TB, and that was by reason of the reduced antibodies. So I am in addition to the diabetes drugs I am actually currently on a course of antibiotics, well specific antibiotics for that infection, which is a two year course.
So I mean how often would you see your, physician - a consultant is it?
Well I think he is a physician actually, and I mean I haven't seen him actually for several months, simply because I've been seeing so many others. But I probably, I probably will make an appointment to go and see him again soon because of a general update.
And for the annual… I mean do you get annual checks as well for I mean do have a retina scan and…?
Oh yes, yes I do actually. Yeah, and that I do in my GP's surgery.
So how does that work? You see, you don't see the GP normally?
No. But they know that I have type 2 diabetes, and I get my drugs and prescriptions through them, and they simply put me on a list for a retina scan, scanning once a year, and I dutifully go and do it.
So who prescribes the drugs?
That, my physician then reports to my GP and suggests that he issues the prescriptions he recommends, and that happens.
