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Originally Posted by Instrument 41
Been a Type 1 diabetic for 36 years. Been on a pump for 9, numerous diabetic issues that I have dealt with, went completely blind in 2017 for 3 months and after 3 major surgeries in 6 weeks I now have good sight in the right eye and OK sight in the left eye. Was talking to my general practitioner and she was asking how the diabetes was going. Talked a bit and at present my kidney function is pretty good. Only slightly declining on what normal function should be. So at that moment I told her that if the kidneys begin to fail that I have elected to NOT do dialysis. She kinda gave me a look that I couldn't place. As I left the office I saw her looking at me with a different look as well. So. for the docs out there, when a patient tells you something like this does this what are you thinking? Does it make you want to care less? Do you have to notify insurance about something like that? I have not mentioned this to my Endo doc after seeing the reactions from my GP.
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I'd think most doctors would understand completely, although there are probably a few who would react the same way a car salesman would act after he lost a sale.