I am still blow away over the charges against Flea. In his defense, he is a pediatric pulmonary specialist but still…..
I know of several practices that do a good job of screening for diabetes. Until I was diagnosed, my contact lens specialist not only checked blood pressure, but also checked blood sugar reading. If you are high, she suggests that you talk to your primary care — and in fact, she caught my high blood sugar precisely when my doctor was watching it.
I also know for a fact that Dallas ISD’s Intake Center also screens for diabetes, along with TB. Last year when I was teaching math for nonEnglish speakers, one of my babies was screen for and referred to Parkland because of a simple blood test. Type 2, on insulin, I know because it was my job to remind her to go to the nurse.
However, my own mother was missed — and I still don’t get that. When a 70 year patient presents with multiple infections and you can completely stop them, why did it take them over 9 months to just test her blood sugar? You don’t need to do a blod job — you can do like my contact lens doctor does — you keep a simple home glucose monitor there, and do a finger stick. How hard is that?
Yeah, a few aren’t going to get caught, but still.