"I feel as if I have been forgotten about"

I saw an Endocrinologist in June 2024 and was referred for a test. After about four months I enquired about waiting time and was told it was non urgent and would need to wait.

I contacted the relevant department and was told on several occasions the referral had not been made. It eventually took me ten months to get a test that could have been done in a month due to the consultant's error.

In January I was supposed to have the test, but due to the winter crisis the test could not be performed so I just had a fasting one done. This test showed I had a fasting glucose level above seven so the nurse brought me back the next day to repeat and again this one was above seven. Any fasting glucose tests above seven indicate diabetes, but I have not heard from the consultant.

I feel as if I have been forgotten about. I wanted the problem sorted before I went on holiday to get rid of my symptoms but this is not going to happen now. I would like the communication from the department to be better and for them not to forget they have patients with problems.