# Stories like this

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/stories-like-this/1400>\
**Category:** D-News\
**Created:** [July 12, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/stories-like-this/1400 "2017-07-12T17:57:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![TiaG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/tiag/32/594_2.png) [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/stories-like-this/1400/1 "2017-07-12T17:57:31Z")

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Make me so angry:

> **['A simple test could have saved my son'](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-40391861)**
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> Peter Baldwin was 13 when he died of type 1 diabetes, now his mother is campaigning for change.

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**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/stories-like-this/1400/2 "2017-07-12T18:05:11Z")

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This should be mandatory questions and considerations for ALL GP’s…UK and US alike. Such a sad story and really hits home the importance of what we’re doing for our children…even if they don’t understand it right now. ☹

That should not be happening as four simple questions can raise the alarm for GPs examining a sick child. They call it the Four Ts test:

- Toilet - going to the toilet a lot, bed wetting by a previously dry child or heavier nappies in babies
- Thirsty - being really thirsty and not being able to quench the thirst
- Tired - feeling more tired than usual
- Thinner - losing weight

We want those questions to be mandatory for all GPs in Wales - they don’t cost anything and take 30 seconds to ask.

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**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/stories-like-this/1400/3 "2017-07-12T18:19:08Z")

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This is the exact thing I was ranting about here:  
☹

> [@The stories and my rant about the doctors](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-stories-and-my-rant-about-the-doctors/663):
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> From the two stories that were just posted, from Michel and Harold, one thing struck me. I just wanted to make this a separate post so as not do dilute their stories. This just drives me nuts. All the things they always do every single time you go into a doctor’s office or emergency room - measuring you, weighing you, taking your blood pressure, listening to your heart, listening to your breathing - every single time! Last time I was in an ER I had dislocated my finger, it was bent into an “S” …