Diabetes Specialist.

[ishmael]

Dear Sirs,

Forgive me for taking up your valuable time. I need to visit a diabetes specialist, most preferably in Chiang Mai. If anyone knows of a competent one, do tell me please.

Thank you for reading this.

Yours faithfully,

ishmael.

[elektrified]

For something like that I would definitely head over to the 13th Floor of Sri Pat (Maharaj). They will analyze your blood sugar (go there after fasting 10-12 hours) and they will refer you to an endocrinologist. Go there at 8:00 A.M and get in line at the elevator on Floor 1 so you can be one of the first called.

[Ajarn]

Dear Sirs,

Forgive me for taking up your valuable time. I need to visit a diabetes specialist, most preferably in Chiang Mai. If anyone knows of a competent one, do tell me please.

Thank you for reading this.

Yours faithfully,

ishmael.

Hello, in my experience of living here with Diabetes for the past 7 years, there isn't anyone I would call competent in the treatment of diabetes, since one of the 'owner' Doctors at CM Ram told me that a glucose level is normal at around 200, and another doctor prescribed me a medication, but he never told me that I had to have a Kidney test done. Plenty of that kind of stuff from many of the docters at other hospitals too. My suggestion is to use the internet to answer any question about medication, or any care you might need. It has been the only resource I've found valuable in living with my diabetes

[PFV]

Dear Sirs,

Forgive me for taking up your valuable time. I need to visit a diabetes specialist, most preferably in Chiang Mai. If anyone knows of a competent one, do tell me please.

Thank you for reading this.

Yours faithfully,

ishmael.

Hello, in my experience of living here with Diabetes for the past 7 years, there isn't anyone I would call competent in the treatment of diabetes, since one of the 'owner' Doctors at CM Ram told me that a glucose level is normal at around 200, and another doctor prescribed me a medication, but he never told me that I had to have a Kidney test done. Plenty of that kind of stuff from many of the docters at other hospitals too. My suggestion is to use the internet to answer any question about medication, or any care you might need. It has been the only resource I've found valuable in living with my diabetes

Hi Ishmael.

I was recently referred to, and have started seeing, Dr. Natapong, an internist specializing in diabetes here in Chiang Mai. His clinic is on Charoen Prathet rd behind the night bazar. He is there Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays after 5 pm. Dr. Natapong has had some training in the US (Boston) and is a very pleasant person to deal with. His attitude is fairly laid back, which can be good or bad depending on how much "management" you need. His clinic does provide the most recent hypoglycemic agents (such as actos and januvia) that I was never successful in finding in Thailand before. Alghough I have only seen him a couple of times, I was favorably impressed with his level of knowledge.

I am not sure how agressive he is with testing, compared to my Dr. in the US, as he relies on my self-administered home tests, alghough he did do an HbA1c when I asked him to. And I don't know how he would deal with a newly diagnosed patient versus someone, such as myself, ho went to him with an existing treatment plan that simply needed some adjusting.

Having lived with this condition for the past 20 years, I fully second Ajarn's advice to use the Internet to learn as much as possible about diabetes and what is required to properly control it.

Please feel free to PM me if you need any more info.

Good luck!

Paul