i love my endo!

today i had quite the unpleasant experience at a doctor's office.

i'm getting new insurance, and because i have diabetes they wanted me to go for a routine medical. okay, so i got over the bad mood i was in because of that, and because i felt labelled. and off i trotted to the doc's today.

to say i disliked the doctor is a understatement. the understatement of the day, in fact. let me explain why i'm so peeved with this fella.

i filled up a form with my medical history. obviously i had to write 'type 2 diabetes'. he took one look at it and said, "type 2 diabetes, so young?", in what i felt was a pretty condescending manner. note at this point, that i'm still a bit sore about diabetes at times, and boy, he didn't make it better.

i felt judged, and rather upset because of that. i mean, it's not like i totally brought it upon myself or intentionally did something to deserve it. nobody gets diabetes because they eat too much sugar. that was what the lovely diabetes nurse drilled into me since the day she came to see me in the hospital ward. doesn't he know that diabetes does not discriminate?

he then asked me a couple questions regarding any medical emergencies i was involved in. i mean i had to be honest, so i said i had been admitted to the ER with DKA the night i was diagnosed. immediately that fella said, "so you went into a coma?"and that sounded more like a statement than a question to me. he also tried to insist that i had asthma as a kid when i am 100% sure it was bronchitis. the 2 are related, but also different.

seriously, this is why i love my endo so much. she's followed up on my case pretty much since day 1, probably when i was still sedated and stuck in the ICU with tons of drips connected to me. she knows the full story and she knows that for four months i was an insulin-dependent diabetic with no confirmed diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 diabetes. she encourages me by reminding me of her other patients who got diagnosed with diabetes at the same age as i was diagnosed, and by telling me that they're doing well.

she knows that diabetes can affect anyone, it doesn't care how old or how young you are. and she'll never judge me based on that. she'll lecture me a bit if i don't care for myself but it is for my own good. she does what she does because she cares for me as a patient. and it's tough love sometimes, and i do get a bit antsy when it's time to see her, but it usually turns out pretty good in the end.

today i learned just how important it is to have a good doctor to take care of my diabetes. and boy, am i glad to have been blessed with not just the doctor who is reputed to be one of the best, but who is genuinely concerned about my welfare.