A Word of Gratitude and a Little Venting..........

[Guest guest]

Being almost totally new to all of this, I must tell all of you how

grateful I am to have stumbled across this list BEFORE I ran into the

CDE folks. I am not one to make a stand against someone who

supposedly knows much more than I about a subject. So the

reinforcement I get here is invaluable.

There are very few endocrinologists here in town. My choices will be

very limited also by finances. My internist that diagnosed me is not

easy to get up with between appointments so I'm kind of stuck until

things change financially. So, how do you guys convince the medical

pros that you need more or different meds? All I get from the

doctors is " you don't need to test that often. " And when I call

trying to get my dosage increased, I get no response what so ever.

This is getting very frustrating. I dream about losing my sight or

my feet!!!! Very troubling to say the least. I almost wish I was a

type 1 so I could go ahead and get the insulin so I could achieve

better control.

Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks to all of you. The information

you pass along on the list is worth its weight in gold and very much

appreciated.