tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932842985778393321.post9118432881707213624..comments2024-02-16T13:58:21.051+00:00Comments on Every day ups and downs, a diabetes blog: My other full-time job : QiC Awards 2012 Guest postMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09868706401223371920noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932842985778393321.post-18467318055426733932012-03-15T09:36:22.463+00:002012-03-15T09:36:22.463+00:00Great blog Mike, and very true. I suffered from th...Great blog Mike, and very true. I suffered from the assumption I knew everything by my old diabetes team, & spent years not even knowing what carb-counting was. It was only joining the DOC that I realised how little I did know...if I hadn't have discovered that, I'd still be in exactly the same place now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702173159659460442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932842985778393321.post-5634841890987604512012-03-14T13:34:20.710+00:002012-03-14T13:34:20.710+00:00Thanks Mike - and I completely agree. The best app...Thanks Mike - and I completely agree. The best appointments are always the ones where we are recognised as a proper 'partner' in our own care (rather than just being told off or suspected of 'not trying hard enough') - Fortunately this seems to be happening more and more these days.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09868706401223371920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932842985778393321.post-9533667746667709722012-03-14T13:10:31.030+00:002012-03-14T13:10:31.030+00:00Great post Mike. As you mentioned HCP's get t...Great post Mike. As you mentioned HCP's get to see only a snippet of your/our Diabetes.<br /><br />In my opinion, there is a definite role to play as Diabetes Advocates even on our own educating HCP's as best we can. They see charts, logs, records and ultimately the consequences of Diabetes.<br /><br />It feels as though the endless injections, set changes, blood tests, lows & highsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05758380342225409429noreply@blogger.com