Advice for Type 2 Newbies
Let David Mendosa calm your fears and guide you through the next steps.
• Ask other people who have diabetes, especially if you and they are part of a support group.
If you find that the same name recurs using several of these methods, you've probably got a winner! But, no matter what, you'll have to try the doctor out. So, set a "get-acquainted" appointment to meet with the doctor. When setting up the appointment, ask the staff to alert the physician that you'll want to go over your diabetes treatment program and review your past records during the first visit. Bring along your Traveling Medical Record (photocopies of your recent medical records) to review with your new doctor, including:
• Letters from one physician to another, or to you.
• Recent lab results.
• Recent hospital Discharge Summaries, Consultations, and other typed hospital reports.
• Anything else in your chart that your previous endocrinologist and his staff want to hand you.
During this first visit, be prepared to spend extra time (and to pay extra) for the chance to find out if the new doctor is "right" for you.
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