Diabetes Care: Responsibilities for Patient and Healthcare Provider

I couldn't agree more: the first step to getting the quality care one needs is patient responsiblity and accountability -- in all healthcare situations (including diabetes). People need to speak up, take charge and require this of their healthcare providers. Yet it's easier said than done for most of us; I think that we've been socialized for so long to accept the word of a healthcare provider as gospel and not to speak up.

Thanks for your suggestions!

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Dr. Cogen, I wish the cardiologist I saw last week had 1/2 your smarts. You listen and discuss it would seem wherehe had only met me for a few minutes prior to the Cath procedure, then proceeded to tell me how to control my diabetes, totally closed his hearing of how I control mine, I maintain very good control with diet and oral meds.   He actually wanted me to eat the food provided which I would estimate to contain ≈75gm carbs in one meal.  my intake is 100 to 130gm/day.  My GP and I have worked together and he actually has dropped Actos at my request to see if I would be able to maintain control with just the Janumet, and with the exception of a few days of steroids in the hosp, so far so good.