I would be back in jail if they found her body later
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I started a thread on this Diabetes in jail or prison if you want to add to the knowledge base.
Diabetes sucks, if it wasn’t for that the department of motorist extortion the DMV could go straight to hell and I would use my car anyway like most victims of their revenue extortion scams do risking only the half day of government kidnapping and a court date and lawyer bills like everyone else without medical problems.
With diabetes its all different. You are risking your life.
DMV causing trouble for many people in my former state trying to solve their budget problems by stalking the public for revenue now by doing look backs and bringing up decades old crap.
Going to apply you’re"just move on"to the family and friends in my life too
Why did someone “flag” this post ?
I have no idea - I would never flag a post
I received an automated response that told me something about it was offensive.
You’ll just have to keep having babies so you can keep going to the same clinic 
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Lol, pregnancy is pretty terrible except for the good doctor. I thought I wanted 2 children, but I’m seriously doubting my ability to ever get through this again. Especially if I’m already taking care of this one.
But seeing how often I have to see this doctor, it’s still awesome that he’s super competent.
My doctors have stopped all reviews, including Diabetic ones. I have not had a review for a year. The next one is in May 2020. I would love to name shame but would probably be booted out from there. I have decided to get my glucose levels down and am succeeding because I am afraid I may get ill if I don’t.
What I have learned in the few short years that I have had T1D is that most medical professionals who have patients with diabetes see patients who do not have good control of their blood sugars, are not particularly interested in self-management and expect the provider to manage their diabetes and/or reason for appointment for them. So, when someone like those of us on this site go to an appointment armed (and maybe even a little dangerous 
) with our knowledge and self-confidence, we may actually put that particular provider in a defensive state because at some point he/she realizes we know more than they do. So my strategy is to be polite and deferential, but firm regarding self-care. I believe this has resulted in my having an excellent doctor/patient relationship with all of my providers. I cannot tell you how many times the appointment has ended with a comment to the effect, “next time I see a patient with diabetes, I will remember that,” or “it was really smart of you to figure that out!” Yeah, really, I am not so smart but it’s up to me to figure out how to best take care of myself.
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I live in very rural area. There is exactly ONE endocrinologist on the Western slope of Colorado, and I have to drive three hours to get there. But I did it for the scripts… Until I finally insurance to cover an insulin pump, and she fought me tooth and nail over wanting the t:slim x2, defying her Medtronic loyalty.
I found a general internal medicine doctor much closer to me who was willing to write my scripts, and I’m in love with her! She shows me complete respect in my personal knowledge of my own disease, and had been more than willing to explore alternative therapies with me.
To be fair, I do have a medical background (research, not practitioner); so grouchy, holier-than-thou doctor’s really infuriate me.
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I’m with you @Robyn_H
Especially since the vast majority of us have Endos who don’t have T1D, nor do they live with an insulin dependant diabetic.
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Good for you for sticking up for your knowledgeable pump preference! I don’t think doctors run into many patients like you.
You’d think they’d understand that we must live with this device all day, every day for at least four years while their pump familiarity only impacts them for an hour or so each year.
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