Fact is people here are in the minority of PWD. People here actually care what their A1C numbers are and strive to improve them if they are out of range. In general the vast majority of patients your "team" sees are unmotivated and usually (hate this word, non-compliant). So I try to cut my "team" some slack as they are so used to this type of patient. Which I am sure can be very frustrating. I hand picked the "team" I work with and they are all encouraging and behind my efforts to improve my control. While I still have a few too many hypos for my liking, none of them has required outside help so they are not in the public record.
If your team is not behind you or does not believe you then maybe you need to find a different team ?
You're probably right about people active in the DOC (I just learned what that meant!) are in the minority. And I am still trying to put together my "team" after moving to a new city. My main rant is that I keep having to convince the same people that I am doing well, that I am capable, and maybe even as smart as they are. It is as though I have to keep saying the same thing over and over - kinda like being interrogated. The cops keep asking the same questions to find inconsistencies in your "story".
And I do hae to cut the med people some slack, most of them have huge patient loads, but I think they could write a note to themselves ion my chart "she's doing well on her own. Ask her what she wants to talk about, leave the canned lectures in the hallway"
Yes I would find that very frustrating. I am lucky, my endo learns as much from me as she teaches me and she admits this. The CDE appreciates that I am motivated. But as I said we are a very small minority of the greater D population but it seems as we are in growing numbers as when I first joined TuD there were only 24,000 members or so and now we are approaching 30,000. So there is hope.