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Originally Posted by Gangrel  You know, I'm not sure if I would go endo-less....... I currently see my endo every 6 months, get my A1cs and everything else checked by her, and have access to the Nurse, Dieticians, etc at the hospital.
I'm sure your doctor is very good, and the Educator would be too, but how "expert" are they on D? Or at the least, how much do they stay on top of treatment options, theories, etc? I know my endo is very involved with that sort of thing, and she is usually the first i hear of something, unless I read it online.
Now, I could be wrong, and my perception of an "educator" is wrong.... in which case, ignore me.... But an educator to me seems to be someone who only teaches you the current practice... but doesn't help you tweak, or help you get involved with future best practicies... (wow, i stole that term from work!)
Again, maybe i'm just too old school.... maybe i'm wrong. Feel free to ignore me as I am heavily medicated this week. |
That's kinda what I thought too....but she assured me that the eductor she will find for me will be very "on-top" of this stuff, and that she actually is as well. It was one of my first questions b/c one of the things I DID like about my endo is how quickly she put me on Levemir after it came out. My family doc assured me that I wouldn't be lacking that kind of information, as long as I dealt with an educator.
I'm sure some educators are really just all about what's "current", but that's not the kind of educator she's trying to find me. She's trying to find a "tweaker" (geez, I hope that's not a bad term in any international dialect on here.....) for me, and someone who will give me the heads-up about new stuff. There's an educator in my hometown that I've known all my life and would be GREAT for me - she's on top of EVERYTHING....but she's got way too many clients already and she's too far for me to drive on a regular basis, so we're trying the "my city" option first.
