Asking the Right Questions: Taking Control of Your Medical Diagnosis

Just at your next appointment or when you see your doctor, ask them, do I have the right diagnosis? You know, am I on the right map? You know, a single question changes a conversation. And then get specific. Have we ever checked which type I really have? Do we know if my body can make insulin? And if it can, is it making too much? Is it not making at all? Or is it making too little? You know, obviously, if you have not at all, you'll be symptomatic. If you're making less, you may still be able to keep up, but your numbers are running higher. Your medication is not working. So the presentation tells us too. So I'm not saying that the doctors don't know what they're doing. All I'm saying is if you are in that zone where you're uncontrolled and we don't have good answers, it's time to maybe do the testing and understand better if you're on the right map.