Today I went to my routine diabetic checkup. I expected my A1C to be improved because the past three months, during the summer vacation, I had enough exercise every day. However, it went up to 7.8, which is very high.
I was disappointed. I don’t have any excuses for that. I thought I did pretty well, but the result showed I didn’t.
My favorite male doctor was transferred to next town, where it is one hour drive to the office. The receptionist asked me if I still wanted to stick with him or not. I chose the easy option, which is change my doctor whomever available today at the closest office.
Maybe it was a wrong option for me. The new doctor was intense, taking time by asking millions of questions. I ended up staying at the doctor’s office for more than 1.5 hours, which is to me unbearably long. The doctor scared me a lot.
Also she gave me lots of homework. I should check my blood sugar three times a day and keep food diary. She made a follow-up appointment with me one month later, and I was told to bring the food diary and the glucose checker. The doctor’s office has the software so that just connecting to the glucose checker, they can download all the data. Whenever I am asked to do such glucose related daily tasks, it reminds me of my miscarriage. It makes me feel sad and drained. By the time I left the office, I was exhausted, depressed, and loss of hope.
On the other hand, my previous doctor never took that long in our conversation. Regardless of such a short conversation, every time when I left the doctor’s office, I was cheerful, happy, and full of hope.
The difference between the two is clear. My previous doctor believes diabetic can be reversed, the other doctors don’t believe so. I want to stick with the positive thinking doctor. I will switch back to my previous doctor from my next visits.
I already miss his cheerful encouragement. He always had a big smile on his face, telling me “don’t worry too much. You can reverse it for sure. It is going to be totally okay. Just watch out for your diet and do enough exercise every day.” I like to hang around with an easy going person rather than a serious and intense person.
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