When ‘Real Person Sick’ Is Hijacked by Diabetes

I sat in my doctor’s office, feeling like a school child sitting in the principal’s office, being scolded for not doing my homework.This was my general family doctor, not my endo, and this was the first time seeing this new doc after our friendly…

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