Comment by Debi Henson on May 11, 2010 at 12:16pm

I agree completely. It's unusual to have an Endo with bad information, even bad practice. But to have classes with misinformation, that is not acceptable. It's good to have you (I assume a long term diabetic) in the class!

P.S. Was it a Doc with Aetna? Or Minimed classes?

Comment by Judith on May 11, 2010 at 2:10pm

I agree, too. And actually, I've read here at TuD of a number of endos quite sure of themselves in handing out bad info, even when refuted by a knowledgeable source. There are a lot of variables, as in everything else to do with tis Scourge. But yes---I'd write your endo......

Comment by Mike Ratrie on May 11, 2010 at 2:35pm

m4p,

Glad you got some positive reaction from the D-Center.

I think you should definitely write the follow-up letter to your endo (former or otherwise). I would recommend two things. First, write it and then put it away for a week, then revisit it. Second, in the initial writing work on removing your emotions from it.

As an aside, from the service provider side of the fence (not a medical business though) --

When I was the manager of a retail store I was greatly concerned with keeping my customers happy. Among other things this was because it was always easier to keep a current customer then to have to find a new one. As a result we had a set of "rules" that we followed:

1 - Acknowledge the complaint and thank the customer for bringing it to your attention
2 - Ask for the customer's "facts" (true or not, they are facts to the customer)
3 - Promise to investigate and follow-up with the customer on the results
4 - Ask the customer for what they would consider a "fair" resolution
5 - Investigate
6 - FOLLOW-UP and propose a solution to the customer
7 - Thank the customer again for the complaint.

By following these simple rules, we kept customers that would have left our store (and complained to others). We also learned how our actions were perceived and modified our procedures and sometimes our personnel to better serve our customers. Many of these customers became our advocates and brought their friends to us.

Fair Winds,
Mike

Comment by mother4peace - Christine on May 12, 2010 at 5:26pm

@Debi - this was with my endo. More details are on my original post
http://www.tudiabetes.org/profiles/blogs/dont-rock-the-dcare-boattoo

@ Judith and Mike - Thanks for the encouragement to continue.
Mike , your advice about the letter is something that I did do. I wrote it a week after it happened and even after I received a follow-up call from the center I still feel the need to send it. Nothing was addressed regarading the behavior of my endo but part of that is because only she and I are the ones who know what her behavior was. Time that the mask is pulled off and the ugliness of her actions exposed. I hope she can take what I say and try to get something good from it to help her with her the patients. I wll take your advice and try to remove the emotion from it, but I do think that a small part of that I will leave in because part of my diabetes experience is my experiences that I have had with this disease and having a father with the same disease not to mention the horrible doctor before this endo.

Thanks again for the good advice. :)

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