I know what you mean though - there is a layer of understanding, empathy, and plain old urgency and seriousness that matches my own when the health professional has diabetes that I respond to very positively!
. I really like youtubing/reading diabetic doctors like Dr Jay Wortman (T2), and of course the classic - Dr Bernstein (T1). I would be in seventh heaven if my GP had those layers of extra understanding and knowledge of say, low-carbing, that her own health vulnerability might bring on? But she is great anyway. But, It would be fantastic not having to explain eating and metering to every health professional I come in contact with. I have had a very specialised very open-minded diabetes nurse in the cold country who lead Newcastle diet groups, and LCHF groups of diabetics in a large medical centre in a groovy area - it was totally irrelevant with her whether or not she was diabetic - as she was so on to it in any case. I talked to her about - wow - even emotions! And - horrors - exercise! In a really meaningful way as she knew all the theory, and had heaps of experience with diabetics in practice. I guess that is really, ultimately, what we want? Medical professionals dealing with diabetes who are really up with the play and we don't have to be the experts in relation to. (They are REALLY the experts! Knowledge plus masses of/ experiences professionally, sigh. That's what we want? Regardless of whether or not they have T1 or T2 themselves?)