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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 595031" data-attributes="member: 41816">They are used to being the brightest people (or at least the most qualified and best paid) in the room.And let's face it, the majority of diabetics do not educate themselves about their condition.  Type 2s usually don't buy their own meter and monitor BG levels (so they can't discuss that knowledgeably).  Type 1s have to have a better understanding of their condition, but that doesn't mean they all go looking for knowledge.   The average diabetic doesn't go on forums, exchange diet ideas, read books, keep up to date with studies or even take initiative with diet and exercise.To treat everyone like a small percentage of patients is a nice ideal, but realistically, it ain't gonna happen.I mean (using a loose comparison), if a teacher taught a whole class at the level of the brightest pupils, that would not benefit the rest of the class.  And if I walked into a consulting room and was spoken at a level I could not follow, then I would come straight home and start a thread about how arrogant and unapproachable the consultant had been.I think, as usual, it is up to us to signal our capacity, and for them to respond as they are able.  Rather like the rest of life, really.</blockquote>

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