who is the real professional?

we, as people living with diabetes or someone who has diabetes, are considered to be almost mini experts on the subject of it.... we live with it 24/7 365 days a year so why shouldn't we be? 

then theres the endocrinologist and dsn, they are also considered experts because they have degrees and training in the art of diabetes control.... so they can be called experts too cant they?

personally i don't feel that anyone can consider themselves an expert in diabetes. i might be an expert in caring for my own diabetes but because the disease differs from one person to another that doesn't make me an expert in someone else's diabetes.... 

and that's the same for the endos and the dsns.... they might know everything they can learn from a textbook and case studies about adjusting insulin and keeping blood sugars in check, but the majority of them don't live with diabetes on a day to day basis so don't and cant have any real life practise in using those techniques.

so the question still stands... who is the diabetes expert?

i think to be an expert at diabetes we have to work together, we have to share experiences and remember that there is ALWAYS something new we can learn.... 

a diabetic cant be an expert without the help of the d team and the d teams cant be experts without the diabetics... its like a puzzle that we all have a piece of, we can only complete the picture if we work together.... 

we will all be experts in the art of diabetes and beating its silly blood sugar games :)