On her recent two-year anniversary, Amy Tenderich of Diabetes Mine recalls how her wisecracking doc made the sign of the cross and annointed her "a diabetic." And Violet at Pumplandia tells the tale of the doc who brushed off her assertion that he that she might have type 1 diabetes until her lab tests suggest otherwise.

The stories we've heard here at dLife, via email and on the dLife Wall and forums, run the gamut from moving to moronic. Even the dLifeTV hosts have had their own brushes with misinformation. J. Anthony Brown was told by one physician pre-diagnosis that the numbness in his feet was not diabetes but a signal that "his socks were too tight." Nicole Johnson Baker was misdiagnosed three times (with maladies ranging from influenza to appendicitis) before a doctor correctly pronounced she had type 1 diabetes. The healthcare professionals in his office told her she'd have to give up pageants and any hope of a career.

We'd like to hear your story. Visit the dLife Wall and forums to tell us about the start of your dLife.