Abstract
Last year, 39-year-old Raul Gonzalez had a stroke that left him temporarily blind, unable to walk, and challenged to speak clearly. His glycosylated hemoglobin was more than 13%, and when his diabetes was later diagnosed, Gonzalez required four insulin injections per day. Over the next 5 months, Ryan Gates, PharmD, CGP, CDE, met with Gonzalez monthly at California's Kern Medical Center. During visits of sometimes an hour or longer, Gates taught Gonzalez about diabetes management through medication, diet, and exercise. He was the first doctor [who] ever made me feel he was concerned about my wellbeing, Gonzalez said. wanted to give up, but he always said, ‘Come on. I know you've got some fight in you.'
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