[quote user="Brianna"]
This one time i was in the nurses office checking my blood and this girl thought i was emo.
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omg the same thing happened to me exept he thought i was commiting suiside. for some reason my family has that reputation but were the complete oppiset of that.
when people find out that i have diabetes, they usually say something like "awh i feel so bad for you" and im like why its just a part of my life.
[quote user="Dakota"]
when people find out that i have diabetes, they usually say something like "awh i feel so bad for you" and im like why its just a part of my life.
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amen to that! ahaha i hate when people say stuff like that. it's like, seriously? i think it bothers you more than it bothers me
[quote user="Brianna"]This one time i was in the nurses office checking my blood and this girl thought i was emo.[/quote]
What does emo mean? people at school say it but i have no idea what it means. a couple times ive guessed what it means but then someone says it and the definition i thought it would be doesnt make sense.
some people think that but the rest r pretty funny when i go to the nurse 4 a low people always ask me y i have to be escorted and i tell them it is case i pass out they have 2 drag me they laugh and i tell them it is the truth
ummmmmmm wow!!!!!!!!!! im so jealous, i find it amazing that you are so open and honest wit all of those people, all my guy D friends try very hard to hide the fact that they have T1D and i think more of us need to be like you!!! Congratulations on all your accomplishments and thank you for all you have done for so many others.
I know this is really late but I just joined...How did you get to that point of accepting your diabetes? Seeing it as a gift and not a curse or a problem? I am not at that point at all but I want to get there really bad... thank you :)
I was just wondering...at your guys highschool are you the only diabetic, because im like 1/10 and our school nurse knows the difference and she is really cool...but its wierd how ur guys schools are
In response to your question last year at my jr. high I was the only diabetic and my nurse understood but she wasn't cool or anything. She freaked out way to much and if my blood sugar was like 180 she thought I was too high and would want to give me insulin and so that kinda bugged but yea in my high school there is no nurse so I have to go to a lady who trained to be a nurse and knows a little about diabetes. So you're pretty lucky
I know that makes me mad. Whenever I want to eat sugar or something people are always like '" I thought you couldn't eat sugar." I Have no problem explaing and lots of people ask. But sometimes people are hurtful. For example, a few days ago I was walking down the hall talking to one of my friends about it and this dude walks up and says " I knew there was something funny about you. You have diabetes haha ." I just got so mad and sad and wanted to cry. It was overwhelming. He doesn't know what it's like and he's never had to go through it for one day. I've had it for years. Every day I have to worry about the same things and if I just say oh forget this I won't do it my life's on the line. But everyone else I know gets to be soo care free.......
when i first went to high school i was the only person there with it so everyone always asked me questions and stuff but i just answered them as i had any other person.
i moved schools in my second year and there was one other person there with it but now there are four people at the shcool with it and they mostly around my age which is good but we dont (and shouldn't) get treated any different to anyone else.
i have a really great group of friends and they support me through this and are really helpful.... thanks guys...
everyone is going ask questions no matter wheather it's at school or home or sport.... so i jsut tell them.... and people are picky about what i eat but i jsut say i can eat whatever..... being diabetic hasnt given my any major setbacks and some people know say i know how u feel.... but no.. they dont.. diabetes is a personal experience that u have to have first hand yourself.... so yeah.
thanks :) rowie
heyy im Briana . when people in my skool find out i have diabetes ; they beqin to ask shocked and ask so many questionsz .! iht can bee annoyinnq sometimes but i always realize that they are not use to iht and jusz wanna noe what iht isz about . but i am fine w| iht and i hopee more peoplee will likee to learnn becausee iht isz becominnq more common.
I get so mad at people! They get it confused with type 2 at my school too. Then when I was in 6th grade this guy asked my teacher if I had rabies. One day in gym this girl (that I though was my friend) came up to me and said you have a disease?! I said yeah then she started saying you have a disease and making fun of me. My other friend came up to me and her and she told her to stop. She stopped but it made me so mad!
ha well, it definately depends on the person :D
most people when I tell them are like "your fault"
so then I try to explain it to them that it doesn't matter what you eat, blahblah
others don't know what it is
oh and my favorite *covers mouth and pulls down sleeves* "is it contagious?!?!"
ha I love telling people I have it, it makes it so fun!
btw, sorry to all the people that have bad experienced with telling people, people can be so ignorant!
Everyone comes up to me after class and is like "Are you ok? Can I do anything to help? I want to learn more! I thought old people got it. Is that the kind where you have to take insulin? What do you eat?" They always talk about how if you eat too many sweets you'll get diabetes. It makes me mad. Not all people get diabetes from that. I mean can you even get it from that?
i think diabetes has opened SOOO MANY DOORS FOR ME!!!! sounds weird rite but i feel mayb God gave me diabetes a reason?? i havent found out that reason yet, but yaknow i feel someday i can help people...
i go to a small school so mostly everyone in my grade knows but at lunch and i'll be giving myself insulin on my pump and someone will be like what is that and i'll have to explain the whole thing!! in science we talked about how you can prevent diabetes (type 2) and they say that u get it from not taking care of yourself... and then everyone is staring at me and im like mine is different!! it also annoys me when ppl think i cant eat sugar!
a couple of times at my old middle school people have yanked on my pump tube thinking it was an ipod and it hurt but i just had to explain to them what it was and later they appologized
I almost yell at people when they're like "Well, you should have taken better care of yourself." Cause they dont know CRAP! My little sisters give me crap about it too but i'll just start freaking out-i'm immotonal-and say stuff like, "Why dont you put a F-ing needile in your skin and tell me how it fells!
I use to live in CA about a year ago and the nurses where i lived sucked!!! My mom had people called on her to like get me and my sisters taken away!!!!! Because i can have sugar and junk. One was from the school nurse and the other was my 3rd grade teacher. I mean like OMG i have brusis and i can eat sugar. I'm gonna DIE!
-Macy