this happened about 10 years ago, but it still bugs me that it happened. i was in junior high and i wasn't feeling all that great (blood sugar related), so i started to bring out my test stuff in the middle of class and my teacher turned to me and said, don't do that in my class. seriously i wanted to just smack the woman. i was about to tell her fine if you want me passing out in the hallway where there is no one around for another 20 minutes then that's cool with me.
The most annoying is having to worry about going low when I am dancing or playing sports. Last year, I was the lead dance role in The Pink Panther Strikes Again (I was the pink panther) and I got low during the finale. I had a combination with three other girls, and I was so low, I started doing all the wrong moves, and then I just stood there while everyone else was dancing. Needless to say, I was humiliated. Obviously, not everyone in the audience knew I was diabetic, so it looked like I just didn't know what I was doing.That was one of the worst nights of my life- I had spent the entire fall learning this fantastic dance; I had it spot-on, and I was really excited to show everyone. It was disappointing, but luckily, I had three more nights of the show, and after I adjusted my basal rates, I did just fine for the rest of the performances. But it just goes to show how dangerous a low blood sugar can be!
What used to bug me most was having to go to the nurse to check my blood sugar in elementary school, but now that I'm older I just do it myself, and the only time I have to go to the nurse is if I get low in class and I'm out of glucose tabs.
What annoys me the most is lantus! it is the worst, i hate it! check out my announcments and you will see why.
it drives me crazy when i'm going to have some kind of candy or something sweet and some one will be like " are you sure you can eat that?" or "should you call you mom first to find out the correct amount to bolus? i just want to yell in there faces and be like "NO the carbs are actually on the package in the nutrition section. you should try reading it sometime." and its always the same people who tell me that. its like i can eat what i want in moderation.
the stares i get when i take a shot or test
they Stare soooo long and it makes me feel unhuman at times
:( its harder in highschool
oh and once i got sent to the hall for having to high of a blood sugar and was NOT ALLOWED back in the class......and this teacher passed and was like "are you just not allowed to take a test?" and im like "im really high.....i have diabetes" he was like "well good luck with that" and i was like "what is that supposed to mean" and he just walked away.......it made me cry
sry, i know your post was over a month ago, but i felt like i was reading my own story here so i had to respond. I go thru the same things...well, we're mostly diabetics here so of course we go thru the same things but I have to agree with you on the uncertainty! I was on the continuous glucose montior a few weeks ago and finally my dr could see that my body and diabetes is just crazy and its not me eating whatever, whenever. I eat salad and my sugar is 300, i have juice before bed and i wake up at 37?!
Wow, i cant imagine using the needle with your pump..yipes! Tho, that may be the problem i'm having, maybe i'm allergic to the cannula..my site gets sooo irritated...anyhoo, thought i could relate so i'd post too! Good Luck!
Woody...any update on your problems with your sons school. I am very curious to know, especially the "battle" between the school doctor and your endo. I mean who does the doctor think they are? I at least think that my son's primary care is smart enough to know that he is not smart enough to know as much about diabetes care as an endo. Maybe I am wrong though. Anyways, hope things have worked out for your guys!
My son is the one with type1 but what annoys me the most is people who have only been around type2 diabetics telling me if I wouldn't give him sweets and breads he would be just fine.That somehow its all are fault that Nick has diabetes!I have even had nurses say this to me.
Back when I was in school, what bothered me most was the level of ignorance I faced. In 4th grade, I had a gym teacher who refused to let me run the mile run because of my diabetes. I remember being upset, because running was one of the things I was really great at back then, but I also remembered wanting to go to her when she said that and say, "What are you, some kind of moron?" At that point, I had my purple belt in Tae Kwon Do and was working out for about 90 minutes a day, 3 times a week beyond the exercise of just being a kid. Running a mile was hardly going to cause me a problem!
I have been told at times that I have a superiority complex, but this teacher was proof that in some cases, it isn't a complex. My mom found out and nearly hit the roof! She was on the phone in a flash with the principal and the next day, I got to run, and I placed 4th in my class!
Parents, make sure you are keeping up with your kids in terms of things like this; other kids I have talked to have felt ashamed to tell their parents about occurrences like these! Diabetics can do anything that any other kid can do in gym class as long as they are given the chance.
The most annoying thing for me is in the summer when people stare at my pump hanging off the side of my bathing suit i really hate the summer for that reason.
Testing my blood sugars. I hate doing it cause I'm what they consider a "brittle" diabetic. If i test anywhere under 6 times my blood sugars go everywhere no matte what. It gets very tiring testing 6-10 times a day, after a few weeks i can barely get any blood out of my fingers, and my meter takes one of the smallest amounts any meter takes. Its rediculous.
I've tried the arm poking and such but those blood sugars are so far off from my finger sticks i dont trust them, plus i dont bleed well from my arm unless its by my wrist then i bruise....so i'm stuck.
What annoys me the most of all is that people I don't know can decide over MY LIFE just because I have diabetes! I am diagnosed with type 1 and I've had it since I was 7 yo and I'm not allowed to join the army and can't become a fireman. And I hate that I would be able both to become a fireman and to join the army if I just had type 2 instead of type 1.
I'm the only one who know what I can and can't manage either if I have diabetes or not.
I know a kid did that to me once in sixth grade he was all like ewwww SHE HAS DIABETES THATS DISGUSTING!! and I was all like hi im right here loser and pushed him into a garbage can. It made for a funny story and the thing I hate most is when people who dont know much about diabetes are like you can't have that! urghhh its so hard having diabetes sometimes
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What annoys me the most of all is that people I don't know can decide over MY LIFE just because I have diabetes! I am diagnosed with type 1 and I've had it since I was 7 yo and I'm not allowed to join the army and can't become a fireman. And I hate that I would be able both to become a fireman and to join the army if I just had type 2 instead of type 1.
I'm the only one who know what I can and can't manage either if I have diabetes or not.
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Actually even with Type 2 Diabetes you can't join the military. They won't take someone with diabetes because if they become reliant on a drug, such as oral meds, or insulin, they cannot garuntee that if your overseas they can get you the meds you would need to survive. The only branch that will flat out tell you this are the Marines, all the others just say they will check on it and get back to you. I know this about the military because my brother is a Marine, and I have talked with recruiters and Sgt.'s from all the different branches. Firemen I'm not sure on...that youw ould have to check into, because as long as you can pass their tests, and if they dont have Diabetes listed as a specific reason in their contracts for non-hire you can sue if they wont let you try. But like I said, I'm not sure on Firemen...just the military.
What annoys me the most is not being like everyone else. Taking insulen, testing blood sugars, eating when I'm low. I hate the feeling that my diabetes is limiting me.
Also, when I am low I like to eat skittels. It pisses me off when everyone asks me for them and if I don't share people always make rude comments.
I actually had a guy once ask me about my pump and said "Is that a pager with an antenna"? I looked him dead in the eyes and a straight face and said "Yes. I need reception in order to receive my pages from Neptune". It actually took him a few minutes to realize I was kidding.....
What annoys me the most, is when i do my pump set change, test or when i used to take shots, people would ask "doesnt that hurt." It irratates me. Another thing that annoys me is when people ask "are you sure you can eat that?"
I have never liked when people think that I got this because I ate too much sugar as a kid. That and when they hear that I am 34 and have type 1. I am 5'10" 155lbs and people say, well how could you get it if you aren't that big. Sheesh, I've had it since I was 14 people!
In high school they wanted me to do my shots in front of the attendance lady who used to be a nurse. Fat chance! I used to just go into the bathroom and do it and test in my locker. No one ever knew.
One day for lunch I was drinking a SUGAR-FREE Red-bull.
Later that day I found out that one of the cafeteria aids
had told all of the lunch-ladies that she knew why my sugar has been
500 for a few weeks. She said that i had been sneaking Red-Bull
and a bunch of other stuff- Which that is nowhere close to the
truth.