another thing that annoys me is that i can't just get any kind of job because i need insurance. i want to be a teacher, but that doesn't help in the insurance category. grr. stupid people i want to better this community and you deny many of us that right? what is that?
What annoys me is my school nurse. I think she is a total nut job and has no clue what she is talking about. Luckily this year my doctor wrote a letter to my school telling them i am perfectly capable of testing and taking my own insulin. She will say things like "whoa isn't five units alot for a lunch." And I think to myself do you not know that I carb count. I don't just think of a random unit.
I am also annoyed by always hearing about diabetes on T.V. For one thing I don't want to think about diabetes while I am relaxing and wacthing my favorite show. Secondly, diabetes is always portrayed in the same way. There is always an older person sitting in a chair talking about how cheap it is to order supplies from a certain company. They don't have commercials with people like Nick Jonas who are actually living their lives.
Yea the commercials with older people are because Type II diabetes is th most common form and counts aas about 95% of diabetics in the US. We are a select few, but there are some commercials out there that are famous people living their lives with diabetes and showing that you can.
When I see those commercials I roll my eyes and normally change the channel.
But they are tailored to an older crowd and most tend to by type 2's. We however, are categorized in that class. I think only once or twice over the summer I saw commercials for Meter's from the One Touch Line I think with younger people, which I found to be nice and refreshing.
The thing is money is in mail-order scrips so they advertise for the crowd who wants their life to be easier. Not to mention there is money in getting another medicare person in your books.
your pic matches perfectly to the frustrations illustrated in your comment. People can be so ignorant at times.
ooops that comment was for brian rodriguez btw... ( hope I spelt that right)..
Another thing that annoys me is always having to eat. Sometimes, like at breakfast time, I am just not that hungry but I still have to eat.
Hmmmm.....several things come to mind right off the bat when it comes to things that annoy me. I'd say pump occlusions, eating well and exercising but still having high blood sugars, it taking hours sometimes for my blood sugar to go up even into the 70s after a low blood sugar, and having to put extra emphasis on 'DIET' when I order a diet soda at a restaurant and then having to deal with the anxiety of whether or not the waiter/waitress actually brought me a diet soda.
When people say, "you must be used to it by now" How can you be used to something that you dont like!
Sunshine... I was once at a restaurant, ordered diet coke.... tasted the drink.... tasted odd... like you always paranoid as to whether or not im getting diet... sometimes if a restaurant carries pepsi I find it more difficult to tell the difference between diet and regular.... ANYWAYS... I asked the waitress if it was diet.... and she was like oh yah... and I was still unsure... so asked her if it was pepsi as opposed to Coke and she was like "no its coke" so then I asked her ... if she would mind making sure it was diet and get me another one (keep in mind I am a server myslef.,... so I WAS not rude..) but she was like oh well here give your drink to me .... she then preceded to smell it to tell me whether it was diet or regular... WHAT?!!? I dont think so... I dont really want her smelling my drink... I made her get me a new one... the first one was definately NOT diet. lol .. People just dont get it.
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what bugs me the most is the uncertainty. see, i baffle even my doctor. i do all the right things, have strict control and my last a1c was 6.7. great right? ya, alot of work went into that. and even though i do everything right (i even call my doctor atleast 1 a week) my body does things on its own. i eat and take insulin, im high. i eat and dont take insulin, im low. for 5 straight days i was high. i raised my lantus 4 units in total. then, one day (without changing anything!) i was 47....then low 4 more times before bed. and now ive been low 3 times each day for three days now. let me just tell you, ive tried a pump. was on it for a year, but im allergic to the canulas they use, so i just hadto use a straight needle. and that hurts ALOT whenever you bump it. anytime i adjusted my shirt, or stoodup/ sat down, i winced in pain. sooooo....thats really annoying :) and ive talked to three doctors. none of them know whats going on. we've been through hormones, illness, bad insulin, everything. but no theorys have held up.
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i understand that completely. over the years i have learned to just let my body do it's thing. because even a normal person has their ups and downs.
I cannot stand when people say I have SUGAR.
Um, do I look like a 7-11? Do YOU have bananas?
For real, still to this day "oh, so you have sugar?"
The OTHER one is funny--I'm sure you can relate. You meet someone new. They find out you're diabetic. First response?
"Oh, my (aunt/cousin/roommate/co-worker, etc) is diabetic."
Yeah, well, so are like 20 million people. You most likely know ONE person who is. Seriously. Drives me nuts. I met John Cusack, the actor...he saw my pump, asked what it was. I told him "it's an insulin pump, I'm diabetic." His respose?
You guessed it...
"my aunt is diabetic"
oh! how could I forget the classic:
"you can't have that"
I really hate it when I ask for a snack or whatever when I'm at my friends' house, and they're like "Can you eat?" It's kind of frustrating, and it feels like they don't trust me to take care of myself.
My top 5:
1. When people are like, "You must be fat." I'm 5'3 and 105 lbs. Fat? I think not.
2. When people stare at my pump site.
3. When I fall over or something and everybody freaks out. I know they care and they are just trying to help, but I'm not made of glass!
4. When I can't do stuff other kids can.
5. When adults talk about me.
i hate when people with type 2 diabetes feel as though they can relate. um no, your 500pound uncle and i are not the same. oh and when people thing it's about counting sugars instead of carbs. also when people who aren't diabetic think they have a better understanding or think they can tell you what to do. i think that if ive had diabetes for several years i would know.
oh yah ! and the diet soda thing, i always emphasize when i order i usuallyam just like "can i have a diet" so they don't get mixed up. and i don't like the taste of regular anyway so i could tell the difference.
i hate when people ask me if i'm currently high..... NOT ON DRUGS!! lol. (Blood Sugar)
I hate that, too! When I am eating to treat a low, or when I have already bolused for my meal, and someone is like "just share with me!" It's infuriating, because I feel selfish not sharing, but I already gave myself the right insulin for the carbs!
hi im new! i agree with you 1000% thats the biggest thing that annoys me the most about being a type 1 diabetic is when people who do not have a freackin clue about our disease but act twords us and treat us like we dont have a clue on how to handle it!!