I think for me it is also the sugar thing. I also find it annoying when people ask me if I am still diabetic or if it has gone away yet. That just down right makes me laugh to be quite honest.
Someone told me the other day that diabetes is nothing. Why worry about it? He knows because his brother has it. Or rather had it it seems. He died from multiple organ failure in his 40's last year.
Yeah other than it killed your brother at a young age it's nothing to worry about. Don't lecture me that I am too careful with my kid and that I ought to be thankful she doesn't have cancer.
me ppl are just rude to me which i dont get it.
That is almost exactly what I here. That is so funny. Makes you think there is a non diabetic class where they teach them this stuff. Lol
My first meal, after being diagnosed, at a restaurant went something like this:
*After we asked for the nutritional information (carbs, protien, etc.)*
Waitress: Why do you need it? Do you have allergies?
Me: No, I'm diabetic and I need to know how many grams of carbs and protien I'm eating.
Waitress: Oh, I know how you feel. I have a lot of food allergies.
Me *under my breath*: No, you really don't know how I feel, or anything about diabetes in general because those two things aren't even related.
That was a fun day :)
the same thing happen to be well here what it was like
my mom After we asked for the nutritional information
Waitress why do u need it ?
my mom my son is a diabetic & i need to know how many grams of carbs & protien he is eating
waitress oh i know how u feel my son have a lot of food allergies
me under my brath no u dont have any ided how i feel or anything about diabetes.
last time we went to that restaurant
there are a few things people have said to me:
I was testing my blood sugar the other day while hanging with friends. One of them was like, "ohhh, you still have to do that?" And I said "well yeah, it never goes away". Then they said " I though diabetes was temporary!" seriously??
I was at a party and my friends were getting crazy on sugar and soda and candy. They asked me if I wanted some and i said I couldn't because of my diabetes. Then they ignored me the rest of the night saying I was "too boring" for them. That hurt a lot.
Also when people are just like, "ohhhh that sucks! you can't ever do anything fun like drink or party!"
I don't really get annoyed, I understand people are a bit clueless. My diabetic educator says I am clueless too. LOL
Here are some things people say that crack me up.
1) In my country, people take (example, Mawby root tea, apple cider vinegar, goat pee, or whatever) and it cures diabetes.
2) A new healer pulled out a laptop and and a magic wand on me and did a few passovers with it and claimed she may have healed me. That I should be careful with insulin from now on as it may overdose me. (It didn't)
3) A chiropractor told me he was working on adjustments that may cure my "condition" and to be careful with my insulin from now on. (that too didn't work)
4) Back in school when my sugar was low and I was hording my tasty morsels, a guy tried to bully me by taking my food. That was a big mistake, my knuckles are still bruised 27 years later and he still talks with a lisp. LOL
5) A lot of you guys laugh at people's confusion as to why you're skinny. I am fat and people say, "well, that's why you have diabetes."
Thanks for all the stories.
5) A lot of you guys laugh at people's confusion as to why you're skinny. I am fat and people say, "well, that's why you have diabetes."
If you have diabetes because you are fat then what's their explanation for being their so ignorant?
I know this is an old post, but when I was diagnosed in 1990, a woman my mother works with had told her to "say good-bye" to your daughter, because I'm not the same person.. the old Meghann is gone, diabetes took her...
When she told me that, once I was old enough to understand, I was PISSED. I actually saw the woman in the grocery store the other week and she asked me how my diabetes was, and I decided to mess with her, so I looked her in the eye and said, "It's gone. It disappeared. I'm the old Meghann I was before diabetes claimed me." She was speechless. And I walked away laughing.
The NERVE that some people have to say things and make comments on something they know NOTHING about, disgusts me. Especially to a PARENT of a newly diagnosed child!!!!! Ugh!!!! People are sooo ignorant.
I've had my fair shares of rude and dumb comments since then. People are like, "What are you injecting? What is that? Gross!" And when I say it's for my JUVENILE diabetes, they go, "Ohhh my grandpa had that. He died from it." Like, excuse me??? Are you kidding??? And "You don't look overweight, why do you have diabetes?"
I. Hate. Ignorant. People.
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My mother in law told my husband not to marry me because my diabetes would be a burden to him...that wasn't annoying but just hurtful!
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to quote Stephanie Tanner : "How Rude!"
[/quote]Wow. She sounds *wonderful* ;) As if after you are married, neither one of you can ever get diagnosed with a terrible illness so there is never a burden on your marriage?
So true! I just finished my first trimester of pregnancy, so I hope she has changed her attitude about that! It's funny to hear her complain about all her tiny aches and pains while I never talk about my diabetes which of course is a lot worse than anything she has!
I completely agree Alex! I hate it when people who aren't educated about it just think we can never eat sugar and hound you about it! so annoying!!!
The other day i was eating spaghetti and my grandma (who i love dearly) asked me if i was allowed to eat meatballs....
So, I've noticed that this post has some of the most traffic on juvenation. I most often get the usual "Can you eat that?" from grandparents, relatives of my boyfriend, coworkers, etc. But the other day at work almost made me want to rush home to reply to this post. My boss, who is about 25 years old, (who knows I have diabetes, as I've worked there for about 3 years, on and off) said "At least you have the good kind of diabetes!" She was referring her statement "Your treatment is eating a bunch of candy!" and her knowledge of the differences between type 1 and 2. I kind of wanted to slap her, for a minute! She knows how much of a pain in the ass (how many times I've had to leave work or stay home due to crazy highs) diabetes can be, so I responded with "Well, I will have had diabetes a lot longer than most type 2 diabetics." Needless to say, that's not even half of what I wanted to say to her.
We were doing inventory that day, and since we are a smaller gift shop, all of the employees were in the back room when she said that. One of my coworkers asked earlier, "What should we do if you pass out?" So I eagerly showed them my glucagon (I have no problem discussing or helping people understand more about diabetes). One of the coworkers whom I don't really know very well said, "Oh my aunt has diabetes," and I was like, "Oh, does she have type 1 or type 2?" She responded with a "Oh I don't know, she has to prick her fingers so probably the kind you have." I doubted her, and when I was showing them my pump site later, she was like, "My aunt must have the other kind, she doesn't have one of those, she takes medicine for it."
I understand many people don't have exposure to type 1 and type 2 diabetes, but I WISH there was a worldwide bulletin explaining that YES, there are, in fact, TWO types, and they are very different.
Last night I was shopping, and the cashier asked if I wanted to donate a dollar to diabetes research, so I said, "Yes...do you know if the research is for type 1 or type 2 diabetes?" and she was like, "Oh, it's just for all the research, I think." The cashier was probably in her forties. Turns out, the foundation was actually the Joslin Diabetes Center, which researches both type 1 and type 2. BUT, on the little paper stars that you are asked to sign if you donate money, is printed "Joslin Diabetes Center." I know that type 2 is sometimes genetic and mostly lifestyle oriented, but that is exactly why I wish there was more of a distinction between the two types. When an average person hears the word, "diabetes," I've come to understand that probably 75% of people immediately assume type 2, perhaps because it's more prevalent, but that shouldn't matter. Type 1 diabetes is considered the "worse" type of diabetes by many people who aren't entirely educated about the differences. If it's the "worse" type, why shouldn't there be as much as, if not more awareness and education about it?
Let's make this happen!
Hayley
I get this a lot too. And no I don't think there is a good diabetes. Sometimes people are so ignorant.
When I was first diagnosed I felt better saying I am going to shoot up. It was the only way I could deal with the fact that I was about to stick a needle into my body.
I actually have a pre-recorded explanation of the difference between 1 and 2 because I just got fed up with people commenting on my weight/eating habits all the time. No I am not fat, yes it's genetic a no there is not a cure. Also, not contagious. If I were chronically contagious do you think I would be allowed in public? Think people, think.
So true!
- I get told I am too thin to have diabetes
- Are you sure you should eat that?
- Do you have to do that now?
- My (insert name here) has diabetes and they don't have to (blank) like you. Are you sure you are doing it right?
- Does it hurt?
- How many times a day do you have to do that?
- And my all time favorite. What did you do to get that?