I always point out that that's also not always true for people with type 2. Some people who live a very healthy lifestyle eventually get T2 D, and some people who live horribly unhealthy lifestyles never get it. It's genetic, and obesity or "eating junk" are only two of many triggers that could cause onset. Age is another really common one.
I figure it's an awesome first step to tell someone the difference between T1 and T2, but I also think it benefits us a lot to help dispell the blame-myths that people with T2 deal with... because we end up dealing with it too, when people assume we're T2.
I'm not trying to be contrary, just speaking up as a reminder. It's so easy for us to just get mad people assume we have T2, a disease which can sometimes be avoided or delayed. I think we can get so defensive about it that it ends up looking like we're hating on the T2s as we defend ourselves.
I am very new to the T1D, but my teeny-tiny (but very heathly) daughter was just diagnosed on Tuesday, but my sister-in law had advised us early that we should be prepared for stupid questions! Like "Well, she doesn't look that big!", etc. She has son who was diagnosed T1D when he was eight (now 14), and has dealt with it VERY well, at a very healthy weight the whole time!!!
I hate it when people stare at my four year old when they see his insulin pump and say" You got him a beeper". I Wanna say Yes to avoid what will be asked next after thay find out he has T1D. When i tell them they say"I hate that for him" which i used to agree but i seriously believe God give people hard obstacles when he truly believes in you. If your life is easy your not doing something right.
my teachers would ask to take my pump when it made noise like for a BG reminder or a low battery and they would threaten to write me up if i didnt give it to them cuz they thought it was a cell phone even though they knew i have diabetes
my teachers would ask to take my pump when it made noise like for a BG reminder or a low battery and they would threaten to write me up if i didnt give it to them cuz they thought it was a cell phone even though they knew i have diabetes
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You should tell your teacher, "Oh sure, you can take it, but you're probably going to want to go ahead and call an ambulance, the school nurse and my parents, becasue when I go into a diabetic coma pretty soon because you have my insulin pump in your drawer giving insulin to nothing instead of to me, they're going to need to take me to the hospital. Oh, and while your at it, here's my attorney's phone number. He's probably going to need some of your information when he sues you along with the school district."
That is annoying and heartbreaking. There is an older gentleman who works at the grocery store by our house. He is Grandpa Jimmy to my little girl, and always gave her peppermints when he saw her. After her T1D diagnosis, we had to tell him we have to watch the candy a little closer, and he thought it was his fault for giving her too much sugar when he saw her (we're in there almost every day, so she's gotten LOTS of mints)!!! We had to spend about 10 minutes reassuring him that he didn't give her T1D!! His concern was very sweet, but it's hard when you're trying to explain T1D to someone who has not been exposed to it!! I sympathize with your comment!!!!
It's so true though! (About the "It's ironice how the people who ask that are the people who would do anything to avoid just doing it once) I was dating this guy for a year and a half and he'd ask me sometimes about if pricking hurt or if putting my site in hurt and he'd always just laugh like it was a joke. I go to a boarding school and I'll change my site in front of other girls if they're in my room when I'm doing it. Some of them asked to watch it, which didn't bother me, but then they'd ALWAYS ask if it hurt and I ALWAYS offer to let them try it and they ALWAYS say no. It's just frustrating because they're okay with watching it but won't take the next step from sympathy to empathy.
I have a tattoo on my wrist that says, "type one diabetic"....I get a lot of people that see it and say, "oh, I have that too, but I take pills and it's silly of you to get a tattoo, because my doctor said that I could cure mine with exercise and dieting." UHHHHHHHHHHH, clearly they have no idea the difference between type one and type two.....AND I dislike it when people critique my tattoos, if you don't like them, don't look at them. ALSO, my tattoo serves a lot of purpose, if I happened to be in a car accident, I have this fear that a necklace or bracelet would break off easily, and I definitely want paramedics to know that I am a diabetic if I was ever in an accident and could not tell them myself. Bottom line, it is clear that many people are uneducated or miseducated about type one diabetes and I hear some of the silliest things when people ask :)
I am in show choir and all of my best guy friends always tease me and call me a robot because I have an insulin pump. I am on the omni pod which is a wireless pump (highly suggest it). I have no shame in my diabetes, I am 16 and was diagnosed with it when I was 15 months old (I dont really know any different.) However, I do get tired of the "beep boop boop beep's" in the morning or the texts that I get. It's kinda like okay it was a silly joke at first.... but I'm not a robot! I went to the JDRF Promise Gala last evening and was truly impressed with the 1.3 million we raised that evening to find a cure! Look out diabetics, the cure is just around the corner!(;
If the link doesn't work for you, search YouTube for "What NOT to say to the parent of a type 1 diabetic". The video was posted by miscellaneoust. There's also a similarly themed video on what non-diabetic friends should not say. Reply with your favorite line :)
When people ask me about what is wrong with me, i say i have the same disease as "Dr. Manhattan" from The Watchmen, this gets some funny responses after they learn about who Dr. Manhattan is, never gets old. Best response yet "dude i told my buddy in med school that you have the disease Dr. Manhattan has and he said that's a completely fictional character"
I also named my Diabetes "Gary". Being a manager at work i constantly have to act strong/in control and sometimes need 10-15 mins to stabilize myself from hypo and hyperglycemia moments. I frequently do this by saying "Hey (insert employee name) come take over on this, i have to go talk to Gary for a second, he keeps calling me." This became really funny when i found out my employees thought Gary was the owner of our shop rofl.
^Not things that upset me, just my way of avoiding that frustration all together and i wanted to post it here :)
That's exactly why I never download my CGM info. When I complained to Dexcom, they told me to download software to run Windows in a Mac, but I haven't bothered. I thought when Dexcom upgraded to seven PLUS, it would include Macs, but that was clearly too much to hope for!
I have the Medtronic Pump/CGM and I run Windows 7 on my computer and I haven't had any problem with downloading. Does seem odd and annoying that you can't download on a Mac, though.
Windows 7 device drivers for USB and other connected devices are completely different from Vista, XP, and other prior Windows operating systems. Complicating matters is the availability of both 32 and 64 bit operating systems. They need to rewrite the drivers for Windows 7 32 bit and a different driver for Windows 7 64 bit. About half the PC's available today on the market are 64 bit.
I can't speak about device drivers for Mac, but I would assume that like Windows 7 you will have similar issues. I know that programming for the Mac is completely different than programming for a Windows based system.
It is not easy writing device drivers, and ensuring that they work with all systems so I have been patiently waiting for MM to come out with Win 7 64 bit drivers for the USB dongle so I can upload my data.
I didn't have a problem hooking my Animas Ping up to my iMac when I had it for 3months. I think I can run the OneTouch UltraSmart program on my iMac as well now, but have never bothered to get the software, after installing it on my mom's PC and having it crash(that was 4years ago and her PC has crashed about 10times since, so there's no point)