Whats the most annoying comment you've ever gotten about diabetes?
When i told a family friend who (by the way) is an assistant nurse about my condition she said "really? but you will get better right? it will go away when you start taking care of yourself?"
and i said "no, i will always be a diabetic and i will actually get worse since my body will eventually stop producing insulin all together"
and she still kept insisting that I would get better in time and that my condition would go away...
i couldnt believe she knew so little
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Permalink Reply by Natalie ._c- on -
I would probably have thought the same thing, because when I was 3 years old, I used to watch my grandma shoot herself up in the leg, and I thought insulin was only something old people did. But what do you expect from a 3-year-old mind? LOL!
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Permalink Reply by Brea on -
AGREEEEED! people think i control it by diet and exercise. they dont realize there are different types of diabetes and i give myself shots 4-5 times a day not including testing. they dont understand diabetes and the crap we go through!
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Permalink Reply by Kelly on -
I get that all the time Odessa!!! I get "oh, but you look so healthy". Haha!
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Permalink Reply by Eric on -
What does a diabetic look like? Well. from what I understand we look like Pee Wee Herman and smell vaguely of cheese danish...
Eric
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Permalink Reply by Sarapova24 on -
AHAHAHAHAHA!
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Permalink Reply by BriannaM on -
I was diagnosed at 4 and always got the response of "Oh really, you look too young." Then when I was in high school I worked fast food and you should have seen people then. Oh well then you should lose weight and exercise more. I was 5'6" and weighed 130 lbs.
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Permalink Reply by marizona007 on -
HAHAHAAaaa...YES!
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Permalink Reply by DeanSemperfi on -
ROFLMAO!!!! Bravo!!!!
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Permalink Reply by Marion Wells Rodgers on -
That is a good one Joe. I'll have to remember that one.
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