Whats the most annoying comment you've ever gotten about diabetes?

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Permalink Reply by Linda Gauvin-Miller on March 1, 2009 at 6:59pm

Hey Brandi....Some people appear intelligent until they open their mouths.

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Permalink Reply by Domo! on March 10, 2009 at 10:52am

should have said it creeps me out to! LOL

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on March 1, 2009 at 7:06pm

Since I am a somewhat atypical T2, being slightly underweight and dx in my early 30s, what I get all the time is
-Oh you couldn't have diabetes, you're too skinny/young....
-Are you SURE you have diabetes, have you gotten a second opinion? No, I think having BS in the 300's and fasting BS in the 200's are opinion enough, thank you. (My numbers have gotten better, slowly)

Mostly I have learned to grin and bear it, because I have noticed people tune out when you explain D to them, unless they have another family member or friend with it.

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Permalink Reply by Jessica Rasmus on March 1, 2009 at 8:19pm

Honestly i have had some pretty bad experiences due to my diabetes. For reference im T1..
1. when i was first diagnosed i was 11 and in middle school at a catholic school. i slowly started noticing less and less of my friends would hang out with me and i ended up switching to mainly guys as friends... there was one girl who still hung out with me but she was quickly ostrisized aswell, but her mom was on of the pta and everything so she hung out with all the other girls mothers (roomparents, pta, activity organizing etc) and several years later i asked her why ... her answer was that all the other girls mothers thought i was a "bad influence" on thier daughters because i was a drug addict and a slut (because after the girls could not hang out with me, i mainly hung out with boys in my class)

2. in high school i got very sick during my junior year. i had everything going on between scarlette fever and having my tonsils removed. so i often went to school off and on. spend half the day go home kind of thing. well even with notes the school worried about my "truancy" and my parents had to come into a meeting. When we got there and after we were told how worried the school was (although my academic performance was not really effected) they brought in a drug counselor!!! They then went on to explain to my mom how it was common for teenagers to lie and make things up and she was only being gullible by excusing me... (my mother spent 5 years as an ICU nurse and is now an attending specializing in critical care and surgery) she listened to them and smiled and then ripped into the social worker, truancy officer and drug abuse counselor so badly even i jumped out of my seat

3. my grandmother to this DAY freaks out every time we eat with her... "can you eat that?" "but it has sugar in it?" aren't you going to take insulin?" ... her husband was diagnosed with t2 2 years ago then lost a bunch of weight and has become very controlled afterwards... now questions "why can't you do that?" "but whats the difference?" ... and the best is when im moody from fluctuating sugars ... I dont even try to explain that to her (and really it has been almost 10 years of this!!!! Every time!!! several times a year!!!!)

4. don't get me started on my boyfriend.... his fathers gf is a POORLY controlled t1 who almost dies 4 or so times while pregnant with his younger sister (who is now only 5 so my bf remember it all very well) and because of his absolute fear (which i do appreciate) will honestly have fights with me over what i can and can not eat.... BUT still cant remember if when my bs goes low to give me juice or another shot??!!!!! really??? REALLY????

5. my mother (explained occupation above) associates every cold, nausea, general feeling ill, etc. with "well u must not be controlling your sugars very well........ EVEN she can't grasp that just because i am a diabetic i still get affected by everyday human illness as well

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Permalink Reply by Melissa on March 1, 2009 at 8:43pm

while newly dx 2 in 03. we were at the mall, and it was time for me to check, and I was in the bathroom at Marshall Fields doing my test, and someone walked in and saw me...oh checking your blood sugar huh? I said yep....are you diabetic? I wanted to say, no, I am a vampire and there was no fresh blood in here and I wanted a snack!
As for them thinking about drugs...I was at a slumber party in HS and someone thought I was passing around a little bottle of booze...I am also asthmatic...I was shaking my inhaler before I took a hit...


Oh and I LOVEEEEEEEEEE the can you have that...diabetics can''t have ANY sugar!!!

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Permalink Reply by Brent on March 2, 2009 at 1:09am

Well I had a stupid comment from a lady I know. She said You cant diabetes young. I was like um derrr yer u can i should know i have the frig** deases.

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Permalink Reply by Rick Phillips on March 2, 2009 at 2:06am

Melissa:

It reminds me of a kid I dealt with in a middle school, I was seeing him because he brought "drugs" to school. What happened was that the kid got his mothers insulin bottle and brought it to school and was telling other kids it was Morphine. He told kids that one good hit off of it and it caused you to shake until you collapsed.

Well , yeah he was right. What a dumb kid, he knew better and of course he did not have any syringes. Oh what a kid will do for some attention.

Rick

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Permalink Reply by Sarah M on March 2, 2009 at 9:14am

My dad was diagnosed type 2 this past summer, and since my husband and son are type 1, he calls me with all his questions about carbs and his BG readings instead of his doctor ir dietitian. I find it a bit humorous and I'm happy to answer them, even though I don't have all the answers. And it's allowed him to learn more about what his grandson has to live with.

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Permalink Reply by clarence haynes on March 3, 2009 at 12:06pm

Dear Dolores, Greetings from CANADA where INSULIN was discovered by BANTING & BEST, JULY 30 1921, and as a insulin-dependent since 1977, a ROLE MODEL to over 40.000, and counting, plus being a computer rookie, who is usin the computer to talk with diabetics, globally. check ut this membership every morning, and when I find out diabetics from other countries, I contact them and ask 2 questions, "WHAT DO YOU NEED TO IMPROVE YOUR DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM in your area? and "WHAT DO YOU KNOW? this is my way of trying to improve diabetes conditions. Also on JULY 30, INSULIN APPRECIATION DAY, I will be asking insulin-users, worldwide, to join me,in silence, and give THANKS, for INSULIN giving hundreds of millions of us, a healthy lifestyle. The AMIGOS will be selling BLUE ROSES to raise funds for www.restorethebantinghomestead.com.Why BLUE ROSES? because one of its meaning is "ATTAINING THE IMPOSSIBLE"our motto, When people ask me how old are you, and I tell them, 91, they ask me to show them my drivers license, and I ask them what does a diabetic supposed to look like? The advice I give them is from DR.J.P.JOSLIN, 100 years ago, who said "THE PERSON WHO KNOWS MOST ABOUT THEI DIABETES, WILL LIVE THE LONGEST' and it stands true today . Why dont you try my AMIGOKIT way of networking and see how it will work out? I call 5 DIABETIC, EVERYDAY? It will solve two problems, let someone know you CARE, and could SAVE A LIFE. Keep in touch and let me know how it work out. clarence.haynes@sympatico.ca






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Permalink Reply by Brunetta on March 8, 2009 at 3:48pm

Mr. Clarence.. You are living well and have a lovely spirit. I am type 1 diabetic for 41 years and am so glad to meet you!!

God Bless
Brunetta

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Permalink Reply by Cara Bauer on March 3, 2009 at 12:24pm

When I was diagnosed I was told "you don't look sick". As if a giant D should have appeared on my forehead.

Other people ask if they can catch it. Then when I went on the pump, people kept telling me how sorry they were because I was such a bad diabetic I had to go on the pump.

People are truly ignorant.

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Permalink Reply by Linda Gauvin-Miller on March 4, 2009 at 1:15pm

Hey Cara.....Remember the movie "The Scarlet Letter "set in Americana circa 1700s with Demi Moore....in which she was forced to wear an emblazonned "A" for adulteress. Perhaps you were meant to have a giant red "D" stitched somewhere.

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