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

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Permalink Reply by Manny Hernandez on January 31, 2009 at 2:21pm

It is indeed a brilliant idea.

Perhaps this is something we can do for the second anniversary of TuDiabetes!

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Permalink Reply by Joe H. on February 19, 2009 at 12:47pm

I proudly wear my pump on my belt, which often provides an opportunity for sharing a little information about diabetes when I am inevitably asked "Is that a beeper?". I test myself wherever I am whenever I need to; while I don't make a point of waving my bloody finger around, I do not go to great lengths to conceal what I am doing. I was the same way when I used shots/pen, I was discreet but did what I needed to do. Sometimes people stared, but I was doing what I need to do to live! More than anything, I don't mind getting looked at when I test/inject/pump because of the chances it occasionally provides to share some information to people who are interested.

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Permalink Reply by Linda Gauvin-Miller on February 19, 2009 at 1:03pm

True here too, though I don't pump....I welcome a well intentioned question....it's an oppportunity to bring awareness.

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Permalink Reply by Robert Miles on January 29, 2009 at 7:25pm

Using the bathroom sounds like a good idea if you want to find a more germ-laden place to do it

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Permalink Reply by Don Kelly on January 30, 2009 at 3:55pm

I refuse to give myself a shot in the bathroom. Think about it when you go in for a flu shot, do you go run in the bathroom. The #1 most unsanitary room in a home !

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Permalink Reply by Linda Gauvin-Miller on January 30, 2009 at 6:05pm

Oh Grrrrrr....Reading all this makes me SO DAMN ANGRY!

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on February 12, 2009 at 4:42am

I can't think of a more unsanitary place.

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Permalink Reply by sosowhat on January 29, 2009 at 12:52pm

In Canada, someone had that happen in a restaurant and they were awarded $2500 for loss of dignity in the Human Rights Tribunal..... they are not allowed to object.

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Permalink Reply by Kathy on January 31, 2009 at 1:14pm

The next time ask this guy, " What would you rather have, a dead body because you denied me a life-saving medication, or me giving myself insulin so I can live? "

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Permalink Reply by Sloane on February 5, 2009 at 4:15pm

That's what I would do, too. I do my shots in public and just think if they don't want to look, they don't need to look. This is something I need to do.

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Permalink Reply by Kathy on January 11, 2009 at 3:33pm

I remember it like it was yesterday. 20 years ago, at the reception following my father's funeral, we were in the church social hall having sandwiches and cake. A tray of cake slices was being passed around my table and just as it got to me, a woman from way across the room stood up and yelled "don't let her have any - she's diabetic!". I can still feel the flush rising up in my face as the room became very quiet and everyone stared at me.

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Permalink Reply by Kaci Scharbor on January 11, 2009 at 8:50pm

My mom does this to my son when we are at a restaurant and he orders a Diet drink,, she will ALWAYS inform the waiter loudly (cuz she is loud) to make sure that its DIET because HE HAS DIABETES!!!..now my son just orders water when we are with her.

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