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

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Permalink Reply by John Brush on November 6, 2009 at 5:45pm

Only been dx'd since July, and don't have much of a social circle. The worst thing I got came from my sister, who said I got it because I was obese...... 6 foot, 238 lbs, and not a blimp at all. Actually, just pretty well built, but my sister is among the ignorant. She said "I am sure gramma had it too, as she was enormous." I didn't have the heart to tell her she is no Sandra Bullock herself.

The ignorance that she spewed about the whole thing was obviously gleaned from a quick google search. Here I was, two months into having been dx'd, and she tried to tell me what causes it, what are good numbers, how to treat it. All wrong information, btw. To make it worse, she lives in Florida, where my mom was in her nursing home, (mom died last month) so she was like her caregiver. It turns out that my mom's doctor thought she might have diabetes, and gave her a meter. According to my sister, she often came in with 200-230 readings. When I told her that didn't make me happy since I never knew about it, and it is hereditary, she said it wasn't diabetes, it was because mom would usually eat five or six milky ways every day, and so her doctor wasn't worried about it. Most likely, her doctor figured that at 80+, no reason to try and do much with diabetes, as she had enough things failing on her, some of which might have been caused by diabetes. Mysister insisted that everyone's BG goes up like that when they overeat.........

So here I am, always telling the insurance forms that no one in my family has it, and it turns out likely that my mom did. Her doctor was probably right to just let it alone, but she should have disseminated that tidbit of information to the family members. It may have made me think twice before it was too late. Who knows?

Water under the old bridge tho.

I don't tell people anymore. Better I don't know how stupid they are. That way, we can almost still be friends.

John

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Permalink Reply by MelissaBL on November 6, 2009 at 8:29pm

I fight the "everyone's blood sugar goes up in the 200s" battle every time I talk to my "non-diabetic" mother-in-law who hits the 270s after meals. To prove her wrong, my husband ate a snickers and soared to a whopping 110, I think it was. She also believes that when she's high, she should eat M&Ms to "kick-start" her system and drop her BG. Swears it works every time. Ugh. So your sister isn't the only one. =/

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Permalink Reply by Brunetta on November 8, 2009 at 4:22am

How sad and scary about your mother-in-law, Melissa!! Has she started to get sick yet? Will you and your hubby have to take care of her when she eventually deteriorates? I am not trying to be negative, but don't you have a baby on the way and your own family to take care of?

I have met a few, well maybe NOT a few people like her with diabetes, usually type 2's or undiagnosed LADA's..I feel so bad for them and their future...

God Bless,
Brunetta

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Permalink Reply by John Watson on November 11, 2009 at 10:44pm

Where do I begin?
I was diagnosed 25 years ago with type 1, there's enough to write a short story. The most recent one was from a cocky psychiatry student who said, "Wow, you've had diabetes for 25 years, you probably know almost as much about it as I do". He was unsure of the difference between Type 1 and 2. Yea, guy. All my years of hard experience and reading and you figured it all out in a discussion in class one day. Ignorant f*&%.
One comment that hurt the most was from my father, as many are. My half brother asked him how I became diabetic, he replied, "He ate too much sugar as a kid". Jack@$$. He's slapped me once and yelled at me a few times in my life while having low BGs because I was "out of it".
Herbalists telling me Bitter Melon can cure it, my kung-fu teacher commenting to the entire class about me checking my BGs in the dressing room during class, "John always have problem". On and on and on.
I can only imagine what the cops were saying when they beat me up during a low BG because I couldn't respond to their questions properly...I'M TIRED OF EXPLAINING TYPE 1!!

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Permalink Reply by Linda Gauvin-Miller on November 12, 2009 at 4:29am

I'm so glad there's a place we can call "home", John.....here; we understand, we care, and we support!

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