You resent having diabetes the most, when.....?

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Permalink Reply by Gerri on November 12, 2008 at 8:41pm

When I'm at parties, or going out to dinner. I want to be like everyone else & do everything I used to do before being diagnosed.

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Permalink Reply by Janet Huyser on November 13, 2008 at 6:44pm

yep -- and when my beeper goes off in the middle of a meeting reminding it's time to test and adjust -- gotta take my little bag and go someplace private (most bathrooms are way to icky for this purpose).!

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Rawlings on November 27, 2008 at 12:28pm

I'm one of those people who tests right during the meeting. No way am I going to get up to leave and miss something! Of course, part of my job of being an editor for a diabetes magazine and my personal conviction is that spreading diabetes awareness is important. Some of the best awareness comes when people see how much time it takes me to deal with diabetes and yet it doesn't stop me from living my life (see Holly's post, below). But I also respect people who want to deal with diabetes in private. What works for YOU is what's best.

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Permalink Reply by Holly on November 12, 2008 at 9:06pm

When other people find out I have diabetes and suddenly they look at me differently and "feel sorry for me". I just want to scream at them "I'm a normal person!!!!!"

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Permalink Reply by Diabetic_Iz_Me on November 12, 2008 at 9:31pm

Strawberry Sundae is in my face and I have to pass...glad that doesn't happen all the time

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Permalink Reply by saundra barragan on November 12, 2008 at 10:16pm

When I have worked extremely hard to create something really beautiful, that looks and smells like Heaven, but I can't have a piece and will not get to know what it tastes like.

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Permalink Reply by Jenny on November 12, 2008 at 10:31pm

I resent it the most when I have a favourite doctor who won't see people with my insurance anymore. I resent it when I try to get medical stuff for it like the CGMS and it's now being denied to me because of insurance. It's not MY Fault I have this crud!

I resent it that I have to constantly think about all this. I can't just party down with the rest of my work pals eating and joking about but *I* have to take a taste and then leave, lest I eat too much. I resent it when my toes are going a bit cattywampus after 8 hours on the retail floor, and when my legs cramp up with the wrong shoes.

I certainly deal with it, I'm not stupid, but I resent the h*** out of having to have this.

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Permalink Reply by Janet Huyser on November 13, 2008 at 6:46pm

I'm with you on this one too -- just got stablized on two major long-term things with docs I finally like and trust -- now my insurance is changing and neither doc is on the new plan!!!

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Permalink Reply by Megan Skelly on November 13, 2008 at 12:06am

I resent it when I want to be at family gatherings, and my family will not provide food that I can safely eat.

I resent it when I want to be a student, but can't because I have no idea how I will afford doctors and test strips (don't tell me I can get insurance - I'm South African and our system is different).

I resent it when I feel like hell for a week after dealing with wild swings, and can't function or think straight but am still expected to.

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Permalink Reply by Kris on November 13, 2008 at 4:14am

When crossing time zones messes me up for a few days after. Jetlag and diabetes do not mix :(

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Permalink Reply by Joe on November 13, 2008 at 10:33am

oooooh faaaa! agreed!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Campana on November 13, 2008 at 4:49am

I don't resent it at all. I don't think I would be as healthy as I am without it. I never ever limit myself or say I can't have that or can't do that. You have to learn about yourself and how your body reacts when you do or eat certain things. Do I have the answers? No. But I do my best to be good not Godly with my diabetes. I've actually felt better every year that I've had then I have ever been. I don't know, I guess I go back to a quote that someone posted on this site a little while back: I am diabetes, if I spend time hating (or resenting) diabetes then I am hating myself. I don't hate me, I embrace me and everything that comes along with me. I resent speed traps on the highway far more than I have ever resented being diabetic. :) Just my two cents.

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