Is Your Diabetes That Bad?

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Comment by Michelle Curtis on November 28, 2007 at 1:04pm

I have a friend that is a nurse and she has said the same exact thing to me about my now 10 year old son. "Oh, he is on a pump. Is his diabetes that bad?" UGH!!!

Or, "How's Westin's diabetes?" "Fine." What am I suppose to say? "His diabetes is good. It got straight A's this semester?" I guess I should say, "His diabetes Sucks, just like everyday!"

Comment by drrps3 on November 28, 2007 at 6:44am

I'm not on a pump, but I get the comments all the time that my diabetes is "the bad one," because I'm on insulin. Somebody once told me that I should be glad that I'm not on the drip like it was a life and death sentence. It took me a few seconds to realize that she meant a pump. I tried to explain that insulin in general gives excellent control, and the pump may offer even tighter control, but it was like talking to a wall. In all fairness though if you are not affected by diabetes in one way or another, you probably are not going to be so aware. In other words, you may not give a damn about the facts. Someone once said if you come down with a disease, you then become an expert in that area. It's essentially true.