Comment by Kristin on March 31, 2009 at 6:30am

I check my blood sugar in front of other people. Sometimes they give me looks, but most of them know that I have diabetes. So people who are around me a lot are used to it.

Your mom is right. You shouldn't have to go to the bathroom. If anyone is staring at you, just turn to them and say, "I have diabetes. I have to check my blood sugar and give shots."

Usually it actually ends up that the person who was staring gets embarrassed because they realize that yo unotice that tehy were staring!!

Comment by Domo! on March 31, 2009 at 6:35am

i will respectfully turn if i'm shooting up, but if i'm in the bathroom i don't hide. I never hide checking my blood sugar.

Comment by debb on March 31, 2009 at 6:36am

i am at the point where i just don't care anymore. if they stare then maybe they are learning something. who knows. i suppose there are things that make people curious. i was working one day and a young man came in with a mohawk. it was sectioned into tiny ponytails and each one was a different bright color. if he could do that and not be self conscious about it i figure i can test or do anything else i want. sure people stare, but that's life. there is always something to catch your attention somewhere. life is never boring. test and shoot away. if they say you should go to the bathroom and do it, ask them if they would eat their dinner in there.

Comment by Kelly Rawlings on March 31, 2009 at 6:52am

Go boldly forth, Tyler, doing what you need to do to live well with diabetes! I salute you.

I say no hiding. Checks and shots/boluses are something we have to do, lots. So why should we interrupt our lives to shield others from our reality? If someone quietly and politely asked me if I could turn away (because he or she is so scared of a tiny blood drop that he or she faints) I would respectfully do so. But testing when, where, and how I need to is how I live.

Comment by Ahmad on March 31, 2009 at 9:17am

I used to hide it when I was around your age, so I will take it in the car or in the restroom, and even at home, I used to take it in my room away from my brothers and sisters (Since I used to give it in the thigh). BUT afterward I said that this is unfair and I don't care! Now I test my blood sugar every where even when play Golf or any game, I will stop playing and every one will be watching, but I don't care! Shots no more, am on pump so it took the shot away, but I saw some people grapping their pen and giving it in the stomach in the mall in front of everyone, who cares! While you are not naked or doing something illegal! You are just trying to stay alive and keep control of your blood sugar.

Cheer up and ignore people, let them look in to the sky or the floor if they don't like what they see!

Comment by Christina Luis on March 31, 2009 at 10:28am

This is my take, however I do not have Diabetes, my Daughter and Husband do. I would never have either one of them hide this. IT is NOT their fault that they have it. Why hide it. You have to take the insulin in order to live. DO NOT go to the bathroom. Not a good idea. I recently found out that my daughters teachers are asking her to go to the bathroom to check her blood and give herself insulin. I threw a fit! I emailed everyone and said that this must stop.
Look here is the thing, everyone is going to look. Mostly because they are curious about what you are doing. Not because they think you are weird, or anything else. 9 times out of 10 its out of curiosity. There are those people who are thinking something different. Just ignore it. I also think if you just do it and act like it is a normal thing (and for you it is and will defiantly become normal) then people wont react in a negative way.
Good Luck. And be proud of who you are and don't let anyone make you feel different.

Comment by snowangel66 on March 31, 2009 at 12:04pm

haha i have to tell you that i walked around the grocery store with my meter in my hand today pricking and trying to milk the blood out of my finger, people glanced at me but i didnt care :) its what keeps me alive why hide it

Comment by tyler on March 31, 2009 at 12:59pm

I am glad you all feel the same way I do , I just look back at them they quit looking pretty fast . I just cant believe that some people actually say things.

Comment by Jonathan on March 31, 2009 at 2:45pm

I test my BG out in public all the time -- on a city bus, in restaurants, on a street corner, in a dark movie theater (try that one on for size). Debb is absolutely right -- if someone wants you to test in a restaurant bathroom, send them in to eat in there. Watch other people's behaviors -- see all the things that they do in public without even thinking about it, like nose picking, crotch and butt scratching and more. That is far more disgusting and/or unsettling than just about anything diabetes related that we could be doing. In fact, on the next World Diabetes Day, diabetics everywhere should make it a point to test our BG and take our shots in public, in the most obvious of places.

Comment by Ahmad on March 31, 2009 at 3:21pm

"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT!" "WANT A POKE! "

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