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Originally Posted by fgummett  Listening to discussions like these and attending support group meetings etc... it is interesting to note the dynamic between Type 1s and Type 2s. Sometimes it can almost become an "Us" and "Them" situation. They are two different conditions but as mentioned above, the outcomes can be the same. To my thinking the kind of ignorance displayed by the general public is where we should be showing solidarity and educating them. On occasion one can get the feeling that Type 1 is seen as a "real" disease while Type 2 is self-inflicted because we have let ourselves get fat and lazy... thankfully I don't get that feeling on this forum but it is prevalent especially in the media. | I've said it before on this forum, but diabetes is rapidly becoming the new smoking. It is portrayed by the media as a self-inflicted plague that is draining the healthcare coffers. Whilst people who have diabetes make the distinction between T1 and T2, the media do not. It is also never pointed out that it is possible to get T2 through sheer bad luck as well as the medias prefered description that rampant obesity is ALWAYS the cause.
I feel it is becoming a very stigmatised disease to have. It used to be years ago and it's coming back to that way of thinking. You might not see it over in the US where you pay insurance, but over here there are lots of stories showing what a drain we are on the NHS.
Gary
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13 years of MDI
And then a little pump floats by
And now my pants are filled with tubes
That tangle all around my.... er .... knees
The hours I'm hooked up? All twenty four
And that's it for now until evermore
But I disconnect for up to an hour
For wonderful fun (and sometimes a shower) 
And when I 'suspend' it, it plays Barry White
And my wife knows she's in for one heck of a night
But only an hour of that night is with me
As an hour is all I'm allowed now, you see...
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