[Subby]

Sorry to hear of the problem. I agree with Emm, you need to talk together about this to start to resolve what might be going on.

Something in me tells me that it's not a lack of understanding of how diabetes works in a functional sense... but rather part of the problem might be a lack of understanding of the personal price you really pay for going high - feeling ill, lack of control, etc, and how that makes you feel. Not seeing the emotional dimension, if you will.

I wonder if the animosity came from being annoyed you were asking him to go, rather than going yourself. So, not so much the diabetes itself but more "don't involve me in your medical problems, sort yourself out". I know a few guys who can communicate openly on multiple levels but when it comes to publicly dealing with medical issues, turn into close-mouthed, disapproving gits. Seems to occur a bit with males.

When thinking about how to talk about it, something springs to mind for me. To use those horrible "differences of the genders" generalisations for a moment:

when you say "he doesn't understand"
- you mean he doesn't understand the total price, including the emotional aspect of going high, and you tag this onto a general lack of understanding and caring of who you are and what you "go through"

- he might hear that you mean he doesn't "understand" the fact that carbs make you go high. Which, assumably, he does, and might take it as a nasty or spiteful comment about his mental ability.

Good luck with it all.