[Gary_W]

Originally Posted by davef

Gary,

I guess I did pick you up wrong, I have re-read your post and see what you were saying, I apologise for not reading it right the first time and implying you felt them same, you clearly don't

I do get mad/frustrated with the media and people who think I don't have "proper" diabetes because I'm a T2. I'm not saying I'd prefer to have T1, I'd prefer to not have it all. I have great respect for T1's dealing with this dam*ed disease and I think society feels this way to, I just find it so sad and demeaning that the media and many in society seem to have absolutely no respect for overweight people and even less (if that's possible) for overweight diabetics. I feel that this is an area that organisations such as the Diabetes Federation of Ireland have a loooong way to go to addressing. Not so long ago an a$$hole green politician in Ireland spouted sh1te that if I had eaten more veggies and potatoes in particular I would have avoided diabetes, did the Diabetes Federation, challenge him? no.

Gary, again I aplogise for picking you up wrong.

No apology needed, Dave; I need to explain myself better in the first place. Email and forums are not a place for ambiguity and I try to be careful not to write anything that can be taken in different ways. I don't always manage

Speaking of pre-conceived ideas towards people with diabetes (as this thread is), try pumping. Most people on a pump will tell you that it is the 'gold standard' method of managing insulin delivery and, for many of us, it results in a vastly improved quality of life.

Unfortunately, most folks out in the world automatically assume that your diabetes got worse / you must have it really bad / oh my that must be terrible.

I don't expect people who do not have diabetes to understand what it's like. I don't think you really can understand it fully. The frustrating thing is the media painting a picture so that Joe Public starts with a negative idea in his head...

Gary