[notme]

OMG by this description, I have the deadly serious diabetes, I am terminally ill and could croak by morning. I want fairy diabetes. Sounds much cuter.

[RobiJo]

Generally the people I hear that from don't know what they are talking about and/or they say that regarding people on insulin.

Depending on who it is and the situation, I'll take the time to straighten them out.

[morrisma]

Gary,

Your definition list was priceless. I'll be making a poster at work tomorrow!

[owlyn]

Originally Posted by notme

I have to agree Oldius, it bothers me when I hear that statement. I think the reason it gets to me is I know that I have to do one of two things. I either have to ignore it and smile and nod, or I have to go into a long dissertation on Diabetes. I usually choose the smile and nod.

I go into the long dissertation. It serves two purposes: First, it educates them if they choose to listen, and B, if they don't listen, it punishes them for being ignorant. Either way I win.

And, BTW, I consider Type 2 to be the "bad" kind. At least with type 1 you have a shot at eating pretty much anything.

[RobiJo]

Originally Posted by Gary_W

8. Pumper - Terminally ill, could croak in front of your eyes. Can eat anything as they'll be dead by morning so where's the harm?

Next time my pump alarm goes off and someone looks at it with suspician, I will calmly explain that it means I have 10 minutes to live and need to find someone to have sex with so I can go out with a bang....

Not sure how I missed this the first time. Gary your list is great. When do the t-shirts go on sale??? My battery was low on my pump today and some kids in my class heard it beeping. When someone commented on the noise, one little guy said to another-"She has Diabetes, duh, she told us all about it remember? That's her medicine machine!" It was so cute, and to think my first graders know more about it than the general public!

[Alice]

Had one of these conversations this morning...the lady said her sister had died a horrible death from diabetes. I expressed my sorrow for her loss and how glad I was that this lady speaking to me was in such good shape (she was a Type 2)...I ended the conversation with the suggestion that undiagnosed diabetics are the ones that are exposed to the most damage...and that upon diagnosis, there is different degrees of damage. She agreed.

It was encouraging to see her at age 78...taking Lantus/Novolog for Type 2 and taking care of herself...she just needed a little encouragement.

[jacobsam622]

I just say no big deal but you know what you are not getting out alive either

My mother-in-law thinks that the lady who works for her who has diabetes "real bad" knows more about diabetes then me because she has had it for years and has bg in the 400.

[pokie]

Yeah... When I started on insulin I got comments like "oh, so your diabetes must be getting worse" or "wow, you have it bad, don't you" It's too hard to explain the process of keeping my blood glucose under control in order to avoid the "bad" complications so I have usually declined to comment!

[Olidus]

Ignorance Is Bliss.

I'm glade that I was not alone in this one - and I am going to take all your responses to heart - thank you very much.

As much as I complain now - I have to agree with those of you who posted about not knowing anything about it as well untill DX'd, I am guilty of this as well, its still does not make it right.

Gary_W - your post ROCKS btw!

[sprzepiora]

Being newly diagnosed this conversation has come up many times between close family members and myself.

I just recently straightened my dad out. He has a close friend that has diabetes and we all know it, but my dad kept making the comment that he was not taking care of himself because he eat and drinks sugary things like non diet root beer and doesn't watch what he eats.

Now this guy is a little overweight, but not a lot, so I went over the basics and he understands now that we can eat those things, but instead of our body regulating itself we have to do it with injections. I did not go on to tell him that I should limit myself to have good control as quite frankly I do not ant the D police on my back.

Like someone said before people that do not have diabetes should not be expected to now everything about the disease and they will learn from rumors. It is our job to educate them when the timing is proper, although I have gotten sick explaining it to people and I am new to this disease so some of you people must be downright frustrated

[Janlaton]

Did you ever think to say, "Excuse Me, but what do you mean by bad diabetes?" I think if you did that to a few offenders and found there answers it might be a better answer in the long run than all the answers you will get from this site.

[fgummett]

Originally Posted by RobiJo

My battery was low on my pump today and some kids in my class heard it beeping. When someone commented on the noise, one little guy said to another-"She has Diabetes, duh, she told us all about it remember? That's her medicine machine!" It was so cute, and to think my first graders know more about it than the general public!

That is just priceless

[fgummett]

Originally Posted by Mich

It used to be "So and so has SUGAR diabetes real bad."

Wasn't Sugar Diabetes that famous Welsh boxer?

[UpNorth]

With that in mind, I'd like to propose the Layman's terms of diabetes:

1. Pre-diabetes - A bit like being pre-menstrual but involves less cakes.

2. Syndrome X - A form of metabolic disorder that involves people in tight trousers deciding if you've got it or you haven't.

3. Type 2 - Fairy diabetes. Nothing to worry about whatsoever as it's not serious in any way shape or form. Can eat absolutely anything (unless it's birthday cake, and then you can make a scene about them not having any in front of the crowd)

4. Type 1 - Deadly serious diabetes (otherwise known as DSD). Involves lots of needles so it must be terrible. Nothing else about the condition is a problem. Cannot eat birthday cake in the same manner as a T2 (see Fairy Diabetes, above), but anything else goes.

5. Type 1.5 - A diabetic bisexual, partial to both bread AND cakes.

6. LADA - A very bad Eastern European car that has to go easy on the bread

7. Mody - Someone that samples other bits of diabetes and then puts them to heavy basslines and old blues records. Afraid of croissonts.

8. Pumper - Terminally ill, could croak in front of your eyes. Can eat anything as they'll be dead by morning so where's the harm?



Gary, this is so friggin hilarious! I'm so glad i wasn't drinking something while reading this My computer would have been soaked then lol

[bryan42]

People say it like that to "drama" it up, Its like when somebody says, "yeah, they were involved in a bad accident" Is there a "good" accident?? give me a break!