[someone]

it completely makes me nuts when something / someone says that you cannot use / do something because you are diabetic. i would be curious to see what other have to say about this because 95% of the time, it does not matter if you are diabetic or completely normal.

[mg_2204]

I find that people will sometimes go out of their way to tell a person who has diabetes what they can and cannot do, what they can and cannot have. Or perhaps there is a Diabetic Squad??! :****mate:

[liz32]

What drives me is the "look" you get from someone who knows your diabetic and doesn't have the nerve to tell you you shouldn't be eating or doing but give you that look that says, hmm you should be doing that you know! They don't take into account that I've factored into my day the carbs that I'm eating. My mother's the worst! But at least with her I know it's just that she cares. You just can't get her to change her mind. Unless I'm eating lettuce, I'm not taking care of myself! Sorry for the rant but diabetes at times does just drive ya!
Liz

[JediSkipdogg]

The biggest problem, and heck, I'd say a majority of diabetics are still this way, is that people don't know we can now have sugar. I'd say 10 years ago, sugar was outlawed for diabetics. Now days, there is carb counting, and sugar is simply put, a carb. So if counted correctly, is perfectly fine for ANY diabetic to have if they want to. There are alot of diabetics still doing the exchange plans and giving the same shot every day and guessing on what adjustments to make, so why would the public expect anything different?

I agree at times it's a pain, but the public doesn't know that pretty much the only thing that really makes a diabetic different than a regular person these days is we have to count what we eat and give insulin accordingly and test blood sugars often. Other than that, we can do and eat anything that a non-diabetic can.

[Cinnabon]

It gets me too at times. My own family does it, till I stopped the ignorance, LOL. Jedi is right abut the only difference. Actually, people on diets now a days do it 24/7, except they don't have to cover w/ insulin :****mate:.

[jeggeman31]

What gets me is the people that will say to you "You Have Sugar For some reason I can't stand that. That goes along with the food police who try to tell me what I should and can be eating and at what times I can do it.

[nantomsuethom]

It irks me when I hear these stories. Unless you are living it you have no clue!!
One day at lunch one of the lunch ladies told Thomas that he wasn't allowed to have a beeper in school and was going to take it. When he told her it was his insulin pump for diabetes she told him that he shouldn't be eating the cookie that was on his tray!

[someone]

no one ever sees my pump.. the majority of my friends dont even know i am diabetic

[nantomsuethom]

He was clipping his pump to his pocket but the clip broke off so he just puts it in his pocket now so it is not visable.
All of his friends know that he is diabetic. I think this is a good thing. If anything where to happen to him they know what to do and who to call or get.
He did a presentation for his friends in scouts so they all would know. They actually enjoyed the presentation and asked tons of questions that they were afraid to ask before.

[Simon]

Insurance companies are the worst. Can't have cheap premiums because I'm diabetic Travel, life or criticval illness insurance premiums are up to 3 times what they would be if I can get cover at all. I'm sure the risk isn't 3 times higher!
I'm having a righ time with the driving licence too. I want to drive a 5.5 tonne lorry. It is possible if you're diabetic in the UK but the red tape is horrific.
What's more I find that non-diabetics can just decare for themselves that they are safe to do something but I have to get everything checked and signed off by doctors who ask me the answers to write down half the time. It makes me feel like some haughty school kid who has to get a note from his parents.
Same again if I want to go scuba diving... when will it all end!

[jeggeman31]

Originally Posted by someone

no one ever sees my pump.. the majority of my friends dont even know i am diabetic

I wear mine on my belt. I don't hid it, nor do I not tell anyone.

[someone]

i tried to go scuba diving once, and i wasn't going to tell them anything, but one of my relatives was looking at the form thing you have to sign and for some reason just had to blurt it out. that really pissed me off.

[sydneya]

I don't know how many times I've gone to my in-laws house for dinner and they fixed something that is just right for me. Lots of potatoes, carrots, white rice, pasta--the stuff that really makes me high. Then we go through the "Is that all you are going to eat? You mean we didn't fix you anything you can eat. There's no sugar in the stuff." It's not like I haven't explained.
My husband has taken diabetic education classes with me. He's gone to Dr. appt. with me. But if we go out to dinner, he is constantly correcting my order, because that can't be good for me. Like I don't know myself what is going to be bad for me. He calls it support. I say, if he's going to support he needs to give me credit for a brain and listen to what I know makes me high.
"The look" from someone who does not know the routine does not bother me as bad as from people that have been educated, educated, and educated and then tell me how to do things and it's not even right.
Oops!! I think you hit upon a sore spot with me. I will control myself on the next post.

[Dewey]

There's actually a couple of things that irritate me....One is the ignorance displayed by people who mean well or think they "know something" (i.e some of the things that others have already posted about here). It's frustrating to hear someone say, "Oh, you got the sugar," or "Yeah, my relative has/had that. They're not doing so well....," etc.

The other thing that frustrates me is that some folks act like Diabetes is the worst disease on the face of this planet. My attitude is if you don't take care of it, it can be. However, with all the capabilities available today (even to those less fortunate), there's not much reason Not to take care of ourselves. Some of the complications people endure are a direct result of poor self care (not All, some). For instance, a friend's mom has Diabetes, and has complications (including being blind in her left eye). When I see her, she'll ask how my sugars are, and even when mine are up a little (like 180 or something), she'll make a comment like "Gosh, I wish mine were that good. They're usually way higher than that (200 to 400s)." Well, they could be better if she'd take more initiative & try to obtain the right tools (& perhaps a better doctor) to properly manage her health. She's had friends (with Diabetes) that didn't take care of themselves. She also saw those friends die from complications. Why that didn't "scare her straight" is beyond me. Maybe she felt like giving up? Truthfully, I'm not sure.

One thing I am sure of is that our human bodies can only endure so much until they start giving out, so we need to take the best possible care of them as long as we're capable.

Sorry if I sound like I'm on a soap box. I know that as humans, we All stray from time to time (i.e. test less, etc.), but as long as we know what we're supposed to be doing, and try our best to do it (at least most of the time), our lives can be long (& happy) ones.

[someone]

at 400 i drank 5 1/2 liter bottles of water and took 10 units. LOL. i guess i have slightly higher standards.