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11-05-2009, 03:44 PM
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| | | Diabetes issues not related to blood glucose
Does anyone ever feel isolated because of their diabetes? Like when you can't have dinner at a friend's house because their food isn't on your diet?
Ever feel guilty or ashamed you have diabetes? |
11-05-2009, 03:45 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Missouri Ozarks
Posts: 1,886
| | | Nope, nope and nope.
__________________  "Reputation is what others know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself." Lois McMaster Bujold "Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go;
it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow." Alice Mackenzie Swaim
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11-05-2009, 03:58 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 289
| | | nope nope and nope
--Is this a troll?
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11-05-2009, 03:58 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 8,672
| | | There is much of this in the world of diabetes, but I think most veterans of this community would emphatically say no, no, and no. I certainly do. Life is good when you're filled with knowledge, support, and experience -- empowered! |
11-05-2009, 03:58 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: columbus ohio
Posts: 3,764
| | | no. I feel bad for people who are eating super stuffed mashed potatoes actually.
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11-05-2009, 04:03 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Missouri Ozarks
Posts: 1,886
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Originally Posted by georgepds  nope nope and nope
--Is this a troll? | Depends who you ask! 
I was just answering his questions: Quote:
Originally Posted by studentMD Does anyone ever feel isolated because of their diabetes? Nope Like when you can't have dinner at a friend's house because their food isn't on your diet? Nope
Ever feel guilty or ashamed you have diabetes? Nope |
__________________ "Reputation is what others know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself." Lois McMaster Bujold "Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go;
it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow." Alice Mackenzie Swaim
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11-05-2009, 04:06 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 5,278
| | Perhaps the folks here on the DF community are not representative of the wider D population -- I like to think we are special -- you will certainly meet a wide range of individuals from all around the globe here, and I sincerely feel honoured to be among them.
Yes there may be some who are shocked and awed by D, especially when they first come here, but I think that by and large you will find the folks here take a "loud and proud" attitude when it comes to D... and life in general 
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51 year old male, Metabolic Syndrome Dx Mar. 2003 |
11-05-2009, 05:16 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: north queensland australia
Posts: 59
| | | No to all questions. It is not our fault that we have diabetes, It could happen to you. You do not know what problems you will have in later life. |
11-05-2009, 05:19 PM
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Posts: 5
| | | I think it's annoying but I'm never ashamed or guilty. Besides you can always visit and not eat. **** if they're your friend when you tell them you diabetic they should understand, all my friends do. |
11-05-2009, 05:21 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Massachusetts, USA
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| | | No; I don't feel isolated.
No; my friends have a sense of what I can eat, and I also tend to bring food wherever I visit.
No; why would anyone feel guilty or ashamed about having diabetes?
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* Failed the OGTT at dx w/ a 288 at 2 hrs.  Diagnosed 5/27/09
* A1c: 5/27/09: 6.6; FBG 99
* A1c: 10/23/09: 6.1; FBG 96
* Home FBGs now 96 -114
* My BG reached 200+ ONLY after drinking the test glucose or when I ate the ADA suggested oatmeal for breakfast 
* Metformin XR (500 @ AM & PM).
* NatureMade Pack/Diabetes Support
* 81 mg. aspirin
* Low(er) Carb & More Motion (44 lbs so far!) |
11-05-2009, 06:28 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney Australia
Posts: 1,289
| | | No.. why should I feel isolated?
No....if the menu isn't compatable I can have a smaller portion & simply go for a walk after dinner
No, I never feel guilty or ashamed I have diabetes. I'm actually concerned you should ask such a question.
Are you suggesting I should have these emotions & if so...
WHY?
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Dx Dec 07 Control...nutrition & exercise
Latest A1c 6.1
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11-05-2009, 06:40 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: China
Posts: 30
| | | I don't care what people think, am not ashamed at all.
Stuff happens, you can't change family history.
The idiots who try and tell me that I have this 'problem' because of a bad lifestye or eating habits can kiss my butt.
I am special, and belong to an elite club - nothing more.
If people can't understand that I need to be cautious about what I eat, how much or when - then too bad. |
11-05-2009, 07:59 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: California
Posts: 1,941
| | Dear Student MD: Huh? Isolated? Why?
And what diet? We aren't on diets anymore. Check out this article: Health Discovery: Preventing Diabetes - AARP Bulletin Today
Just FYI. In a friendly way.
Mich |
11-06-2009, 12:57 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: London
Posts: 422
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Originally Posted by studentMD Does anyone ever feel isolated because of their diabetes? Like when you can't have dinner at a friend's house because their food isn't on your diet?
Ever feel guilty or ashamed you have diabetes? | Of course not! And anyway most good/real food is easily adapted for a diabetic.
I wonder if you are worried about your own diet? Do you eat a lot of junk, because if you do you might not be able to have dinner at my house. Are you feeling guilty or ashamed about it? |
11-06-2009, 06:22 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South Carolina
Posts: 1,258
| | | Easy to answer that question for you, try it your self, be D, like I suggested earlier in your original post.
You will gain far more knowledge of this condition if you would simply assume you had D, and go from there.
And NO, NO, NO, I guess thats a NO-NO
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Type 2, Normal would be nice, but I am not sure what normal is anymore
Bitter Melon, Vanadyl Sulfate
Chromium Pichnolate, Gymnema Sylvestre
Protien Hydrosylates, Amino Acids
Hi-Maize 260, Ground and Whole Flax Seed
COQ10, Celery Seed, Magnesium, Potassium, Calcium
Zinc, Selenium, Vitamin E, Fish Oil
Vitamins Bx, C, Ginkgo
Hawthorne, Vitamin D
Alpha-Lipoic-Acid, Biotin, ACAI Berry
Avoiding refined carbs
A1C 5.6,
I am the experimenting type, try, decide, move on. |
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