Re: What is the most annoying people that don't have diabetes say to you?

When they say oh that stinks I'm sorry! It's  not that bad a few adjustments but nothing else.

And when they say oh don't you get that from eating sweets??!!! 

DAMN NEAR ANYTHING !!  I can count with one hand the number of people that had good advice, or were worth listening to.

After years of comments you start to realize that every one can be a teachable moment,

HOWEVER

when people come up to the Animas/One Touch Ping booth at the ADA Expo (where I volunteer) and you explain what the pump does and they exclaim, "Oh my god! I would die if I had to go on insulin!" I do stab them (just a little) in my mind.

Here is a great resource: A "Diabetes Etiquette: For People Who Don't Have Diabetes" card you can hand out:

http://behavioraldiabetesinstitute.org/resources-diabetes-information-publications-etiquettecard.html

Lia Hollander

when people come up to the Animas/One Touch Ping booth at the ADA Expo (where I volunteer) and you explain what the pump does and they exclaim, "Oh my god! I would die if I had to go on insulin!" I do stab them (just a little) in my mind.

My inclination in that situation would be to come back with "Well, yes you would, since it sounds like you'd refuse to take the insulin."

But maybe I'm harsh?

Over a year ago my husband was in the emergency room with appendicitis and when he mentioned to nurses that I was type 1, they commented that I was an "unusual" diabetic because I was so healthy.  The kicker is that I'm not super healthy... still haven't lost my baby weight (my "baby" is almost 5 now) and I look like a typical frumpy office worker.  It weirded me out that healthcare professional were so surprised by an average person with type 1. 

If you haven't seen it you'll like this YouTube video on the diabetic police. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrm7z0owxoc

I think for me it is also the sugar thing. I also find it annoying when people ask me if I am still diabetic or if it has gone away yet. That just down right makes me laugh to be quite honest.

Someone told me the other day that diabetes is nothing. Why worry about it? He knows because his brother has it. Or rather had it it seems. He died from multiple organ failure in his 40's last year.

Yeah other than it killed your brother at a young age it's nothing to worry about. Don't lecture me that I am too careful with my kid and that I ought to be thankful she doesn't have cancer.

That is almost exactly what I here. That is so funny. Makes you think there is a non diabetic class where they teach them this stuff. Lol

My first meal, after being diagnosed, at a restaurant went something like this:

*After we asked for the nutritional information (carbs, protien, etc.)*

Waitress: Why do you need it? Do you have allergies?

Me: No, I'm diabetic and I need to know how many grams of carbs and protien I'm eating.

Waitress: Oh, I know how you feel. I have a lot of food allergies.

Me *under my breath*: No, you really don't know how I feel, or anything about diabetes in general because those two things aren't even related.

That was a fun day :)

there are a few things people have said to me:

I was testing my blood sugar the other day while hanging with friends. One of them was like, "ohhh, you still have to do that?" And I said "well yeah, it never goes away". Then they said " I though diabetes was temporary!" seriously??

I was at a party and my friends were getting crazy on sugar and soda and candy. They asked me if I wanted some and i said I couldn't because of my diabetes. Then they ignored me the rest of the night saying I was "too boring" for them. That hurt a lot.

Also when people are just like, "ohhhh that sucks! you can't ever do anything fun like drink or party!" 

I don't really get annoyed, I understand people are a bit clueless.  My diabetic educator says I am clueless too. LOL

Here are some things people say that crack me up.

1)  In my country, people take (example, Mawby root tea, apple cider vinegar, goat pee, or whatever) and it cures diabetes.

2)  A new healer pulled out a laptop and and a magic wand on me and did a few passovers with it and claimed she may have healed me.  That I should be careful with insulin from now on as it may overdose me.  (It didn't)

3)  A chiropractor told me he was working on adjustments that may cure my "condition" and to be careful with my insulin from now on.  (that too didn't work)

4)  Back in school when my sugar was low and I was hording my tasty morsels, a guy tried to bully me by taking my food.  That was a big mistake, my knuckles are still bruised 27 years later and he still talks with a lisp. LOL

5)  A lot of you guys laugh at people's confusion as to why you're skinny.  I am fat and people say, "well, that's why you have diabetes." 

Thanks for all the stories.

5)  A lot of you guys laugh at people's confusion as to why you're skinny.  I am fat and people say, "well, that's why you have diabetes."

If you have diabetes because you are fat then what's their explanation for being their so ignorant?

I know this is an old post, but when I was diagnosed in 1990, a woman my mother works with had told her to "say good-bye" to your daughter, because I'm not the same person.. the old Meghann is gone, diabetes took her...

When she told me that, once I was old enough to understand, I was PISSED. I actually saw the woman in the grocery store the other week and she asked me how my diabetes was, and I decided to mess with her, so I looked her in the eye and said, "It's gone. It disappeared. I'm the old Meghann I was before diabetes claimed me." She was speechless. And I walked away laughing.

The NERVE that some people have to say things and make comments on something they know NOTHING about, disgusts me. Especially to a PARENT of a newly diagnosed child!!!!! Ugh!!!! People are sooo ignorant.

I've had my fair shares of rude and dumb comments since then. People are like, "What are you injecting? What is that? Gross!" And when I say it's for my JUVENILE diabetes, they go, "Ohhh my grandpa had that. He died from it." Like, excuse me??? Are you kidding??? And "You don't look overweight, why do you have diabetes?"

I. Hate. Ignorant. People.