mine is when they ask me if they can hit a button on my pump
I HATE it when people assume that my son has diabetes because of what he's eaten. It drives me nuts that people don't understand the difference between type 1 and type 2. Often times, I get looked at bad because they think he has diabetes because of the food I've fed him.
If I hear one more time "if he'd just exercise, he wouldn't have to have insulin" from another non diabetic I'm gonna slap them. I should have a pre recorded explanation. I feel I always have to educate people!
VERY proud mama of an incredible 12 year old boy who amazes me EVERY SINGLE DAY at how he is "owning" his diagnosis
Quinton (Q-Jo) Diagnosed on January, 2010
It bugs me when people stare at you while you're testing or doing something like that.
That's a great answer "Because I want to live, not die". I have used this one many times.
I'm constantly explaining to people that insulin is what I require to have a "normal" life.
Most of my friends are great because they know I've been living with T1 for 28 years. And believe me technology has gotten so much better over the years.
i hate it when im low and my friends know it and they still ask to have one of my glucose tabs. they call them sugar pills and thats all they ever ask me for. they dont get it that its either eat the tabs or pass out from being too low.
"My (insert elder family member name here) has diabetes too."
Um... thank you?
Mollyanne I have heard that one too. People will say, "but you're skinny."
I have heard that one too. People will say, "but you're skinny."
get this one all the time!
get this one all the time! ahhh the stigma of type 2's put on the type 1's!
ohhh Yeahh. & it always happens to be my 90 year old grandma, who doesn't eat any more sugar.
&& to this day i have only met one person who has said oh my cousin has type one diabetes too & wears an insulin pump like urs. opposed to talking about there old grandma or fat uncle!
"She cant eat that, she's a diabetic." Seriously, you know what I can eat? I think I can decide what I can and can't eat people..And on another note, why do people always have to say "she's a diabetic."? If I want them to know, obviously I'll tell them myself! Lol
Also, when I tell someone that I'm a diabetic and they respond by saying: Oooh, my Uncle (or whoever) had diabetes, but they died and got his leg cut off..Really? Thanks for compairing me to your dead Uncle who lost his limbs! Hah
My paternal grandmother thought for years that I got diabetes by "eating too much sugar." However, a few years ago I sent her a great link explaining type 1 diabetes, and she replied saying she understands better now.
I worked a few days as a temp a while back at a factory packaging fruit rollups. When I mentioned to someone I was working with I had type 1 diabetes, the response was "Bet you wish you hadn't eaten so many of these!!!" (he had been stuffing his face with fruit rollups all afternoon). I did some explaining, he failed to absorb any of it and then went on about how his grandma had diabetes. His well-informed wrap up to the conversation was "Well you'll live... just not very long". Some people are just not very bright or open to learning new things. Luckily we don't often have to depend on those people for anything.