There are many things I find annoying living with T1D like people asking can you eat that? And one I got in school a lot was oh you are so lucky to leave school early. No I’m not I’m going to a hospital appointment.
One I find really annoying is the carb information on packets of food why is it always per 100g who eats 100g of crisps.
I thought I would write this to share experiences and had a laugh.
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hi @AlicePalace haha this is funny “can you eat that” for me as a kid it was always “you can’t eat that it has sugar in it” I learned it is better for my head when I don’t get annoyed so easily, but I still do because Im not perfect.
food packaging is allowed to have slight errors, and so I have never seen a package that accurately describes the fat and sugar in a product, except when a small bottle of some sweet drink has a label with “3.5 servings” listed as servings per container (SPOILER ALERT, NOW YOU HAVE TO MULTIPLY) I suppose when I see a prepared apple pie with a giant sign “SUGAR FREE” on top when they really mean they haven’t added any extra sugar to the pie it still kind of can get me irritated - the last time it irritated me was when my Type 2 Aunt insisted that it meant there were no carbohydrates, at all, in this magical apple pie, but today I try really hard to keep an even temper!
I see you are from co Kent! I have business in London and Manchester this year. England is a fun place to travel to!
Yea I find I am always telling my Nan that I can eat cheese. She always asks if I can have cheese on top of shepherds pie when she makes it. I have lost track of the number of times I have said yes Nan cheese is carb free
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When I was in school - maybe 5th or 6th grade - I guess my classmate saw my Medic Alert bracelet and asked what it was for. When I told her it was for diabetes she asked “is it catching?” and started moving away from me.
Ah, no - that’s not how it works…
Yea kids used to tell me I was lucky to eat in class when I had a hypo at lunch time.
One time I got out my testing kit and a girl said what is that. I explained and she just acted sorry for me
The "can you eat that? has been an anoyance which I very early learned to ignore and wouldn’t ecen acknolege hearing. Now in my older years, especially when that is asked in larger fatherings, I respond by making it obvious that I’m looking at the questioner’s plate and asking "should you really eat that stuff?; especially if it is a medical professional. Yes, I guess I’m being nasty - but we are adults.
And like Dorie @wadawabbit, the contagious" question came up in late teen and early 20s. Other bits, “you’re not fat anymore, are you cured?”; “shouldn’t you be dead by now?”; “you don’t look sick”.
Most annoying is how random people act like Diabetes is a small potatos disease. Like, when you tell people you have Type 1 they shirk it off as no big deal as long as you “eat healthy.”
It enrages me the callousness and insensitivity. So I just stopped telling people.
I like this video about “Airing Your Grievances” by two docs with T1D.
Personally, I was once offered a slice of cheese when I was low. Not helpful thanks.
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Let’s tip our hat to those who ask “oh you are low, do you need insulin”?
On a sort of related note - I don’t mind if people ask me about my pump or my sensor - I find it’s a good conversation starter. But for a while I seemed to run into a number of people who, when I acknowledged that I was diabetic, would reply “Well I’m a nurse. If anything happens I know what to do.”
They meant well but I couldn’t help thinking “Thanks - so do I.”
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I have not been on for awhile. Glad to catch up with everybody. I’ve had diabetes for over 50 years.
I recognize all of those answers and comments but the one that has always got my goat was “you don’t look diabetic!”
My answer is “how am I supposed to look?”
Usually the answers is “well you know”
I just let the comment hang there and either walk away or let them sweat.
Sometimes you just gotta have the final thought!!
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Yea it can be funny the things people come up with just because they don’t understand.