A person in work was getting really annoying talking about my diabetes just like the rest of you, so to shut him up, I just casually mentioned that I'd read that it can be very contagious and that someone had caught diabetes from a diabetic sneezing in front of them. He never bothered me again after that
Really? You think Type 1 can be caused by stress and bad eating habits? And you think type 2 is not a challenge to manage? Are you sure you know the difference?My 55 year old boyfriend developed type 1 aged 40 following a severe depression when he got divorced, probably trigged by stress and bad eating habits.
I believe type 1 and 2 diabetes should have very different names, they are very different conditions especially as type 1 cannot be reversed by lifestyle changes. Maybe then people would understand, I didn't know the difference until this relationship and just how challenging type 1 is to manage.
I've been type 1 for 18 months and get this type of thing all the time. A nurse at the doctors argues with me every time I go in that I'm too old to have type 1 (35) and that only children get it. I find getting these types of comments really upsetting. And I too think the name should be changed
Yes, I agree. I am laughing my way through the comments here. After nearly fifty years, I honestly no longer find them surprising or irritating. My family is replete with diabetics of both Type 1 and 2. In my entire extended family only two people are overweight. One is very obese ( one of my sisters). She is not diabetic. One is overweight (my mum) and has been for a good forty years. She is not diabetic. My grandfather - skinny and type 2. My dad, skinny type 2, my aunt, skinny type 2. And so on. So I am pretty patient but insistent when people pull the fat causes diabetes argument. And even when people with type 2 are fat, I believe (I have no proof) that it's just possible that people's overeating may have a root related to diabetes. Supposedly, type 1s have a shortage of insulin AND amylin. Amylin is supposed to control appetite. I do not believe I have a shortage of amylin because I do not have a big appetite. But what if that is my (obese) sister's problem? Nobody has ever done any research yet to check this. It could be a very interesting question. I am really tempted to get my hands on some amylin, go home and jab big sis. Apparently, if she feels nauseous, she needs it. If she doesn't feel nauseous, she's used to it because she's producing it. Simple test. So tempting. What do you think?D'you know what, though? Not everyone who has T2 is fat, either. Or had a bad diet/ate too many sweets. Or *looks* like they have diabetes. Or can control their blood glucose with diet.
And whilst there is known to be a correlation between obesity and T2 diabetes, correlation does NOT necessarily imply causation.
There are no good studies or evidence yet that back up the idea that obesity causes T2 diabetes and certainly no more out that than the alternative suggesting that insulin resistance causes obesity.
I'm afraid I really can't bring myself to get behind the idea that T1 and T2 diabetes should have different names - the effects of the two are very similar, and many T2s will eventually stop producing insulin which renders them substantially the same (albeit for different reasons). We should all stick together and support each other - we should ALL be trying to fight the stigma, rather than simply distancing ourselves...
Honestly, I have been diabetic for nearly fifty years. My younger sister was diagnosed about 12 years ago at 33. I thought she was a weird one-off. Only when I found this site did I find that adults are now being diagnosed. I had no idea. I was discussing it only on Friday with a friend. We wondered what used to happen to people with adult-onset Type 1 and LADA years ago. Perhaps they died horribly young for lack of diagnosis or poor diagnosis!Shocking that a nurse would say that.
My friend's mother said a similar thing to me though - only children get Type 1. She also told me that maybe I should lose weight. As I'm very slim anyway, that was a mad thing to say. Finally, she ended with that very annoying 'you must have eaten too many sweets' comment. Infuriating!
Another person, watching me eat a chocolate bar during a long hike, told me "You're not allowed to eat that". Er, I think I am!
Tough, cynical answer, but 100% correct !There are 2 different names.
That, would drive me nuts!My mother and grandmother are the ones that drive me insane. My granny frequently asks if I am "off the insulin" yet. I have explained it numerous times that no, this is forever.
My mom on the other hand has a friend who is a type 2 who doesn't manage well and is on insulin but has told my mom she only needs one shot a day and could get off of it if she ate better. So no my mom assumes I am like her and constantly lectures about diet and why would I bother injecting so much when her friend doesn't have to.
Explained the differences and she just reminds me that he friend has had it longer so know more. Grrrr
I tell people type 1 is insulin related,type 2,is more common in overweight people
A book?There must be some kind of award from Diabetes.co.uk that we can give this man. Anyone?