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<blockquote data-quote="-Artemis-" data-source="post: 862295" data-attributes="member: 89325"><p>Last night I had *yet another* frustrating conversation about being diabetic.... </p><p></p><p>Friend (who knows I'm type 1 from previous conversations): when do you get your insulin pump? </p><p></p><p>Me: 10 days time, should be great! </p><p></p><p>Friend: how long have you been diabetic? </p><p></p><p>Me: about two and a half years....</p><p></p><p>Friend: what caused it? </p><p></p><p>Me: they don't exactly know - other than it's auto-immune -- so something triggered an autoimmune response which caused my pancreas to conk out</p><p></p><p>Friend: oh, you're just like another friend I know -- she's diabetic too -- she got it because she went on this crazy health kick where all she ate was fruit -- and the spikes from the fruit caused her to become diabetic.... she's managed it just by cutting back on sugary things though.</p><p></p><p>Me: sounds like she's type 2? </p><p></p><p>Friend: yes</p><p></p><p>Me: I'm type 1</p><p></p><p>Friend: yea, exactly -- she's the same - but it's crazy cos she was actually trying to be healthy and that's how she got it...</p><p></p><p>{at this point I zone out -- thinking I don't know how to deal with the endless confusion....}</p><p></p><p>----</p><p></p><p>This sort of conversation happens to me *at least* once a week - does this happen more because I'm adult who got diagnosed....? Or does this sort of conversation happen to everyone with type 1? </p><p></p><p>I'm seriously considering wondering whether to lie to people and say I've always had it, cos it doesn't seem to matter how many different ways I explain that cutting out sugar isn't going to cure me, people just don't understand.... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="-Artemis-, post: 862295, member: 89325"] Last night I had *yet another* frustrating conversation about being diabetic.... Friend (who knows I'm type 1 from previous conversations): when do you get your insulin pump? Me: 10 days time, should be great! Friend: how long have you been diabetic? Me: about two and a half years.... Friend: what caused it? Me: they don't exactly know - other than it's auto-immune -- so something triggered an autoimmune response which caused my pancreas to conk out Friend: oh, you're just like another friend I know -- she's diabetic too -- she got it because she went on this crazy health kick where all she ate was fruit -- and the spikes from the fruit caused her to become diabetic.... she's managed it just by cutting back on sugary things though. Me: sounds like she's type 2? Friend: yes Me: I'm type 1 Friend: yea, exactly -- she's the same - but it's crazy cos she was actually trying to be healthy and that's how she got it... {at this point I zone out -- thinking I don't know how to deal with the endless confusion....} ---- This sort of conversation happens to me *at least* once a week - does this happen more because I'm adult who got diagnosed....? Or does this sort of conversation happen to everyone with type 1? I'm seriously considering wondering whether to lie to people and say I've always had it, cos it doesn't seem to matter how many different ways I explain that cutting out sugar isn't going to cure me, people just don't understand.... :( [/QUOTE]
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