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<blockquote data-quote="donnellysdogs" data-source="post: 644785" data-attributes="member: 17713"><p>On diagnosis my worse comment was "have you got the bad one?" (t1), so I just turned round and said "is there a good diabetes to have?" </p><p></p><p>I've had the bad diabetes 30 years now, and people that find out nowadays are still stupid and ask the same question.</p><p></p><p>My response nowadays has changed.. "Type 2 is actually worse to manage than type 1. I'm fitter and healthier than the average Joe Bloggs" or if like many people living around me are obese or morbidly so then "actually you stand the highest chance of getting the worse diabetes at some point"-(whilst looking in their overloaded, carb laden trolleys).</p><p></p><p>I am so straight talking nowadays after 30 years that some remarks will cut to the quick with people..i don't give a hoot anymore..</p><p></p><p>Good friends understand that T1 is not a hinderance but a help to me. I think it has kept me healthier than I would have been if I'd been non diabetic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donnellysdogs, post: 644785, member: 17713"] On diagnosis my worse comment was "have you got the bad one?" (t1), so I just turned round and said "is there a good diabetes to have?" I've had the bad diabetes 30 years now, and people that find out nowadays are still stupid and ask the same question. My response nowadays has changed.. "Type 2 is actually worse to manage than type 1. I'm fitter and healthier than the average Joe Bloggs" or if like many people living around me are obese or morbidly so then "actually you stand the highest chance of getting the worse diabetes at some point"-(whilst looking in their overloaded, carb laden trolleys). I am so straight talking nowadays after 30 years that some remarks will cut to the quick with people..i don't give a hoot anymore.. Good friends understand that T1 is not a hinderance but a help to me. I think it has kept me healthier than I would have been if I'd been non diabetic. [/QUOTE]
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