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<blockquote data-quote="catherinecherub" data-source="post: 197229"><p>Attending a Diabetes Centre recently I was told by the receptionist to sit in waiting area A. I duly did and sat there quite happily and waited and waited and waited.......Everyone else who had arrived after me was going in. I went back to reception to query why I was still waiting. After looking at my file online she explained that she had made a mistake as she thought I was a Type 1 and had sent me to the wrong area. "You don't look like a Type 2" she said. I asked what Type 2's look like? She told me."They are overweight". "Well they can't all be or you wouldn't have made the mistake would you?" I asked her if all Type 1's were slim but she didn't answer and it may have been because she seemed to be quite flustered. If the prejudice is even in clinics then the public perception which is fuelled by media means that the majority of the public think that you have to be overweight to be a diabetic.</p><p>It does nothing to help people with diabetes regardless of their size and creates a them and us situation even between diabetics in some cases. </p><p>The funny thing was when I sat in the right area, a well meaning lady who was waiting suggested that I was in the wrong area. I laughed and told her I was waiting where I should. She had a sense of humour and said, "Oh, you are not a greedy, lazy, slob like us here then". We had a good discussion about how we are perceived and some of the factors that can influence a diagnosis of Type 2. She had been on steroids for a number of years and this had made her put on weight and was a precursor to her diagnosis.</p><p>Tall, short, blonde, dark hair, it doesn't really matter but if you have excess weight then you seem to be bullied regardless and diabetes makes it a double whammy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catherinecherub, post: 197229"] Attending a Diabetes Centre recently I was told by the receptionist to sit in waiting area A. I duly did and sat there quite happily and waited and waited and waited.......Everyone else who had arrived after me was going in. I went back to reception to query why I was still waiting. After looking at my file online she explained that she had made a mistake as she thought I was a Type 1 and had sent me to the wrong area. "You don't look like a Type 2" she said. I asked what Type 2's look like? She told me."They are overweight". "Well they can't all be or you wouldn't have made the mistake would you?" I asked her if all Type 1's were slim but she didn't answer and it may have been because she seemed to be quite flustered. If the prejudice is even in clinics then the public perception which is fuelled by media means that the majority of the public think that you have to be overweight to be a diabetic. It does nothing to help people with diabetes regardless of their size and creates a them and us situation even between diabetics in some cases. The funny thing was when I sat in the right area, a well meaning lady who was waiting suggested that I was in the wrong area. I laughed and told her I was waiting where I should. She had a sense of humour and said, "Oh, you are not a greedy, lazy, slob like us here then". We had a good discussion about how we are perceived and some of the factors that can influence a diagnosis of Type 2. She had been on steroids for a number of years and this had made her put on weight and was a precursor to her diagnosis. Tall, short, blonde, dark hair, it doesn't really matter but if you have excess weight then you seem to be bullied regardless and diabetes makes it a double whammy. [/QUOTE]
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