I heard that a lot of people had type 2 but I never realized how much until my mom told some of her friends I was diabetic and she returned home knowing that 7 of her friends are or are married to type 2s and that her lawyer is also one.Well, this is a question I don't think we have had before, so, in the interests of a new experience, here goes:
First, I should admit that I am not T2, my husband is, so this is more a matter of observation than experience. So, my answer, in a nutshell, is "boring". Every Tom, **** and Harry seems to have it these days. Tell the waiter in a restaurant that you will skip the chips because you're diabetic and every other diner pops up to say they are too, but why are you not eating chips?
And then it's a bit of a "here today gone tomorrow" sort of experience. One moment you have an HbA1c of 95, then you stop eating carbs and before you know it, the HbA1c is a mere "thirty something".
Time to get my coat?
Sally
I love the comparison. It's how I feel almost every day.It's a bit like not being on the same planet as the rest of the population. You get questions like, "Have you got the good one or the bad one?". Someone offered me a hamburger saying, "I know you are not supposed to eat them", to which I said, "I am more worried about the bun". Everybody laughed at my wit.
There is no end to it. Even my DN looks puzzled when my numbers go down instead of up. She said I should talk to someone. Who if not her?
I was once berated by a fellow diabetic for using a meter. "Why do you want that, you will never go hypo? No, the diagnosis was made due to my blood sugar being too high, not too low and I can only treat it with food.
It is a strange world of not being able to adequately communicate socially. My friends want me to attend a re-union in a pub 50 miles away. I would need a map of every toilet between here and there and I dare not think about the journey home.
It is endless.
It's awesome!
Yes I find that the greatest experts on the subject of T2 diabetes are the people that don't have it. They are trying to be helpful but at the same time demonstrate that everyone talks lobbox about things they know nothing about.My grandmother often tries to take food away from me claiming that it'll "make my illness worse". She doesn't even know which foods would spike my blood sugar. She tries to take chicken away from me.
Sometimes I struggle trying to explain certain things to my friends.
What's your average blood sugar?
I heard that a lot of people had type 2 but I never realized how much until my mom told some of her friends I was diabetic and she returned home knowing that 7 of her friends are or are married to type 2s and that her lawyer is also one.
I'm so glad you figured it out! I'm going to get my second hba1c soon and I hope it's in target. What was your first hba1c if you don't mind my asking? Did everything get easier as time passed?I have copied and pasted this from another thread but it is a post that I wrote so it is not plagiarism. It seems relevant to what it feels like to be a T2 so I thought I would post it.
"This thread has made me think and it hurts. I think back to the first two years after diagnosis when I played the mushroom to DN's electric fan. No progress, lots of pills, no feedback except for a Post It note she gave me one day when I summoned up the courage to ask her if I could be told what my Hba1c number was. There was no hope. I was going to go blind, lose my feet and die. No point in arguing.
I was given a meter to see if I was hypo before driving. I used it to lower my blood glucose figures instead. I had made a difference which is something the pills never did. Now there was an incentive. Not only could I fix my Hba1c but I could also sit with a smug grin on my face while DN tried to figure out what happened. It started to be fun. I got better at eating the right thing and I lost 13Kg in weight. DN said I was thought provoking.
You only need incentive and going to see DN every six months is mine. Now I tell HER what I am going to do and have become pushy. Lotsa fun."
I'm so glad you figured it out! I'm going to get my second hba1c soon and I hope it's in target. What was your first hba1c if you don't mind my asking? Did everything get easier as time passed?
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