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I love a bit of Shakespeare.. I'm currently working on the taming of the shrew...,What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
I love a bit of Shakespeare.. I'm currently working on the taming of the shrew...,What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
"Elizia.".a type 1 shrew or a type 2?
"T2 be, or not T2 be that is the question" said Hamlet when he was diagnosed with Carbiforous Intolerance.I love a bit of Shakespeare..
"Tis nobler in the mind" in most cases..."T2 be, or not T2 be that is the question" said Hamlet when he was diagnosed with Carbiforous Intolerance.
T2 sleep, perchance to dream without the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune."Tis nobler in the mind" in most cases...
"Tis @noblehead in the mind" - FTFY."Tis nobler in the mind" in most cases...
It may not be entirely rational, but it does in my head - to a certain extent.Whether quote Hba1C in % or hi faluting units doesn't make a huge amount of difference to its relative value though
I think there should be a name/ title change to differentiate the various types of diabetes. Not for my benefit or that of any other diabetics BUT for the vast majority of people who can't be ***** to understand my condition BUT are more than able to make a judgement based on something that sounds "similar but for a number".
Sadly I think it's to late to change now, so I'll always be someone who ate too much sugar, didn't get off my fat **** and is now a burden to society in those uneducated eyes.
When I get a chance to explain that my body decided to kill my pancreas as it were, people seem genuinely gob smacked.
It's just a lack of sufficient information and the word diabetes that covers to many variables.
I'm fat and T2. So I guess I'm the sort of person you don't want to be associated with? I'm fat because I am insulin resistant (T2). I'm trying to lose weight (and have been trying to do so for 35 years) But hey, I'm not judgemental and arrogant, so I'm well happy with how I am thanks.I think there should be a name/ title change to differentiate the various types of diabetes. Not for my benefit or that of any other diabetics BUT for the vast majority of people who can't be ***** to understand my condition BUT are more than able to make a judgement based on something that sounds "similar but for a number".
Sadly I think it's to late to change now, so I'll always be someone who ate too much sugar, didn't get off my fat **** and is now a burden to society in those uneducated eyes.
When I get a chance to explain that my body decided to kill my pancreas as it were, people seem genuinely gob smacked.
It's just a lack of sufficient information and the word diabetes that covers to many variables.
@zand and @lovinglife . Please understand that as a diabetic like your good selves I fully understand what being T1 T2 and all the other lesser known types of diabetes are. My point is the general population don't, this is due to reports via the media, television portrayal and the likes who just generalise. Wouldn't you prefer that people understood more about your condition instead of the assumptions they jump to. I have no qualms with anyone and there type of diabetes but I do get annoyed when people judge using misguided information. That information isn't given by us as diabetics. Like it or not I have an autoimmune disease and sadly ( not yours or any other diabetics fault ) I am assumed all to often to have a lifestyle condition.
It's like saying we are all human. Not a truer word could be spoken. But none of us are the same.
Likewise as a community we are all diabetic but in my opinion we are very different in how it affects us and the measures we have to take to survive. I just wish other people could appreciate that.
I'm fully aware that eating too much and not having exercise are not what it takes to become diabetic.
Sorry if you misunderstood what I posted but for all of us diabetics I think there should be more clarification of are individual conditions.
Thank you.@zand . I can be ***** to understand your condition. I know only to well how it is to be fighting every day.