Must admit I get fed up also with being lumped together with type 2 s, especially by doctors and when I'm told by type 2 s I should have it bit of cake or whatever as I have to enjoy life like they do (I want to enjoy life which is why I don't have that cake, xmas pud or whatever)!!!!
Talking of cake, at the AGM of Health Watch the presenter encouraged us all to eat the cakes baked by the team. Eat up or they'll be disappointed. I pointed out that I didn't eat cake because I was diabetic.
Oh, he says, I know about that. I've a friend who is diabetic. She just injects a bit more insulin.
As you can see from my sig. I don't use insulin.
I wondered who this patronising {expletive} was. Turns out he was a GP.
So at that point I was not pleased to be lumped in with T1s, especially by someone who should know better. The thing that annoyed me, obviously, was the patronising and ill informed assumption that I didn't know what was good for me and this {expletive} did. From an acquaintance, not even from professional training.
I wouldn't tell a T1 to have cake so they can enjoy themselves like a T2; I have given up a lot to try and stay healthy, including cake.
Sounds like the T2s you have been talking to don't take care of themselves and are proud of it. There are some who boast that they haven't changed their lifestyle, they have just been given some pills. They may, of course, be fine but one can't help thinking that they are in for a nasty shock in a few years time.
Gah. Rant. And, breeeaaathe.