How do you do it? Who do you tell?
I have been very open about it, after all, diabetes is such a public illness if you are actively managing it to reduce the BS readings and have a strong family history. People can't not know.
I have been very open about it, this has elicited all kinds of responses, including those who make decisions for me, such as the "you can't have one as you're diabetic". I have a very well meaning colleague who was doing this for a while :x :roll: to people who have changed what they bring in for treat so that I can participate without angst and everything in between.
It isn't a secret. Friends, family and colleagues know. With one noteable exception. My mother. Now I inherited my diabetic genes from my dad, who died last year (bowel infarction) after several years of poor quailty life as the age of 81. His first heart attack was at 58. he went on to insulin about 2 years before he died. He never quite got the hang of his diet (traditional NHS recommended ) or what his blood sugar readings meant. I know these were long term diabetic complications.
My mother has been telling me for years that if I don't lose some weight I will get diabetes and end up having my legs amputated (really) like my grandmother, then it turned out to be my great grandmother :roll:, not even from her side of the family, and it is possible that the amputation was the result of an accident. 10 minutes later she will offer me cake/chocolate/biscuits :| :? When/if I say no she will offer me something else :roll: it is sometimes easier to accept than keep on refusing.
She has nagged me about my weight for most of my adult life. She has this way of tutting quietly before mentioning the diabetes if I don't do something about it. I have told her I don't need her to give me this advice but still get the "for your own good" routine, with the reminder of amputations to come. Now don't get me wrong, we actually have a really good relationship, with the exception of how we relate around food in relation to my weight.
So I have not told her. I'm seeing her at the weekend. There is usually about 250 miles between us and I tend to visit during the school holidays. We will be visiting this weekend. She can't not notice how much weight I have lost in the month since I saw her last. She can't not notice I am eating differently. But I just don't want to discuss it with her, I don't want the lecture, which I suspect will be along the line of "if only..." and I only have myself to blame if I tell her and the diabetes risk lecture if I don't. I'm sure I will tell her eventually, I just don't want another lecture
I'm not asking for advice about this. I'm just curious to hear other people's "coming out diabetic" stories to check how normal I am compared to the rest of you :wink: So...
How open are you about your diabetes?
Is there anyone you haven't told and why?
What kind of responses do you get?
I have been very open about it, after all, diabetes is such a public illness if you are actively managing it to reduce the BS readings and have a strong family history. People can't not know.
I have been very open about it, this has elicited all kinds of responses, including those who make decisions for me, such as the "you can't have one as you're diabetic". I have a very well meaning colleague who was doing this for a while :x :roll: to people who have changed what they bring in for treat so that I can participate without angst and everything in between.
It isn't a secret. Friends, family and colleagues know. With one noteable exception. My mother. Now I inherited my diabetic genes from my dad, who died last year (bowel infarction) after several years of poor quailty life as the age of 81. His first heart attack was at 58. he went on to insulin about 2 years before he died. He never quite got the hang of his diet (traditional NHS recommended ) or what his blood sugar readings meant. I know these were long term diabetic complications.
My mother has been telling me for years that if I don't lose some weight I will get diabetes and end up having my legs amputated (really) like my grandmother, then it turned out to be my great grandmother :roll:, not even from her side of the family, and it is possible that the amputation was the result of an accident. 10 minutes later she will offer me cake/chocolate/biscuits :| :? When/if I say no she will offer me something else :roll: it is sometimes easier to accept than keep on refusing.
She has nagged me about my weight for most of my adult life. She has this way of tutting quietly before mentioning the diabetes if I don't do something about it. I have told her I don't need her to give me this advice but still get the "for your own good" routine, with the reminder of amputations to come. Now don't get me wrong, we actually have a really good relationship, with the exception of how we relate around food in relation to my weight.
So I have not told her. I'm seeing her at the weekend. There is usually about 250 miles between us and I tend to visit during the school holidays. We will be visiting this weekend. She can't not notice how much weight I have lost in the month since I saw her last. She can't not notice I am eating differently. But I just don't want to discuss it with her, I don't want the lecture, which I suspect will be along the line of "if only..." and I only have myself to blame if I tell her and the diabetes risk lecture if I don't. I'm sure I will tell her eventually, I just don't want another lecture
I'm not asking for advice about this. I'm just curious to hear other people's "coming out diabetic" stories to check how normal I am compared to the rest of you :wink: So...
How open are you about your diabetes?
Is there anyone you haven't told and why?
What kind of responses do you get?