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Am I in denial?

Lamont D

Lamont D

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Type of diabetes
Reactive hypoglycemia
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I do not have diabetes
I was at my usual football training tonight when someone I know mentioned how well I looked and how much weight I had lost. So I told him about my condition!
A good friend joined in and said that the reason that I had my new look was because I had been ill!
Now this made speechless and gave me pause for thought. I had never considered myself as ill and I have often posted in a thread about my 'condition'!
I can't get it out of my head that I have been! I don't want to admit it!
I thought I had beaten the beast and with my new meds that my outlook looked very good.
No diabetes, no going back. A real diet and meds that are working. A better place to be!

I know and have admitted that I'm going to be on my meds for the rest of my life. But. Am I still Ill?

Am I in denial about my pancreas not working normally?
I need to listen to my friends on here about this or am I looking for a comfort zone?

Please tell me straight I can take it! I have faced this disease in the face and I'm not certain no more!
Sorry for waffling it this has hit me hard!
 
'I had been ill!'

That's the phrase.

Of course you'd been ill.
So had I.
Seriously ill.
It took over my entire life.
Am I ill now?
No!
Neither are you.
I've beaten it, I'm not ill, and I'm actually better than I was.
So are you.
 
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Thanks guys, good posts! I am going to sleep on it and I'll probably want to delete the thread in the morning.
I will mull over your replys.
Many thanks for posting. I really appreciate it.
 
How do you define illness? I think of diabetes/hypoglycaemia as more of a 'condition' or 'disease' as you said. I have Addisons Disease, Hashimoto's Disease and have suffered from depression in the past but I've never thought of myself as ill (though I guess depression is a mental illness) .. these are conditions/diseases I live with and providing I take my meds and increase Addisons meds if I'm sick, then I cruise along just fine.

So to me these are 'conditions' as opposed to illnesses. Your friends are likely envious of the new trim, taut and terrific new you!
 
Lesleywo said:
How do you define illness? I think of diabetes/hypoglycaemia as more of a 'condition' or 'disease' as you said. I have Addisons Disease, Hashimoto's Disease and have suffered from depression in the past but I've never thought of myself as ill (though I guess depression is a mental illness) .. these are conditions/diseases I live with and providing I take my meds and increase Addisons meds if I'm sick, then I cruise along just fine.

So to me these are 'conditions' as opposed to illnesses. Your friends are likely envious of the new trim, taut and terrific new you!
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Actually I had a 'mate' whose idea of a diet was to stand next to me. It was so funny when I lost 4 stone and stood next to him.
I still think being diagnosed was a positive life changing moment, otherwise I'd still be way over the obese BMI, and dead of a heart attack or stroke shortly.
 
douglas99 said:
Actually I had a 'mate' whose idea of a diet was to stand next to me. It was so funny when I lost 4 stone and stood next to him.
I still think being diagnosed was a positive life changing moment, otherwise I'd still be way over the obese BMI, and dead of a heart attack or stroke shortly.
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I agree Douglas, sometimes life's blessings come wrapped up in the shittiest of packages - as you say, if you hadn't been diagnosed you might be dead!
 
You have not been ill at all ... You have diabetes, it's not an illness it's a condition .. It's a life changer that's for sure .. But I would not class it as an illness ..
 
Nosher, I would say you where ill when you were undiagnosed and not in control. You still have a "condition" that means you have to watch what you eat but is someone that suffers from hay fever ill for live or just feel unwell at certain times. How about asthma?

Yes you have a disease which means that you are on meds for life but you manage it so as not to be ill. One of those management aspects is that you changed your diet and lost a lot of weight so it wasn't the illness but you taking control. It was a purposeful, direct and deliberate action; whether that was because of your diagnosis due to you feeling ill (having symptoms of some sort that is not normal) is neither here or there.

Are you still ill - not unless you don't feel well.
 
I want to thank you all for your considered replys. I realise it was just a knee jerk situation of which I was not ready for!

I have a condition that needs care and attention and something that can be controlled day by day. I have been lucky that I have found you lot as the wife said that I was...............!?!?!?
I am blessed by whoever that I have a excellent consultant and the help he has given without prejudice.
I am blessed by the kind people on here, without your advice I would still be in the dark!
 
I am only ill when I feel poorly. I haven't felt poorly for a long time, I feel very well, I look very well, therefore, I am not ill. Neither are you.
 
No mate you are absolutely not in denial, and you are also not ill. Your weightloss and vastly improved health is not a symptom of an illness it's a result of you choosing to get the better of your condition. Keep fighting the good fight mate, you're doing great :)
 
semiphonic said:
No mate you are absolutely not in denial, and you are also not ill. Your weightloss and vastly improved health is not a symptom of an illness it's a result of you choosing to get the better of your condition. Keep fighting the good fight mate, you're doing great :)
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Thanks mate! It was a kick in the b...s!
Am ok now.......ish!
 
To put a positive spin on your friend's comments; at least he recognises your predicament needs to be taken seriously.

How many times do we hear of friends and family dismissing T2 (and I imagine your condition being packaged with it) as something trivial - especially when not injecting. Comments like, "Do you really have to bother with all of that? Can't you just take something to cover it?" (It being a carb-fest.)

I hope you didn't give in a bo%$^*$%"g for caring. :)
 
No! He was always interested in me & my condition. Didn't even give it a thought really.
I wasn't angry just shell shocked.
Thanks!
 
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