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<blockquote data-quote="Ushthetaff" data-source="post: 2305016" data-attributes="member: 429002"><p>I’ve never had a problem telling people I have diabetes , if they have a problem with it it’s their problem not mine , not like it’s contagious ( mind you I did have someone years ago ask me if they could “ catch it”) . I have never been embarrassed about it , however it’s not something I tell people as soon as I meet them , sort of hello I’m mark I have diabetes, however</p><p>In the last 6 years it is probably the first thing that comes up in conversation . I am a below knee amputee and I wear shorts all year round ( and I live in Scotland lol) so when people first meet me they ask how I lost my leg so rather than tell them a shark ate it I tel them I dropped a hammer on my toe and due to having poorly controlled diabetes at the time I lost my leg , </p><p>It’s a long way round of saying no I Dinny get embarrassed .</p><p>Be safe , power to the “ jabbers”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ushthetaff, post: 2305016, member: 429002"] I’ve never had a problem telling people I have diabetes , if they have a problem with it it’s their problem not mine , not like it’s contagious ( mind you I did have someone years ago ask me if they could “ catch it”) . I have never been embarrassed about it , however it’s not something I tell people as soon as I meet them , sort of hello I’m mark I have diabetes, however In the last 6 years it is probably the first thing that comes up in conversation . I am a below knee amputee and I wear shorts all year round ( and I live in Scotland lol) so when people first meet me they ask how I lost my leg so rather than tell them a shark ate it I tel them I dropped a hammer on my toe and due to having poorly controlled diabetes at the time I lost my leg , It’s a long way round of saying no I Dinny get embarrassed . Be safe , power to the “ jabbers” [/QUOTE]
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