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Diabetes snobbery

Fenn, a few years back as I hit “middle age.” I saw a DSN for the “usual.”
As I sat down she clearly looked me over. (Nay, looked round me.) & said, “well! You don’t look type two..”
“Neither did my dad,” I responded.

“Oh,” she said, “was he type one?” I seriously couldn’t make this stuff up..?

Then whilst chatting to a reasonably well known recording studio engineer & musician. (He worked with some big rock metal acts.)
He brought up the subject of his health? I mentioned I was “diabetic.” He then enquired, is that the good one or the bad one.”
(I still realy don’t know what that means?) But I did reply with,”none of them do us any favours.”

I’ve also been in bands with fellow T1s. had to sack one when other band members were experiencing irreconcilable attitude issues.

At the end of the day. This topic is about a customer encounter with an unprofessional shop employee.
There are “reasonable adjustments in the work place” for anyone with a condition.

But no “adjustment” for “that…”
 
I do know that and said this was for me personally. It is also true that many diabetics haven't tried low carb because the orthodox advice is to dose for carbs. If you have an jba1c under 48 then congratulations as you are in a small minority of type 1s who meet that target and avoid complications! I suppose my main point is that for type 1s this option should be openly discussed with advice on dosing for carb less meals which I agree is counter intuitive.
 
Gosh that's shocking
 
Medals are given ✻in recognition✻ of living with type 1 diabetes for over 50, 60 and 70 years ..awards are divisive ..hence my own condition falls into the category of 'working class' diabetes.
 
 
I hope you got your loaf of bread, she sounds like some of the toxic people I grew up with. You can make low-carb bread, you know. I am fond of baking and find it empowering, especially when I get to pound on it. So stress relieving. Luck to you with that nasty lady.
 
pixie1 said:
The media, had a lot of influence over this thought process, I could be wrong.
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People frequently seem to need something to hate or feel superior to. I think it stems from feelings of inferiority (or my spouse says, perhaps it stems from genuine inferiority). If one feels superior, one needn't chase the rabbit into the rabbit hole and discover the truth.
 
I have been described as "oh you are one of those?" - The said person also said some truly awful derogatory things that I obviously cannot repeat and they just could not be excused. I am very opened minded and generally good with people I have to be its my job, my bread and butter. However, I did ask her if at her spritely age her sugar levels were skew whiff as that could surely be the only explanation for her ignorance! She never asked for my services again! There was clearly no love lost
 
On a positive note, there are nice people too! I still remember, when at swimming, the joyful little girl who came skipping over and announced "You're diabetic! So am I!" She'd spotted my Libre Sensor, duly let me see her sensor and went on to ask, "Does your Mum watch your readings too?".
She was so happy you just had to smile.
 
There can be snobbery even between fellow T2s I have found, regarding meds, diet only, keto or low carb. It’s a very individual condition in my opinion, I know when I was on meds I sometimes felt like a failure, especially when you are doing everything possible and it’s not working. It’s not always as simple as diet, weight loss = good numbers or remission
 
I agree- for me the best way to deal with being a diabetic is one that keeps your levels in the normal range as much as possible and that you can sustain. Whether you go keto, low carb or medication it needs to be something you can do. I don't thinks medication is a failure as we human beings are so complex and we need to find things that work for us both physically and mentally.
 
I have encountered diabetes snobbery a few times. Sometime from T1 as in "I'm a real diabetic cos I need insulin" and from T2 as in "at least I only need tablets and not insulin' to a T2 saying that his is worse because it's harder to control with tablets. My view is tat they are all wrong as we all have a similar ailment. In fact I don't like being termed a "diabetic" as that is a noun. I am a person with diabetes - after all someone who frequently suffers migraines isn't a migrainiac and someone with angina has "angina" and is not an anginic!! But maybe that's my snobbery.
We all have debates - it's just that some have medication that others don't - and then there's those who have control by diet only. Are they "better" or 'worse' than the others? But
 
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