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<blockquote data-quote="Antje77" data-source="post: 2265082" data-attributes="member: 372207"><p>For me, personally, I happily say I'm a diabetic.</p><p>There are others who feel rather strong about not wanting to be called a diabetic, so I try to avoid it. If it upsets them, why would I say it? Besides, if it upsets them enough to react to it, you'll lose the plot of your conversation.</p><p></p><p>What I've heard most from people who dislike being called a diabetic is that having diabetes doesn't define who they are, they are a lot of other things too. Hopefully someone feeling strongly about this will chip in, they obviously can explain it much better than I can <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>To my thinking, I'm a lot of things: a sailor, a dog-lover, a friend, a reader, a pain in the backside at times, and a diabetic.</p><p>None of those things define me, yet I don't see why we would have to refer to me as a person who sails, a person who loves dogs, a person who knows people they like and who like them back, a person who reads, a person who sometimes acts like an annoying pedant or a person with diabetes.</p><p>Seems pretty complicating to me, but hey, if people don't like to be called a diabetic, I don't mind not doing so.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Would your wife feel like having a peek around here, as she's newly diagnosed? We have many lovely and knowledgable T2's (excuse me, people with T2) on the forum, it could be very helpful.</p><p></p><p>While you didn't ask for it, I'll give you the link to the info sheet we like to offer our newly joined T2's, and I'll tag [USER=401801]@JoKalsbeek[/USER] who has written another very informative piece that might be useful to your wife.</p><p><a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/basic-information-for-newly-diagnosed-diabetics.26870/" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/basic-information-for-newly-diagnosed-diabetics.26870/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Antje77, post: 2265082, member: 372207"] For me, personally, I happily say I'm a diabetic. There are others who feel rather strong about not wanting to be called a diabetic, so I try to avoid it. If it upsets them, why would I say it? Besides, if it upsets them enough to react to it, you'll lose the plot of your conversation. What I've heard most from people who dislike being called a diabetic is that having diabetes doesn't define who they are, they are a lot of other things too. Hopefully someone feeling strongly about this will chip in, they obviously can explain it much better than I can :) To my thinking, I'm a lot of things: a sailor, a dog-lover, a friend, a reader, a pain in the backside at times, and a diabetic. None of those things define me, yet I don't see why we would have to refer to me as a person who sails, a person who loves dogs, a person who knows people they like and who like them back, a person who reads, a person who sometimes acts like an annoying pedant or a person with diabetes. Seems pretty complicating to me, but hey, if people don't like to be called a diabetic, I don't mind not doing so. Would your wife feel like having a peek around here, as she's newly diagnosed? We have many lovely and knowledgable T2's (excuse me, people with T2) on the forum, it could be very helpful. While you didn't ask for it, I'll give you the link to the info sheet we like to offer our newly joined T2's, and I'll tag [USER=401801]@JoKalsbeek[/USER] who has written another very informative piece that might be useful to your wife. [URL]https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/basic-information-for-newly-diagnosed-diabetics.26870/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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