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Do other people ever listen?

CaptainKirst

CaptainKirst

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Type of diabetes
Treatment type
Diet only
I'm having one of THOSE days.

I've only been diagnosed a short time and feel I'm constantly learning new stuff. Obviously it interests me because I've got it but try and hold a reasonable conversation with another human (non diabetic) and I'm shocked at how they act.

Example...I purchased my meter this week. OH response 'what do you need that for?' ....despite already lengthy convos about what I have learnt.

Another example is when I mention the LCHF eating regime....recoiled faces of horror when I mention FAT....despite a full explanation...I say this because I'm about to embark on it tomorrow.

Then people telling me what I should eat....or saying ... 'Stay away from sugar' - erm....hello.

Don't worry...I'm just sounding off because my OH has got on my nerves a bit. I know that most people are just ill informed or blissfully ignorant or don't see it as a big deal. But I am starting to get worn out repeating myself......I bet a lot of you already have this problem or have dealt with it for a long time.

I just needed to type it and get it out of my system before the rage within me exploded :)

Kirst
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Lol. The simple answer is "I've told you once. Learn to listen next time" and then skulk off...

It might not solve the problem but it'll make you feel better!
 
Maybe show your OH the thread by Kman think it's called something like terminal and scared. Then explain to him that you want to take control so hopefully he won't have to be your carer or get you a guide dog........ OH might take more note then.
 
tim2000s said:
Lol. The simple answer is "I've told you once. Learn to listen next time" and then skulk off...

It might not solve the problem but it'll make you feel better!
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Hahaha....I think the next person that tells me not to eat sugar will be forced to eat a bag of it

Kirst
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Lenny3 said:
Maybe show your OH the thread by Kman think it's called something like terminal and scared. Then explain to him that you want to take control so hopefully he won't have to be your carer or get you a guide dog........ OH might take more note then.
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I've got to definitely keep drumming it in but I literally gave up tonight because it was like talking to a wall....with glazed eyes.

Kirst x
 
I must admit before I was diagnosed I probably said some of those things. Also I never realised what unseen damage it can be doing if uncontrolled.

Education is the answer!
 
my OH has got on my nerves a bit.
Whatever next? I heard a rumour about the Pope being Catholic and also bears doing unmentionables in the woods.
Join the club! You're doing just fine.
 
Lenny3 said:
I must admit before I was diagnosed I probably said some of those things. Also I never realised what unseen damage it can be doing if uncontrolled.

Education is the answer!
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I may have to break it down for him....maybe I could leave bite size facts on post-its around the house....it's got to sink in eventually....or I'm going to be in a permanent grump.

Then I just have to deal with everyone else. :)

Kirst
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DeejayR said:
my OH has got on my nerves a bit.
Whatever next? I heard a rumour about the Pope being Catholic and also bears doing unmentionables in the woods.
Join the club! You're doing just fine.
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Hahaha....just another day on coronation street

Kirst
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Ignore everyone else!

Maybe get some really gross pictures of gangrene or other diabetic complications and stick them on the fridge. Tell OH it's your motivation to be healthy.
 
Lenny3 said:
Ignore everyone else!

Maybe get some really gross pictures of gangrene or other diabetic complications and stick them on the fridge. Tell OH it's your motivation to be healthy.
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Actually with him, that would probably work!

Kirst
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Morning, remember Michelle from the comedy show 'ello, 'ello, which was set in France, she always started off her messages with " I will say this only once " ..........................

Good luck

RRB :)
 
Robinredbreast said:
Morning, remember Michelle from the comedy show 'ello, 'ello, which was set in France, she always started off her messages with " I will say this only once " ..........................

Good luck

RRB :)
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"Leesen very carefully, I shall say zis unly wunce" to write in the terrible French accent employed!
 
Mine actually asked me if I was sure I was diabetic, a while back.

So I waited until I had eated too many carbs (cough), and tested him - 6.6 at one hour after a huge meal including potato with chocolate covered fudge, for pud.

After the same meal, a tiny amount of potato and one piece of fudge, my reading was over 11.

I think its because they can't see diabetes. it is an invisible thing. and what is invisible, doesn't really exist, does it?
Perhaps show him some pics (just google diabetic amputations, and plenty will come up) or show him your test meter. Read out a few of the posts on here, where people are struggling. Talk about the guy at work who neglected his type 1 and had a transplant at 31 (a real person, at my work). That kind of thing.

People struggle to understand something as invisible, and vague as 'diabetes' but they take pictures and stories on better.

I had a shock a while back. I'm sitting with our (very cute) dog outside a cafe, last summer. And a man on a mobility scooter stopped to greet the dog. We chatted, and it turned out he can't walk. Charcot foot. I had heard of it, but never met anyone with the condition. He wears a plastic bootie over his socks, and is forbidden to put any weight on his foot at all. His brother was having to come around twice daily to water his begonia seedlings, so that he could have hanging baskets planted up. he used to do them himself, but he can't stand, carry the watering can, or get outside into his own garden any more. The broken bones in his foot grind together. It knocked me for six. Poor guy. No pain, of course, but the reduction in his quality of life was astounding. His brother had had a small lottery win, and given him the scooter, and it had transformed his life, because now he can go outside again, and meet people.

Of course, I had known that this kind of situation happened - too high bg=>neuropathy=>loss of sensation=>injury=>slow healing=>charcot foot
but meeting this lovely guy, with such a curtailed existence... brought it home in a new way.

And that could happen to any of us, if our blood glucose goes too high, for too long.
 
Just get your oh to read the forums here. I tend not to say to friends or outsiders what I eat .. But I don't eat out ! If I do need to shoulder to lean on .. I post in the forums .. For an experienced informed response that I need .
 
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