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Do we have a disease or a condition?

CathyN

CathyN

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Type 2
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Hi all

Can't remember where I read this now, but somewhere I read that diabetes is not a disease.

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CathyN
 
I prefer to think of it as a condition rather than a disease, because I don't consider myself to be ill.
 
I say it's just an allergy - I'm allergic to sugar! ;-)
Although my loving Mum seems to regard me more as ill, not so much though since I pointed out that she was ill too then as she is on blood pressure tablets! :-)
Regards
Angie
 
I don't tend to think of it as either but I'd prefer to say condition. I do take extreme offence if hear someone say 'suffers' from diabetes, makes my blood boil! I don't 'suffer' at all and I think it's a very outdated thing to say.
 
I think of it as more of a condition, however when I have looked up endocrine conditions and read up on them ( I have an underactive thyroid ) I am sure I have seen it listed as a disease of the blood, when linked with other endorine disorders ( thats another discription.)

Sarah69.................. I suppose a more positive discription would be that " I live with diabetes. "
 
I like your allergy suggestion Angie.

I'm allergic to carbs :D
 
Condition
 
Hi all.
I always say to myself its a condition and I am allergic to carbs too !
Intolerant to carbs , too much fibre, wheat, bowel disease !!!! [is this a condition too?]
My doctor, receptionists, HCP's always say You 'ARE' a 'DIABETIC' though...
It always seems to over shadow all my other health issues and problems!
Doc n HCP's always seem to put the onus on the fact I am a 'DIABETIC' and it is a
more serious concern to them than anything else I approach them with!
Anyone else have this thrown at them? I certainly 'DO' ...
Whether its good thing or negative thing I just accept it now.
Even when I go to the hospital there are signs up in clinics, xray dept etc to
tell them if you are a diabetic too.
When I tell them the first thing they ALL say is "have you eaten? or have you got something to eat?"
Anna.
 
Sarah69 said:
I don't tend to think of it as either but I'd prefer to say condition. I do take extreme offence if hear someone say 'suffers' from diabetes, makes my blood boil! I don't 'suffer' at all and I think it's a very outdated thing to say.
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I know you have proffered this opinion before Sarah but remember that others circumstances are different to yours. You may take extreme offence if you hear the term "suffers from diabetes", well I can tell you that my daughter suffered from hers a couple of years ago. Raging high sugars and and the physical problems they brought with them was indeed suffering for a young person with other physical and pyschological problems to deal with. To be truthful, when I find "blanket" terms applied to anyone which is what you are doing by saying that nobody suffers with diabetes, then I find that offensive.

But hey-ho, back to the topic..

I don't care..seriously. I feel that it is a condition, not a disease. My daughter has a rare syndrome that I consider is a combination of multiple conditions, not diseases. However, her syndrome comes officially under the heading of a "rare disease"..go figure! Whatever it is, it's an individual thing. I don't like to get bogged down with the small stuff and prefer to just concentrate on dealing with my condition itself :D
 
I think after a while now i feel I don't have a condition or disease. I am normal just have to eat a bit different to everyone else and live a more healthy lifestyle.
 
BioHaZarD said:
I think after a while now i feel I don't have a condition or disease. I am normal just have to eat a bit different to everyone else and live a more healthy lifestyle.
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That's a good way of looking at things Bio, I don't see myself as any different to the masses :)
 
I wasnt saying that people don't suffer from it, but the term generalises that everyone does. To me all that should be said is that he/she has diabetes and the suffers with dropped.
 
I don't consider it a diease, because I'm not ill with it - though I do appreciate that some people can be.

I prefer to describe it as "a problem metabolising carbohydrates".

Viv 8)
 
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