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<blockquote data-quote="TypeZero." data-source="post: 2279380" data-attributes="member: 525950"><p>I really don’t ask for attention or brag about my condition. I mean who would? It doesn’t make us better than anyone.</p><p></p><p>My problem is the intervention of others who won’t let me do my own thing and keep giving me random unsolicited advice that offers me no benefit at all.</p><p></p><p>All they have ever known is Type 2 diabetes, they never knew there was a Type 1, I suppose if they heard about Type 1.5 or 3c then their minds would explode. Most of the T2s they know do not require insulin so they just assume it is something I can fix with diet and daily tablets. I’ve had a neighbour tell me that “it’s not that deep” and that apparently I’m “exaggerating so much” because I wake up around 4am to inject a unit of insulin to counter my dawn effect— I mean if I didn’t then I would be on 8-9 mmol/L before breakfast.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes when I eat vegetables and try bolusing for it they’re like “does that even have carbs you’re mad”</p><p></p><p>You get the gist. Imagine hearing this at least weekly or daily. It drives me mad. I cannot understand how people manage their own conditions because I don’t have their condition but at least I don’t offer constant unsolicited advice and commentary which offers me no benefit at all and in fact causes my blood sugar to rise because I get angry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TypeZero., post: 2279380, member: 525950"] I really don’t ask for attention or brag about my condition. I mean who would? It doesn’t make us better than anyone. My problem is the intervention of others who won’t let me do my own thing and keep giving me random unsolicited advice that offers me no benefit at all. All they have ever known is Type 2 diabetes, they never knew there was a Type 1, I suppose if they heard about Type 1.5 or 3c then their minds would explode. Most of the T2s they know do not require insulin so they just assume it is something I can fix with diet and daily tablets. I’ve had a neighbour tell me that “it’s not that deep” and that apparently I’m “exaggerating so much” because I wake up around 4am to inject a unit of insulin to counter my dawn effect— I mean if I didn’t then I would be on 8-9 mmol/L before breakfast. Sometimes when I eat vegetables and try bolusing for it they’re like “does that even have carbs you’re mad” You get the gist. Imagine hearing this at least weekly or daily. It drives me mad. I cannot understand how people manage their own conditions because I don’t have their condition but at least I don’t offer constant unsolicited advice and commentary which offers me no benefit at all and in fact causes my blood sugar to rise because I get angry. [/QUOTE]
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