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<blockquote data-quote="DCUKMod" data-source="post: 2116576" data-attributes="member: 345386"><p>I tackled all of this differently. OK, I was overseas, and away from close family (OH excepted!), for the first 6 or 7 months of my diagnosis, however my approach was never to use the diabetes word. Giving things a label offers up something against which others can form their judgements, and not always accurately. I've advoided the word prejudices, but that's pretty much what I mean.</p><p></p><p>I told people I had changed my way of eating because I had had some routine blood tests done (true - I was asymptomatic), which showed me that some things in my diet weren't doing me any favours, and that those things were, in brief, baked goods, pasta, rice, spuds and sugar, so I was giving them a wide berth for the time being. I also added I'd be monitoring it with further tests from time to time. </p><p></p><p>Most folks looked at me as if to say "poor you", but that was usually about the extent of it. When offered things, like biccies or cakes, I'd just decline (saying my previuos meal was keeping me full - true). Thankfully, I'd never, ever, been a snacker so it was easy in that regard, all round.</p><p></p><p>I don't need people's ill-informed judgements in my life, so I have simply never invited them in.</p><p></p><p>Over time, if people asked, I'd just say the concerning blood results had improved significantly, as a result of what I'd done, so I'd be sticking with it for the foreseeable future. Over time, people just accept I don't touch these things, and just don't bother asking about it any more.</p><p></p><p>Those folks will still offer me bread, cakes etc, but I just decline. That's up to me. I don't expect them to remember the nuances of the way I eat. Why put that burden upon them?</p><p></p><p>Of course, that's just me. We all have to find our own ways of tackling these things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DCUKMod, post: 2116576, member: 345386"] I tackled all of this differently. OK, I was overseas, and away from close family (OH excepted!), for the first 6 or 7 months of my diagnosis, however my approach was never to use the diabetes word. Giving things a label offers up something against which others can form their judgements, and not always accurately. I've advoided the word prejudices, but that's pretty much what I mean. I told people I had changed my way of eating because I had had some routine blood tests done (true - I was asymptomatic), which showed me that some things in my diet weren't doing me any favours, and that those things were, in brief, baked goods, pasta, rice, spuds and sugar, so I was giving them a wide berth for the time being. I also added I'd be monitoring it with further tests from time to time. Most folks looked at me as if to say "poor you", but that was usually about the extent of it. When offered things, like biccies or cakes, I'd just decline (saying my previuos meal was keeping me full - true). Thankfully, I'd never, ever, been a snacker so it was easy in that regard, all round. I don't need people's ill-informed judgements in my life, so I have simply never invited them in. Over time, if people asked, I'd just say the concerning blood results had improved significantly, as a result of what I'd done, so I'd be sticking with it for the foreseeable future. Over time, people just accept I don't touch these things, and just don't bother asking about it any more. Those folks will still offer me bread, cakes etc, but I just decline. That's up to me. I don't expect them to remember the nuances of the way I eat. Why put that burden upon them? Of course, that's just me. We all have to find our own ways of tackling these things. [/QUOTE]
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