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<blockquote data-quote="RAPS_od" data-source="post: 1752760" data-attributes="member: 132477"><p>Honestly, in that situation, I would leave her behind and find someone/something that could help me, just as you did. But what do you say going forward? </p><p>I love the idea of a note: it's informative and non-confrontational. It's effectiveness, sad to say, is all predicated on her willingness to learn. </p><p>When I first became a T1, lo those 50 years ago, I was told by my school counselor that I shouldn't tell people I was a diabetic because people would consider it a "character flaw." I had a friend that constantly heckled me because I talked about my diabetes freely, just as he would talk about being gay. I had a boyfriend whose partner at work died over the weekend from undiagnosed diabetic hyperglycemia. And just a few weeks ago, I had a severe hypo that left me unconscious - and my friend wanted to "give me an insulin shot" to bring me out of it. (Thank God he called the paramedics instead.)</p><p>Some will learn to listen; some will never learn. The most important thing you can do is discern the difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RAPS_od, post: 1752760, member: 132477"] Honestly, in that situation, I would leave her behind and find someone/something that could help me, just as you did. But what do you say going forward? I love the idea of a note: it's informative and non-confrontational. It's effectiveness, sad to say, is all predicated on her willingness to learn. When I first became a T1, lo those 50 years ago, I was told by my school counselor that I shouldn't tell people I was a diabetic because people would consider it a "character flaw." I had a friend that constantly heckled me because I talked about my diabetes freely, just as he would talk about being gay. I had a boyfriend whose partner at work died over the weekend from undiagnosed diabetic hyperglycemia. And just a few weeks ago, I had a severe hypo that left me unconscious - and my friend wanted to "give me an insulin shot" to bring me out of it. (Thank God he called the paramedics instead.) Some will learn to listen; some will never learn. The most important thing you can do is discern the difference. [/QUOTE]
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