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<blockquote data-quote="RAPS_od" data-source="post: 1752762" data-attributes="member: 132477"><p>Everyone searches to be compassionate, I think. They will equate one with diabetes to anyone else who has diabetes. It's, "I had a [father, mother, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, fill-in-the-blank] who had diabetes, but they didn't take care of themselves and they lost their [sight, leg, life, fill-in-the-blank]." I get it; they're trying to relate. </p><p>It's just - dammit! - I know what can happen to me! They don't have to remind me at every turn. And most don't know what "taking care" means because they don't understand diabetes. </p><p>The kindest thing ever said to me was by an acquaintance who was a paramedic. "Type 1s have it so hard," he said. "They really struggle to do everything right and sometimes, it just doesn't work." I loved this man.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RAPS_od, post: 1752762, member: 132477"] Everyone searches to be compassionate, I think. They will equate one with diabetes to anyone else who has diabetes. It's, "I had a [father, mother, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, fill-in-the-blank] who had diabetes, but they didn't take care of themselves and they lost their [sight, leg, life, fill-in-the-blank]." I get it; they're trying to relate. It's just - dammit! - I know what can happen to me! They don't have to remind me at every turn. And most don't know what "taking care" means because they don't understand diabetes. The kindest thing ever said to me was by an acquaintance who was a paramedic. "Type 1s have it so hard," he said. "They really struggle to do everything right and sometimes, it just doesn't work." I loved this man. [/QUOTE]
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