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<blockquote data-quote="mentat" data-source="post: 2143440" data-attributes="member: 86670"><p>I hope these give you a laugh!</p><p></p><p><strong>Pre diagnosis</strong></p><p><strong>Optometrist</strong>: Why are you here before your annual check-up?</p><p><strong>Me</strong>: Well, I've noticed I've gotten a lot more short-sighted in the last month.</p><p><strong>Optometrist</strong>: Mmm... well it's probably taken longer than that.</p><p><strong>Me</strong>: No but I pay attention to it. It's just been a few weeks.</p><p><strong>Optometrist</strong>: Do you have diabetes?</p><p><strong>Me</strong>: No.</p><p><strong>Optometrist</strong>: <shaking his head> well it must have taken longer and you just didn't notice it.</p><p></p><p>Two weeks later I was admitted to hospital with a sugar of 42...</p><p></p><p><strong>Hospital (at diagnosis)</strong></p><p><nurse sticks a cannula in my arm></p><p><I look away and wince></p><p><strong>Nurse</strong> (nastily): You'd better get used to it, you're going to have thousands of those!</p><p></p><p><strong>More hospital <strong>(at diagnosis)</strong></strong></p><p><strong>Nurse</strong>: Could you please wee in here...</p><p><strong>Me</strong>: Uh.... I'll... try?</p><p><strong>Nurse</strong>: Well you'd better do it, otherwise we'll have to stick a tube into you.</p><p></p><p><strong>Psychiatrist</strong></p><p><strong>Psychiatrist</strong>: Medical conditions?</p><p><strong>Me</strong>: Type 1 diabetes</p><p><strong>Psych</strong>: Tsk Tsk you must have eaten too much sugar when you were younger.</p><p><strong>Me</strong>: No... that's Type 2 diabetes</p><p><strong>Psych</strong>: No, it's definitely type 1.</p><p><strong>Me</strong>: No, um...</p><p><strong>Psych</strong>: Yes it is. I have a niece with type 1 diabetes.</p><p><strong>Me</strong>: I... I don't think...</p><p><Psych stares></p><p><I shut up></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mentat, post: 2143440, member: 86670"] I hope these give you a laugh! [B]Pre diagnosis[/B] [B]Optometrist[/B]: Why are you here before your annual check-up? [B]Me[/B]: Well, I've noticed I've gotten a lot more short-sighted in the last month. [B]Optometrist[/B]: Mmm... well it's probably taken longer than that. [B]Me[/B]: No but I pay attention to it. It's just been a few weeks. [B]Optometrist[/B]: Do you have diabetes? [B]Me[/B]: No. [B]Optometrist[/B]: <shaking his head> well it must have taken longer and you just didn't notice it. Two weeks later I was admitted to hospital with a sugar of 42... [B]Hospital (at diagnosis)[/B] <nurse sticks a cannula in my arm> <I look away and wince> [B]Nurse[/B] (nastily): You'd better get used to it, you're going to have thousands of those! [B]More hospital [B](at diagnosis)[/B] Nurse[/B]: Could you please wee in here... [B]Me[/B]: Uh.... I'll... try? [B]Nurse[/B]: Well you'd better do it, otherwise we'll have to stick a tube into you. [B]Psychiatrist Psychiatrist[/B]: Medical conditions? [B]Me[/B]: Type 1 diabetes [B]Psych[/B]: Tsk Tsk you must have eaten too much sugar when you were younger. [B]Me[/B]: No... that's Type 2 diabetes [B]Psych[/B]: No, it's definitely type 1. [B]Me[/B]: No, um... [B]Psych[/B]: Yes it is. I have a niece with type 1 diabetes. [B]Me[/B]: I... I don't think... <Psych stares> <I shut up> [/QUOTE]
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