elaine77 said:
Nope my post got deleted because someone complained about me mentioning weight and said I was being offensive.
I was very offended by the fact I'm not allowed to express how I feel or defend myself... I feel it's very unfair but I don't run this forum unfortunately so I get no say in the matter. I guess we now just have to forget that page although I do agree with you in that people should have a right to their say and to their opinion, this is a forum and in forums there is always controversy, that's what makes it real..... In my opinion anyway...
I have been upset and offended by many posts on here and yet I have never complained about someone to get them a warning or a reprisal because I firmly believe everyone is entitled to their opinion whether we like it or not and I would never want someone's opinion to be deleted....I would accept it as their opinion and put my own opinion across... I don't understand why people have to go behind someone's back making complaints when they don't like something they read... If things get personal between individuals then I understand that's not acceptable but to get angry or to have a general opinion on something...I don't feel that is a bad thing or that it should be taken away from anyone.....
Diagnosed with GD in 2010, Completely disappeared postpartum. Re-diagnosed December 2012 with type 1.5 diabetes, age 26, BMI 23 currently controlled by only Metformin, 500mg twice a day.
Hi Elaine.
I started my reply, that I couldn't finish, with the words
'I am a good advert for those who think that type2s can lose their diabetes by losing weight'.
The press would have a field day showing me to the public with that particular, and very wrong, claim. It's a shame that your post got deleted, honestly, my reply was that good!
I can remember your very heartfelt mention of the fear of going onto insulin at a later date. If I don't take care of myself then I often wonder if that will happen to me. I have to accept that I am not cured and I might have only delayed the diabetes for an unknown number of years. It's not fair on any of us. When I read a post from a newby about the shock of diagnosis I can recall how I felt when I was told. I felt nothing, no shock or disbelief, I wasn't in shock or denial, it just didn't bother me. It bothered me to have to phone each of my 4 sisters to tell them they had to get tested, if I had it they probably did too. As the years went on I got worse and worse physicaly, mentaly I still didn't care. Even being told I was 'cured' had little effect, but a week later it did! I accepted the diabetes as just another thing wrong with me.
When I first joined this site I honestly believed that I was cured. Being part of the discussions has made me realise that I (probably) am not. The best I can do is try and keep it at bay for as long as possible and hope that many others can do the same.
I was chatting on the phone to a sister who is type1. She injects several times a day. But when she goes on the Slimming World diet she can reduce the frequency of the injections 50%. She doesn't low-carb to the extent that some do here, she will sit down to a large bowl of roast potatoes as her main meal. She also eats grapes and bananas.
I wish I could read your deleted post again.
Lee.
