Mildly Annoying Moments as a Diabetic

[NotBeyonce]

• When you don't get enough blood on the test strip
• When you accidentally buy regular almond milk instead of unsweetened almond milk
• When people judge you for having a mint or desert or candy 'cause a mint is gonna suddenly cause your imminent death, but offer you pasta, bread etc
• When people judge you for going LCHF or low carb, but they are the ones needing a nap after lunch
• When everyone wants to use your glucose monitor to test themselves @ parties/family events ... um, test strips are expensive
  
• When you're going out to eat with friends and the restaurant doesn't list nutritional info on their website
• Not being as hot as T1D Nick Jonas

 

[Tom.thomas61]

* when everybody around you is suddenly an expert on diabetes

 

[Postleneo]

* when your cgm wakes you in the early hours showing you are below your minimum limit but on testing you are actually 6 mmol!!

 

[jay hay-char]

• Not being as hot as T1D Nick Jonas

I suspect several of us blokes on here suffer from this affliction .....

 

[kevinfitzgerald]

When the cat jumps on or tries to get on your lap whilst your trying to inject into your leg or stomach!

 

[Cumberland]

Running out of glucogel after thinking you have some left

 

[mytype1.life]

When every event at work involves food and non of it is low carb

 

[Scarjaws]

When no one around you understands what it's like

 

[francesk]

When someone says to you - oh so you just can't eat sugar then?

 

[PatsyB]

Dropping to sleep when watching a good proramme and missing the end of it, never ever did this before

 

[wolfie11969]

Basing trips out on what the toilets facilities are and if there's more than one

 

[Deleted member 308541]

Basing trips out on what the toilets facilities are and if there's more than one

There's phone apps for that, I have one called Busting! which is for Australian public toilets. There's heaps of other apps for different countries on Google Play.

 

[wolfie11969]

There's phone apps for that, I have one called Busting! which is for Australian public toilets. There's heaps of other apps for different countries on Google Play.

Thankyou I will have a look at something similar. I know if we use a motorway I have to stop every services for the toilet, so that's every 25 miles or so

 

[LooperCat]

When you try to explain it affects every system and cell in your body but healthy people just can’t understand.

 

[ixi1429]

Being told (as a type 2) that it develeoped as you are fat/lazy/overweight.
Being asked " will you be measuring the weight of everything you eat for much longer?" (LCHF diet)
Having to measure the foods you eat so you can count the carbs.
Getting in very late and realising that you have not prepared anything to eat and it will take 15-30 mins and "why o why can't I just have a cheese sandwich"
Nor being able to eat pancakes made with flour on Shrove Tuesday.
Dr's/Nurses not knowing enough about your condition

 

[Olufisayo]

• When you don't get enough blood on the test strip
• When you accidentally buy regular almond milk instead of unsweetened almond milk
• When people judge you for having a mint or desert or candy 'cause a mint is gonna suddenly cause your imminent death, but offer you pasta, bread etc
• When people judge you for going LCHF or low carb, but they are the ones needing a nap after lunch
• When everyone wants to use your glucose monitor to test themselves @ parties/family events ... um, test strips are expensive
  
• When you're going out to eat with friends and the restaurant doesn't list nutritional info on their website
• Not being as hot as T1D Nick Jonas

Test strips are expensive. Lol!

 

[nomoredonuts]

...and when my long-suffering other half says I'm grumpy AND I CAN'T HELP IT!!

 

[SueJB]

When you steal a chip and you get a look could kill. Same as a mint

 

[Fairygodmother]

When decent levels go awol at supper and him indoors offers to delay it and I feel like a guilty spoiler

 

[kevinfitzgerald]

Jams and Marmalades which are labelled "Diabetic"