We all deal with diabetes our own way some might not agree with no kind of Susie but this is her choice. I do not know any diabetic who has bad days and has been in denial about diabetes, i got it when i was 3 and grew up with it this was 1979 and things were a lot different to today. I had a pancreas and kidney transplant in 2015 which is giving me a break from diabetes but the damage that the diabetes had done beforehand has come forward. I am in constant pain due to all all the nerves in my body been damaged, they have effected my bladder and bowel, my hands and below the knee go numb, my balance is not great.ans my mental health is not good. The thing is i am a single parent, a son, a nephew, a cousin and a friend and i am only hear today because someone lost there son and gave me the chance to live. I carry that burden everyday and yes a lot off things have gone wrong but i am still hear. It took me to my early twenties to tell people as all my close friends knew and the girl i was seeing we had grew up together, mind i did get some strange questions like can i catch it off kissing but instead of making a big deal about it i just laughed. I think telling the first person is the hardest but the more education people are given the better it will be, i did play football to a high local level and had to put up with here is the junkie or do you want some sugar. I just said we both have our problems i am a diabetic and your pig ugly and you will not have the sort of money to fix that face.. I played in a final and the other teams fans kept throwing sweets near the touch line every time i was there but when i scored i ran over to them unwrapped a sweet and ate it. At the end of the game we won so i went and got some of the sweets i was going to throw them in the air but i was named man of the match so when i went up to get my mom award i threw the lot in the air and laughed. You will always get people who think diabetes is a joke but there are more people out there who will help you, i have never thought of myself as a victim of diabetes and sometimes refuse help because i am stubborn. As i have got older i found out that people do want to help and in return i have helped our future doctors with a Q & A session and also done talks to diabetics as sometimes you think how does the doctor know how i am feeling he is not a diabetic. The sad part is diabetes is rising at a fast rate and if we do not help the people who need our help there will be more deaths and people needing transplants and that is putting pressure on the NHS which is at breaking point.