- Messages
- 23
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Pump
- Dislikes
- Dishonest people, routines, arguing, having to explain my actions too much, being high, being alone.
Hi!
So I'm 18 and I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes this May..
After being diagnosed , my life changed.. at first it seemed for the worse, but just after 2 months I seemed to pull myself together and realise , that thanks to diabetes I've become a much stronger and confident person.. I could go on about this , but that is not why I'm writing..
So for the past few months I had decided of getting my first tattoo and I wanted it to represent who I am.. So I decided to tattoo "Diabet1c" somewhere..
But when I mentioned this to my friends, they all were very disapproving.. they kept saying that that is weird and depressive that I am planning to ink my diagnose on my skin forever.. They kept giving endless arguments like "others will look your way with disapproving looks" and kept comparing it to HIV and similar diagnosis saying "do you think it is normal to tattoo HIV somewhere?"
But the thing is I didnt care .. I was confident about my choise despite their arguing..
So 2 weeks ago I got my tattoo.. and I kept it quiet from those friends , cause I really had enough of them telling me I'm nuts or smth..
But , yeah, of course they now know and today I had to go though several more talks..
Thing is I still don't regret it and don't see it the way they do..
But what is truly bothering me is that they don't get it , that it is not supposed to be a negative symbol or smth..
Is is not secret that there are actually a lot of things nobody of them agrees with me , but I really wished that at least they would accept my decisions and not put me down..
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So that is my story..
And the reason why I shared it is because I just feel so alone in this.. I started thinking that they just don't get it because they are not like me (diabetic i mean)..
So I want to know a fellow diabetics (or non-diabetics) thoughts on this situation..
So I'm 18 and I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes this May..
After being diagnosed , my life changed.. at first it seemed for the worse, but just after 2 months I seemed to pull myself together and realise , that thanks to diabetes I've become a much stronger and confident person.. I could go on about this , but that is not why I'm writing..
So for the past few months I had decided of getting my first tattoo and I wanted it to represent who I am.. So I decided to tattoo "Diabet1c" somewhere..
But when I mentioned this to my friends, they all were very disapproving.. they kept saying that that is weird and depressive that I am planning to ink my diagnose on my skin forever.. They kept giving endless arguments like "others will look your way with disapproving looks" and kept comparing it to HIV and similar diagnosis saying "do you think it is normal to tattoo HIV somewhere?"
But the thing is I didnt care .. I was confident about my choise despite their arguing..
So 2 weeks ago I got my tattoo.. and I kept it quiet from those friends , cause I really had enough of them telling me I'm nuts or smth..
But , yeah, of course they now know and today I had to go though several more talks..
Thing is I still don't regret it and don't see it the way they do..
But what is truly bothering me is that they don't get it , that it is not supposed to be a negative symbol or smth..
Is is not secret that there are actually a lot of things nobody of them agrees with me , but I really wished that at least they would accept my decisions and not put me down..
---
So that is my story..
And the reason why I shared it is because I just feel so alone in this.. I started thinking that they just don't get it because they are not like me (diabetic i mean)..
So I want to know a fellow diabetics (or non-diabetics) thoughts on this situation..