Hi all, this is something I'm not sure anyone else has experienced.. My mother is a nice person but she can be really judgemental and sometimes I feel she doesn't understand the struggles of being diabetic unless she's talking about my condition to someone else and looking for special treatment.
For example, if I get treated unfairly at work or by a stranger, she expects them to be well educated on diabetes and tells me to fight tooth and nail and get special treatment.
However, if it's a thing I'm struggling with because of my diabetes, like trying to lose weight on 30/70 insulin, or telling her I can't eat a particular food, then suddenly I become like any other person and I'm not allowed any other allowances. Tonight she asked if I wanted pasta for dinner since she's cooking, and I politely said, "I really can't eat pasta, it makes my sugar spike really badly." (Seriously, since giving up pasta, my levels have gone down by about 40% overall). She then proceeded to call me fussy and ridiculous, and started to really have a go at me.
I'm really hurt by this, if I was on basal bolus I could probably eat it, but 30/70 just doesn't give me enough coverage for large portions of carb heavy food. (Which I'm fine with as I prefer smaller meals). What can I tell her without sounding like a whiny hypochondriac? Whenever I have any health problems she always assumes "there's nothing wrong with you for god sake". I can't talk to her about anything like that. She even has a health problem herself and I feel she should be more understanding than, "there's a diabetic at work and he's fine".
Is he fine? Does he tell you all about his levels and problems? No, because she doesn't live with him![/QUO