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<blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 2289615" data-attributes="member: 480869"><p>Ok coming at this slightly differently. </p><p></p><p>As a type 1 diet and size are irrelevant to how your pancreas has decided to behave. fact. I totally get why it’s annoying to have people assume that’s the cause. </p><p></p><p>As a type 2 that’s followed the guidelines, and even done better by having less sugar than advised, but still got Insulin resistance and subsequently gained weight as a direct result and later been diagnosed type 2 (also due to a genetic predisposition) it’s frustrating that other people think it’s my fault - even other people with diabetes! Your comments about slimness are just as uneducated about type 2 as those directed to you about type 1. </p><p></p><p>Most people with neither type diagnosed know next to nothing about either type. And that’s not surprising as they get no information other than the media. </p><p></p><p>We all have 3 choices. Get angry and annoyed. Totally ignore the comments. Educate the uneducated. The first only harms us. The middle maintains the status quo. The last improves the situation. Take your pick.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSSS, post: 2289615, member: 480869"] Ok coming at this slightly differently. As a type 1 diet and size are irrelevant to how your pancreas has decided to behave. fact. I totally get why it’s annoying to have people assume that’s the cause. As a type 2 that’s followed the guidelines, and even done better by having less sugar than advised, but still got Insulin resistance and subsequently gained weight as a direct result and later been diagnosed type 2 (also due to a genetic predisposition) it’s frustrating that other people think it’s my fault - even other people with diabetes! Your comments about slimness are just as uneducated about type 2 as those directed to you about type 1. Most people with neither type diagnosed know next to nothing about either type. And that’s not surprising as they get no information other than the media. We all have 3 choices. Get angry and annoyed. Totally ignore the comments. Educate the uneducated. The first only harms us. The middle maintains the status quo. The last improves the situation. Take your pick. [/QUOTE]
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