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People that can't listen to other people's opinions.
People that can't say sorry.
My empathies lie with all diabetics of all types, all ages, all sizes, all colours and it matters not how or why they got it, diabetes is a rotten disease and no one deserves to have it.
If the only other thing in your life you have to worry about are stupid people making stupid comments then you have a good life, as I said to a young lad at the local nursery who was upset by some of the other children, hold your head high and tell them to bog off and mind their own business.
T1 is vastly different to type 2.
Sole reason.. This is "generally" a disease that is diagnosed in childhood so there is mo if or buts.... It is non blame on that person. Generally speaking we are not fat, have only ate the things our parents thought were ok and is a life burdwn of constant injections and resting or pumping for the rest of our lives.
Sure, we can change carb qty and try different diwts but it usn't going to get us back in to non diabetes. At least some type 2's can reduce their meds.... We can't.
We're injecting insulin for the rest of our ****lives!!!
Type 2's, sorry.... You do not know how it feels to be a type 1 to be waiting on medical companies and research to get us off injections or pumps.
Tablets are a lot wasier to swallow than having to test and inject every time you want to eat.
Some type 2's here have actually shown me just how in sensitive some are to just realising the impact of T1 has on our lives.
Eg. How would type 2'a really feel about having to think every single morning before they even get out of bed...
1) have I enough insulin for the day
2) is my handset charged
3) s**t I have to do a set change
4) ****, today is 6th day, need to do a tube change
5)!****, I forgot to take cartridge out of fridge last night
6) this is after waking up at 3am to do a blood test. Was a bit high, I'll amrend basal before I forget
7) ok.. Shall I shower now, or change everything when I get home after a bath
8) if I do that, will I have enough insulin
9) oh my, I ate my hypo stoppers yest from car.. Got to remember to fill them up
10) oh have I enough blood strips till I get home?
11) am I driving today?
12) s**t I'm not working today so I should have changed my pump last night to "non work" basal profile- did I do it?
13) whats my blood?
Thoughts all within 2 minutes of waking...
This is first thoughts, every single **** morning of our lives....
Doesn't matter about whether its injections or pumps the feelings are the same.
T2's on tablets or diet control or non diabetics do not have a clue what it is to live depending upon injected insulin or pumps.
How we have to (or should) prepare for each day before we even get out of bed is nothing that a non diabetic will ever know.
It is hard.
We carry on. We live with stupid remarks from people who have not got a clue. This is not an easy illness to live with and the insensitivity of people without T1 is **** hard to cope with at times.
Ok. At sometime or another all of the things said in the original post have been said to me.
There has been an additional one or two as well, such as:-
'Type 1s are young and innocent when diagnosed. It is not their fault their pancreas doesn't work. Whereas T2s are generally older, have eaten too much junk food, are fat, and don't take enough exercise. So they brought it on themselves'.
Kind of damages the self esteem! Diabetes is a lousy condition regardless of type.
Well, I think everyone's personal experiences will differ to an extent, and past experience, reading on here tells me that one of the things that really gets up people's noses is tagging their own brand of D to the "other" sort. As a T2, controlled by D&E, of the few people I have told, I get irritated when declining some deliciously carb-tasting, sugar-laden morsel, I am asked, surely you can just have an injection and get on with it. That's what my friend/grandson/neighbour does.
I don't like labels, and as such I have kept my diabetic status very quiet, with all but those closest to me. I like to be known as AB; not AB, she has diabetes you know.
DD - I do hope that rant of yours wasn't directed at me.
I have often said how fortunate I am to have been diagnosed with T2, as opposed to T1; not to mention how fortunate I have been to have been able to manage things, successfully by diet and exercise. But, whatever you do, don't think that I haven't had to make any effort to achieve that status quo. But the fact I think I am lucky is a fact, and it stands. Of course I have no idea what it is like living with T1, but then I'm sure you have no idea what it's like living with some of the challenges others do. If we want to get into a who's worse off than whom, willy waving contest, I doubt you or I would be close to winning. I thank my lucky starts on that.
Why are we getting into this sort of self-pitying, argumentative mindset when most of us have so much to be thankful for. We could be diabetics in third world countries where drugs are too expensive and decent nutritions food is beyond most of our pockets. But, on the upside, at least we wouldn't feel we were missing out on our doughnuts and thrice cooked chips. And we'd have the benefit of a multi-mile walk each day to collect water to account for our exercise quota.
[ / Rant of my own off]
I see , so what makes what I said valid is adding type 2 to the equation ? One thing I also have learned in life , which I suspect as "an older" person you already know is being "inferior" is a mindset that only you can set . No one else can "make" you inferior. As a child however , adults around you can say things that get to you . Being 7 years old and constantly scolded by the adults (who are uneducated about diabetes) around you for eating this or that is difficult. As an adult you can educate as a child it is not as easy . So if we want to discuss "feeling" inferior . Yes as a child I often felt that .
As far as the placement of my post . I am new here and just posted . I did not realize this was a war camp with sides . I now have learned to remain on my designated territory,
My opinion on any opinion is that all are worthy of consideration. I can even make exceptions for you inferior type 2s
I cannot believe that we are in a position that we need to explain that we are different and have our own hardships.
Let me say this.. I am on a pump and travel a lot. The insulin that I use is a fast acting short lived type . I was on an international flight ( 8 hours) I made a huge mistake and did not bring extra supplies with me on board... Thinking oh what can happen?? Well, what happened was my tubing got stuck on a seat and was pulled out. Do you know the feeling of knowing that what is keeping you alive is no longer working ? Do you know the term pulling the plug ? Well this applied. As I sat there in my seat thinking I have another 6 hours to go . I have maybe another two hours of active insulin. What do I do ?? I started sweating , urinating, and drinking so much that the steward noticed and asked if I was okay . I explained ... They had one syringe on the plane . After 3 hrs my sugar was 580 . I was able to get insulin from my pump. Of course I learned a huge lesson and realized that one stupid mistake can cost me my life . The purpose for telling you this ??? We are different type 2s. It is not about who suffers more , it is not a competition. It is just living. We live our lives on a balance. I could of been in a acidosis coma after a few more hours . I do not believe as a type 2 you would go into a coma after a few hours . Just saying.
Another thing to add to list of pro and cons with pumping!!!-lol
We are not "self pitying"as "satindoll" put it. We are just expressing things that other people never have to think about....(ok, injecting T2's would) and how **** frustrating it can be...."self pitying" is along the lines of other comments by people that just do not have the realisation of what it is like to have to plan every day life besides everyday living.....
I never said you were self pitying, please don't put words in my mouth
Frankly, that's the kind of comment that results in something nasty and cutting being mentioned by me. If someone says that to me, normal response is usually along the lines of "Can't have been as bad as you though, I mean, who would choose to come back looking like that?"Thanks @satindoll.. Good realusation that I have a "good life".. Needed that!! Thank you...
A stupid comment from a NHS chiropodist in South Wales. " you must have been really bad in your previous life. You would have been given a learning book for this life and had to select 5 illnesses to have to teach you to be a better person in your life after this one".
Hey.... I'm having a good life now!!! I was up to 4 diseases...
1) diabetes
2) palindromic rheumatism
3) pernicious anaemia
4) fibromyalgia
latter undiagnosed - the NHS Chiropodist wouldn't be able to explain that!!
Thank you for reminding me of having a "good life"
Frankly, that's the kind of comment that results in something nasty and cutting being mentioned by me. If someone says that to me, normal response is usually along the lines of "Can't have been as bad as you though, I mean, who would choose to come back looking like that?"
If people are insensitive I find that making equally insensitive comments back about something they have no control over hammers home the point that they might want to consider what they say.