What question would annoy you the most?

[KK123]

'Go on, have a bit, it won't kill you'.

 

[porl69]

You can't eat that, your diabetic! I think that is the worst for me

 

[briped]

Or how about when you're type 2, and you're visiting your T1 friend, who goes "Why don't you have some potatoes? You can have a couple of units of my insulin to go with them". I still don't know if she was joking

 

[luv2spin]

@briped joking!!!!!!!

 

[briped]

@briped joking!!!!!!!

I really hope so, but I suspect she wasn't as that's her way of managing things, and she didn't look as if she was. Will have to ask her next time I visit.

 

[gsf1996]

Are you allowed/why are you eating that!! xx

This is what I came here to say, it grinds me so much. I mean, obviously I shouldn't stuff my face with cake every day, but neither should the average person.

It really bugs me when people a) try and dictate what I eat and b) try and tell me how to care for myself and my body. It's my own body, I know exactly what to do so please leave it. Annoys me so much!

 

[Jellytots]

From family members if I'm annoyed/upset about something, or if I'm finding something difficult -
Are you sure you're not hypo?

Oh yes this one! It's usually my husband asking 'what's your sugar?!' if I say I've got a headache or don't feel well I forgot I couldn't just generally feel unwell and not have my T1 be a cause

 

[gsf1996]

Oh yes this one! It's usually my husband asking 'what's your sugar?!' if I say I've got a headache or don't feel well I forgot I couldn't just generally feel unwell and not have my T1 be a cause

My mother does this, which I appreciate is her just looking out for me but it could honestly be like:

me: *sneezes*
mother: CHECK YOUR BLOODS ARE YOU HAVING A HYPO ARE YOU OKAY BE CAREFUL PLEASE OH MY GODDDDD

I'm like mam it's cool I'm allowed to have normal human issues

 

[Jellytots]

My mother does this, which I appreciate is her just looking out for me but it could honestly be like:

me: *sneezes*
mother: CHECK YOUR BLOODS ARE YOU HAVING A HYPO ARE YOU OKAY BE CAREFUL PLEASE OH MY GODDDDD

I'm like mam it's cool I'm allowed to have normal human issues

Ha! My mum can be unbearable sometimes, agreed they worry and its all because they love us (I guess I'm probably the same with my little girl) but even now after years of dealing with all the T1 stuff on my own she still panics if I'm low. And after telling her thousands of times that I need quick acting carbs to treat it, she still asks me if I want a biscuit I usually respond by laughing which then makes her mad

I guess things have changed so much since I was a kid and she was the one who dealt with it all. Now if I talk basals and boluses she just stares at me blankly

 

[LooperCat]

Oh, you’ve got the bad kind, then?

 

[marvinlzinn1]

I agree with Daibell, so pay both of us for it.

 

[Paul520785]

With a doctor at my local practise - " Oh - your are Type 1 - I am surprised as there are not many seventy year old T1's about" Speechless for about 5 seconds then replied "well , I must be doing something right because it is now over 60 years of insulin injections!"

I am still surprised that my comment was so restrained - very unlike me. . . .

 

[Vegman1441]

I was told I was Diabetic in my late 50s told my mum and she said you don’t want that so I said ok I go back to docs and give it back,
Oh well she is in her 90s

 

[mamawoody]

When hearing I'm type 2, "Oh you must have lost a lot of weight!". I'm the same size I've always been. Even my doctor was baffled as to why I had developed it, said it was probably genetic... . Also the whole "But you can't eat that!" People seriously think that I'm going to keep over and die if I eat a chocolate!

 

[stevetur]

Why dont you become a VEGAN!!!!!

 

[Rokaab]

The other day whilst having a brief conversation about Weetabix at work with one of the ladies upstairs (who has gestational diabetes and is 'diet controlled'), I mentioned I was a type 1 diabetic and I'd had it since I was 2 and a question from her was 'how did you get it at 2, had you eaten too many sweets?' ... at least I was being good an didn't snap back

 

[briped]

Why dont you become a VEGAN!!!!!

Doesn't everybody get that, diabetic or not?

 

[gsf1996]

The other day whilst having a brief conversation about Weetabix at work with one of the ladies upstairs (who has gestational diabetes and is 'diet controlled'), I mentioned I was a type 1 diabetic and I'd had it since I was 2 and a question from her was 'how did you get it at 2, had you eaten too many sweets?' ... at least I was being good an didn't snap back

How on earth did you not scream at them?? haha

 

[Rokaab]

How on earth did you not scream at them?? haha

I think I was mostly just lost for words
And I'd probably have gotten told off for yelling at a pregnant woman

 

[Interaud]

I asked a work colleague if I could sit down for couple of minutes/needed Jelly Babies - hypo hitting (they aware I diabetic) - asked if I wanted a glass of water!