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<blockquote data-quote="cristis" data-source="post: 1672090" data-attributes="member: 468069"><p>About five years ago, when I found out a younger guy I was supervising had diabetes, I was like "wow! that's an awful illness from what I heard!" (like cancer or TBC, in my mind). The guy calmed me down and told me it's ok, he was having a hypo and was just looking for an apple to eat.</p><p></p><p>Two years ago I've been diagnosed myself with prediabetes, and it is very likely I have T2 now.</p><p></p><p>My point is most people - like myself 5 years ago - may still be biased or may have no idea how diabetes is actually like. The image I had in my mind, at that moment, was of a 13 years old I've met in my childhood, with T1, using syringes with insuline. It was and it still is a daunting image for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cristis, post: 1672090, member: 468069"] About five years ago, when I found out a younger guy I was supervising had diabetes, I was like "wow! that's an awful illness from what I heard!" (like cancer or TBC, in my mind). The guy calmed me down and told me it's ok, he was having a hypo and was just looking for an apple to eat. Two years ago I've been diagnosed myself with prediabetes, and it is very likely I have T2 now. My point is most people - like myself 5 years ago - may still be biased or may have no idea how diabetes is actually like. The image I had in my mind, at that moment, was of a 13 years old I've met in my childhood, with T1, using syringes with insuline. It was and it still is a daunting image for me. [/QUOTE]
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