Hey Jaclyn,
I think back on my ignorance before being diagnosed, but I didn’t believe diabetics brought it upon themselves with too much sugar, being overweight & I knew there were Type 1s & Type 2s. I didn’t know much more than this, other than Type 1s took insulin. I have one friend who’s Type 1 & I asked him lately if I ever said anything stupid or insensitive. He assured me that I didn’t. I never offered an opinion on what he ate or didn’t eat. I saw him test & inject, but I never thought to ask him about his D. Feel really crappy now that I didn’t.
Agree there’s a whole lot of ignorance about diabetes & not just from the general public. Heard some truly ignorant statements from doctors & nurses, too. I think we get overly sensitive because we live it 24/7, not that we should put up people’s assumptions & judgements.
For the most part, I set people straight when they say idiotic things. Just my personality, but I can’t help but challenge nonsense when I hear it. Wish I was the kind of person who could simply shrug it off, but I can’t. Hope that I’ve educated them a bit, or at least showed them to keep their mouths shut so they don’t say it again. I admit that sometimes I’ve given people obnoxious replies when I’m at the end of my rope with the morons