Yes, you are crazy. I have never heard a sane person just blow off reason before.
Thank goodness I got diabetes and I didn’t end up with gapped teeth, big ears and a really stupid grin.
And please stop laughing, I don’t look like George Bush, he looks like ME!
Nope…random chance of your genes mutating for this evolutionary trait to happen. Luck of the draw I’m afraid
i don’t personally, but you should believe whatever helps you stay positive and in control.
I got it because the genetic predisposition for Type 1 diabetes is in my family.
LOL!
For you, no part since Type 1 is totally different than Type 2.
Should of stated I am a type 2 diabetic and I have no issue accepting that I did live a very unhealthy lifestyle and by whatever cosmic means I tripped the wire that started my diabetes ride or just random dumb bad luck. Hence the commet that satan brought me to this junction in life. In Catholicism gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins. I had no problem stuffing myself when I was younger. Also I do tend to have a dry sense of humor. I guess my way of dealing with the weight on my shoulders but I am a religious person but I really dont think God is out there tapping us and making us sick of various diseases and expecting us to deal with them and have no issues.
So I am not saying everyone got here through the same path, that was just my path and my dealing with my divine entity.
Lila – I think you meant to type “CDO” – because the letters SHOULD be in alphabetical order, right? ;0)
No, I wasn’t given this disease. However, for some reason that will forever remain unknown, my great-great grandfather - or perhaps some other ancestor - was given diabetes and it was just passed down to the rest of the family.
My dad’s mother said I got type 1 because we had a cat.
About a year later she said I got it because we had a microwave.
There isn’t much point in asking why, but rather seeing how you handle it. I have definitely noticed how I handle it depends on the people with whom I surround myself. My boyfriend is very organized and likes a challenge, so he is always willing to help and is very supportive in the necessity to be an obsessive and compulsive diabetic. (My attempt at an OCD joke)
Well, I don’t think you are crazy at all. I have often thought this myself. This being my first year as a diabetic - I have done lots of reflecting on this. But unlike you I do not believe in “God” so I don’t see “God” in it for myself.
But I often wonder if the “reason” I got this (besides that is genetic for me -Type2) is that my body was trying to tell me something and wanted me to clean up my diet a bit (not that it was that horrible to begin with but…) and it was maybe a “sign” to me - like it was saying “Yeah, you breadaholic - quit eatin’ all that bread. I, your pancreas, doesn’t like it and I can’t handle it anymore so take that.” (hehe).
I often do wonder though if certain people are stronger to handle these things and something knows that (whatever you want to call it). I look at it more from the karma part of it. Since I study astrology, I often wonder if I was born at the time I was born with some certain strong placement in my chart that CAN handle things like this for a reason or purpose. Won’t bore you with what they are or too explain them. But I have them - I never knew it until recently and it makes sense to me now that I understand it. I was born to have some certain tragedies in my life but I was given the right personality traits and mind to handle them.
Some people can handle setbacks like this and come back stronger. Others don’t always have the constitution for it. I guess I can be glad that I am able to do it. 
Amen sista!! Exactly how I feel about it!
As all of you know, I am a Christian and I believe in God. Not going to get into homoletics and defense of my beliefs. Truly not necessary .
What part did God play in this? I was “allowed” to become a type one diabetic at the age of 13, just as Job from the Old Testmament was “allowed” to suffer diseases, idignities, losses, and sufferrings. Why?> I really do not know, but I have my surmisings. My diabetic life, my life with depression and bi-polar disease has been one of trials, triumphs, not tragedy. I believe that I have been made more compassionate to others, more mindful of their despair, than I ever would have been had I not walked a life in these shoes. I can look at others and not judge their feelings nor their actions, but empathize with them and always try to help them . I work with multi-handicapped students daily and I just do not think i could be as responsive to their emotional and health issues, nor to those of their parents, had I not been “burdened” with some form of sickness myself…
How do I hold up? Simple. My faith. I was put here on this earth to help others and to praise God’s name. It is pretty simple for me. That is what works in Brunetta’s neck of the woods. Choose to agree or disagree. But it has worked for me. And Job, longsuffering and faithful ,despite his sufferings; did not end up in too bad a shape , now did he?
I am completely sane and rational, Just a woman of faith. Nuff said.
God bless,
Brunetta
I think it was plain ol’ stinkin’ bad luck. God had nothing to do with it. But to be honest, lots of people suffer bad luck in various ways, and the only rational and human way to deal with it is to take a positive attitude and do the best you can. It boils down to attitude – you can concentrate on “Poor me!” and it won’t get you anywhere, or you can concentrate on "I have so much I CAN do and accomplish and go from there."
Everytime I write a post here, I’m thinking about maybe I can help someone who is struggling, and make them feel better. I don’t always succeed, but I try. I try to be a good, decent human because I’m a human and we’re wired to care about others, and I find that sufficient to want to help others.
Very well said Brunetta, I think that if I had not develpoed T2 I would never had met so many wonderful people who happen to be a great support system through all of this. So we can all reason why, but I think maybe we should think about what we have done despite this.
Essential diabetes manual for me, although I haven’t read it in years. It sparked me to look up the dates and it was written in 1886, 3 years before scientists discovered the link between pancreas and diabetes? I find it interesting that they arose from a similar Weltanschauung?
No. God is merciful and Good. He doesn’t go around picking out People(or Children) to give Diabetes or other Life-threatening and fatal diseases to. I do not blame God or anyone else for this disease.
The “not picking” is one of the salient notions of the book!
I’ ve been diabetic since 7 years old. I would ask my mother why did I get this and not my sister. Her answer to me was, “Sharon, God gave this to you because He knew you could handle it.” That one statement has gotten me through 46 years of being type 1 diabetic. Its all in what you believe and the comfort you get with grace from God, (he IS the higher up).