I searched through to see if anyone else had mentioned this and I don't see it out there. I'm having more and more friends and family email me, text me, call me, PM me on Facebook or even post directly to my wall telling me that I can just cure my type 2 diabetes if I go Vegan, or start ingesting "living essential oils" or take this vitamin or that herb.
Does anyone ever get sick of this, like I am?
How do you deal with these people nicely?
I've written a couple of posts lately to state to them that there is no cure, but that there is management until a cure can be found. Sure, a type 2 can get back into the good blood sugar realm with diet and exercise, but its not Reversing Diabetes or Curing Diabetes... once you have it, you have it. Yeah, I can manage it better and maybe be off medicine for awhile, but I am still a Diabetic. I've posted the facts from several sites; foremost, the ADA. But still, they do not read all they do is tell me I'm close-minded. I read and read and read and research some more on this, because I am a Diabetic. Anyway. I'm just curious how others handle this. I'm trying to be as positive as possible and be courteous and say thanks, but at the same time, I feel the need to educate them a little more so that they understand.
Any advice would be great. :) I appreciate it very much. Even if you just want to share your stories and frustrations about this here, that would be cool too. We all might be able to learn something.
Also, if there is a post out here somewhere that I'm not aware of, and anyone wants to point me to it, that would be great too! :)
I forgot to mention that I think honestly the worst part of people constantly telling you how you can cure your diabetes, is that it's a nonstop reminder from people who aren't sick that you have a disease you can't cure. For me that's the hardest part. This daily reminder that while I can (for the most part) maintain my health, I will never not be diabetic. Thanks, I think your question really gave me a bit of an epiphany.
Well it seems to me insulin resistance is way easier to deal with than no insulin production at all, or at least not enough to make a difference. Either way, it is a horrible thing to deal with. Only made worse for me by the recent passing of my younger brother who also had Type 1.
I also have a disease, it doesn't have me, so I no longer use the word diabetic!
Actually, from someone who is saddled with type 1, those with type 2 CAN do something about it. That is worse! Hearing people who have the choice to better their own condition, but do not! While some of us don't have that option!!
(((LADA Type 1))). I was speaking about my personal experience, of course. I had a 2 year honeymoon period and nearly died trying to do the type 2 diet thing.
If you've never dealt with insulin resistance, you have no idea what you are talking about. Compared to those lucky people who have booth t1 and t2 you have it easy.
Careful? About what, exactly. I know enough about type 2, know that I will never deal with it, know that if I had it instead of what I do have, my life would be a lot different!
I am extremely brittle. I have to agree with Cindy, as I have T1 and insulin resistance. I take what for many diabetics is an unthinkable amount of insulin a day for very little food.
Everyone's diabetes is different. And people cope with their diabetes differently, as people were diagnosed and became diabetic differently. Not everyone became diabetic as children, or had positive support systems. Some people cannot even afford to treat their disease, or fund their diets as they should be. Every diabetic is different. I've often felt like an outright failure as a diabetic for not feeling about my disease the way you feel about yours.
I am all about peace! Just because what I type is read otherwise. I can be a bit abrupt, acerbic even, but my intentions are good. My whole point is about getting people to realize they have control over their own condition! I see a lot of people on this site who post as though that is not the case.
Different to a degree, but similar enough. You don't have to feel any way you are not comfortable feeling. But you still have a choice about how you take care of yourself, what you believe to be true. I know more than you can realize about the differences in treatment, attitude, ect... when it comes to this!
Dean Phillips, I have tried to ignore you but having read your insanely long list of replies to this thread, I cannot in good conscience allow you to continue to harass people. This is a support site. Since commenting here you have done nothing but make offensive and backhanded comments to people about how their experiences and feelings and management can be. Stop. Don't even bother trying to defend yourself. Because you are so deep down that hole that there is no way to salvage the situation. You're not attempting to be understanding or supportive of Dave or anyone else in the slightest, and it's very abrasive to come here and do the exact opposite of what this site is here to do and be.
So you need low carb breakfast?
I always have cornflakes with milk (ca. 30 carbs) and bolus for it, you can have yoghurt (greek), or join the low carb group for better ideas.
I'm type 1 but I stopped taking insulin two months ago and my blood sugar is now lower. For me it was necessary to trust my intuition and not the doctors. Apparently not everyone can cure themselves, but in my experience, it is worth a try.
I like cinnamon! (Have to say that in the same voice as Ralph on the Simpsons, "My cat's breath smells like cat food!" or even better "Justice smells like hot dogs!")
It's hard for me to listen to non-diabetics give me their cure, and do anything but smile on them like they're little Ralphie spouting funny observations on the Simpsons. You can't really say anything substantial in response to them, because there's really nothing to respond to, it's just a funny string of words spoken with an unusually bizarre and unknowing enthusiasm.
I have to say, this thread has made me just a bid sad. All of us with diabetes struggle with being misunderstood. This whole thing about being offered "cures," many of which are just quackery is frustrating. But I can deal with that. Over time I've developed a strong sense of what works for me and what is grounded in evidence. But what really makes me sad is the widespread ignorance about diabetes. Diabetes of all kinds. And that ignorance isn't just in broader world of non-diabetics, it happens in our community. Not too long ago we had a petition to change the name of T1 and I was shocked at some of the comments that people made. T1s not understanding T2 and vice versa. Diabetes is a very complicated condition. T2 has been characterized by the noted research Ralph De Fronzo as actually being made up of eight different defects. And despite claims that T2 can be prevented, no studies have ever demonstrated that, they have only shown that you can reduce or halt the rate of progression at some level. In a strange twist, the same claim can be made of T1 as the treatment for T1 before the discovery of insulin (low carb and starvation) allowed you to live for up to four years. I would hardly call either of these prevention or a cure. It is vital that we come here with an open mind to learn from each other. We must do that in a thoughtful and respectful manner. As someone with T2 I deal with people telling me that I "caused" my T2, that I could "cure" myself all the time. I know in my heart that this is just wrong. I have a thick skin, but for many people those are not only untrue comments but they can be very hurtful.
I have had similar experience. I even lost money trying to buy and download something from Barton Publishing about Reversing Your Diabetes. After I filled in the form, input my credit card details, processing, waiting and gone. Money was debited from the card but the download didnt work. I never got the money back, and Barton told me to ring USA office to talk it over with the customer service staff. I have read a lot of stuff about reversing diabetes, over and over again, but like you said once you have diabetes that's it, you are diabetic for life. You can manage it and enjoy life as much as you can, but you can't get rid of it.
No, I just don't sugar-coat things as others would have me. This is a serious condition, regardless of what type one may have, and requires serious discussion. I get that many do not like the way I come across but I can only do so much about that. You know, people suffer and die from this. So I don't talk all nice nice to people but tell them how it is, as I see it.
Please prove me wrong, please! That is the best way I know of learning anything. But if your only criticism is that you don't like how I sound, then that is going to be your issue. I suspect you don't like what I have written because you do see the truth in it, perhaps a truth you are denying to yourself?
I have not survived this for as long as I have by getting and giving warm fuzzy feelings. Diabetes doesn't care about such things and will kill just the same.
