Apparently, there is a good kind of diabetes! Can I have that one instead please???
Yes, a friend of mine recently asked me what type I had. When I told her I was tagged with T2 she immediately said " oh that's the good kind!" Then she was very confused when we went for lunch and saw me inject insulin, " But I thought you had the good kind???"
Of course I straightened her out on the subject, but the comments I have had over the past 2 years have been rediculous! My favorite one of all time is.." at least you don't have cancer!"
My family even gets my goat sometimes by telling me "not to dwell on it so much"
It isnt something we can just set aside for another day. How can we not dwell on it when it is a big part of every minute of every day?
The truth is, sometimes I get tired of having a smile on my face and pretending that everything is ok when I feel like a big bag of poo.
Sometimes I dont feel like talking and just want to be left alone, doesnt mean I am mad or depressed, sometimes I just need a mental break from the outside world, to imagine being in a world where I feel good and am happy. Wishing there was a "good" kind of diabetes!
Hey, karebear, we do ha've the good kind of diabetes, don't we. We're still alive and kicking, whats not good about that? Hugs, Maureen
Oh karebear...get ready cause these kinds of comments never stop. In my 24 years I have been amazed at the number of people who DON'T have diabetes seem to know so much more about than I do.
Keep setting them straight. You might save some other poor diabetic that has the "good kind" from having to handle the comments.
Yes Maureen I agree! Thanks for the reminder!
A good kind of diabetes that's a hoot. Maureen makes good sense. The only good kind of diabetes is the kind that hasn't killed you and judging by the number of friends here on Tudiabetes there are a lot of folks with the good kind. I'm going to remember her comment when someone makes that stupid remark then smile and go on my merry way. Maybe ocassionaly stopping to give some much needed education. Thanks Karebear and Maureen.
You might like a few words I posted on my blog exactly about this subject.
http://www.nicediabetes.com/nice-diabetes/nice-diabetes-how-to-love-a-diabetic
All I can say is sometimes you just have to laugh otherwise you cry
The "good" kind. Wow. I'm almost speechless (almost). Let's see, now. I wonder how that compares to the "good kind" of pneumonia, or the "good kind" of MS or ALS, or the "good kind" of ulcers . . . This is just so absurd. How do you respond to someone who clearly isn't even inhabiting the same reality?
You know, Bernstein says he isn't much interested in categories or labels like "Type 1" or "Type 2" -- he's only interested in figuring out for each individual case what it will take to achieve control. What difference does the label make? Do certain labels mean you're excused from the need to exercise control? Good grief.
