What are You Doing for World Diabetes Day?

[MarieB]

It really does feel like there’s so much blame and shame. I applaud your courage to do what you can

@yourhanner

I really believe that owning this, and presenting myself as a human face of T2 in the atmosphere of fear mongering, is a really important step in reducing stigma and shame.

I was just looking at some stuff on “reversing” type2 and came across this great post

Words Matter – Why You Can’t Reverse Type 2 Diabetes

I feel constantly bombarded with claims that Type 2 diabetes can be reversed and prevented. I even hear absurdities about how Type 2 diabetes can be cured. I expect these things from the scams that we all see in our email inboxes and across the web. But what really sets my hair on fire is the use of these words by people who should know better. Medical professionals and our government should know better. And unfortunately when the leaders of the conversation send out a confused message our …

and also found this brilliant blog by our former President @askmanny

https://diabeteshandsfoundation.org/lets-come-out-of-the-diabetes-cave-together/

and to quote from our Values statement:
“A note about the different types of diabetes: We believe that no one
with diabetes is responsible for having this condition, and we do not
support debates about “which type is worse” or comments which place
blame on anyone for their condition. The different types of diabetes
have more similarities than differences, and within this community we
focus on our commonalities and the ways in which we can all support one
another as a unified group”

-just wanted to say, glad you’re here with us & we support you!