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Very early 1980s I treated myself to a Roche one I bought from Boots in B'ham city centre (where I always got my prescriptions from as it was just the other end of New Street from my office, so easiest place for me and I could either nip to BHS (for eg lightbulbs, hats or knickers) or M&S (eg knickers, bras, OH's underpants, knitwear) during the same lunch hour plus could look in the windows of every single different shoe shop as I walked past - and might even have time to browse handbags etc in Salisburys) and funded the strips at c.£15 a tub myself - mid 1980s I was told by my GP I could have the strips on prescription now - ie free!
When I got my first meter only diabetic clinics were allowed to prescribe strips. Often yo only get 25 and felt lucky if you got 50 for six months. I subsidised by buying my own (expensive). It was a relief wheny GP could prescribe even if quantities were limited.
We still don't have an emoji that signifies 'I don't blame your mate whatever cos it really is so frustrating trying to reason with an unarmed person - and I approve of the landlord' !
When I was fishing the bailiff came roundand asked me to leave the lake I was on when I asked why his answer was
"We don't like your Type of here"
My reply was what type am I (thinking maybe only Type 2 can fish it )
It turns out another angler had seen me taking my insulin I was undercover in my day shelter so how he seen me was a miracle and thought I was injecting heroin or something
When I explained and showed him my diabetes bag he couldn't apologise enough
When I was fishing the bailiff came roundand asked me to leave the lake I was on when I asked why his answer was
"We don't like your Type of here"
My reply was what type am I (thinking maybe only Type 2 can fish it )
It turns out another angler had seen me taking my insulin I was undercover in my day shelter so how he seen me was a miracle and thought I was injecting heroin or something
When I explained and showed him my diabetes bag he couldn't apologise enough
When I was fishing the bailiff came roundand asked me to leave the lake I was on when I asked why his answer was
"We don't like your Type of here"
My reply was what type am I (thinking maybe only Type 2 can fish it )
It turns out another angler had seen me taking my insulin I was undercover in my day shelter so how he seen me was a miracle and thought I was injecting heroin or something
When I explained and showed him my diabetes bag he couldn't apologise enough
Years ago iofren went to stock car meets with friends. One day we went to Wimbledon so asmy friends disappeared into a Wimpy I stayed in the Ford Zephyr 6 to take my insulin. When Iooked up two picemen were looking in through the side window. Anyway it was quickly resolved. It turned out someone had looked in through the car window, seen my paraphernalia and reported to the police that someone was doing drugs. Later I wondered if it fact it had been an opportunist thief?
Had some mind boggling comments from people, such as "you have to eat peas with lots of your meals now don't you?" to a member of my department who dragged me into a meeting as his mental health was suffering to to my condition "It's not fair on the department, this has been affecting us for four years now...FOUR YEARS!"
The best comment ever came from a colleague/ close friend at work. Departments bring in cakes each week on a rotation throughout the year for staff to indulge in. My BG was a bit low at 4.2 and I spied a homemade lemon drizzle cake so grabbed a slice. "Should you be eating that?" snapped at me from a grumpy member of staff. I was a bit hurt by the comment - possibly because my BG was a bit low. Before I could comment, my friend stepped in front of me and said "should you be eating that?" to her, whilst pointing at her plate. "Minute on the lips, lifetime on the hips!" She then smiled at me and said "it's just ignorance, ignore ridiculous comments from people like her!" I actually had an apology from her the following day!
Favourite ones to date, 7/8 weeks in to T1D after being rushed to hospital literally chapping at deaths door …
“ You must of ate to much sugar as a kid” - no my pancreas is essentially dead
“How can you inject yourself” - eh because if I don’t I’ll die!!
“Where do you buy your diabetic foods because you can’t eat xyz” followed by “how can you eat anything, your diabetic”
“That is disgusting, you should go to the bathroom and inject like a decent person would” - no, nopey nope! I sits, I stabs, I eats 🙂
“Imagine taking drugs in front of you’re kid” - bore off, she knows what it is for etc
Honestly the list is ridiculously long already! My personal favourite is the one question asked to my kid
“Are you sure it’s insulin mum is injecting herself with” - I’m 100% sure it life saving medication and the reason I’m still here to see my kid grow up.
Gee me strength, my eye rolls are awfully strong at this point aha. The mind boggles and some need to give there heads a wobble!
For which one?! Aha. Awk I’ve got a gob on me when it’s needed. Never been one to be shy about putting folk firmly back into their place. Ignorant folk soon shut down when hit with the facts 😉
'Are you sure your mum's injecting insulin?' to a child!
Not that I actually know for a fact, BUT as an adult I have always assumed rightly or wrongly that illegal drugs aren't delivered via pens ..... but I'd want to know from the person asking exactly how any child could be expected to know that !
'Are you sure your mum's injecting insulin?' to a child!
Not that I actually know for a fact, BUT as an adult I have always assumed rightly or wrongly that illegal drugs aren't delivered via pens ..... but I'd want to know from the person asking exactly how any child could be expected to know that !
Ray, you just have to shrug at those - and mutter Wish I had the choice of doing that! - but at least they didn't cause YOU any inconvenience so they did the right thing for themselves and you, which is fine by me.
'Are you sure your mum's injecting insulin?' to a child!
Not that I actually know for a fact, BUT as an adult I have always assumed rightly or wrongly that illegal drugs aren't delivered via pens ..... but I'd want to know from the person asking exactly how any child could be expected to know that !
My own husband the other day was watching the news and started complaining that it’s being considered whether people might need a second booster of covid vaccine, and that “we’ll be like pincushions”! To which I had to point out that 1) your own daughter has to stab herself with cannula needles every 2-3 days and has said cannula and CGM sensor filament permanently sticking into her; 2) my mum is also type 1 on MDI and has to have 4 injections every single day. Those people probably can consider themselves to be pincushions; someone with no other health problems who has just one vaccination needle every few months can not!!
My own husband the other day was watching the news and started complaining that it’s being considered whether people might need a second booster of covid vaccine, and that “we’ll be like pincushions”! To which I had to point out that 1) your own daughter has to stab herself with cannula needles every 2-3 days and has said cannula and CGM sensor filament permanently sticking into her; 2) my mum is also type 1 on MDI and has to have 4 injections every single day. Those people probably can consider themselves to be pincushions; someone with no other health problems who has just one vaccination needle every few months can not!!
@Sally71 - OMG - I've only been jabbing 50 years so don't yet know - at what stage will people like us start to leak our bodily fluids, does your husband think?
on phoning opticians today to ask them about an earlier eye test...
receptionist: which one is it (she meant type)
me: type 2
receptionist: is that the one that is bad that needs medication or is it the one with just diet
me: facepalm
