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Ever had to have 'the conversation?'

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DeusXM

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You know the one I mean. The one where you're about to eat and someone discovers you have diabetes?

Fed up with having to explain everything? Want to just get on and enjoy your meal? Help is at hand!

Simply print out the following onto some business cards, hand these out and astonish your irritating interrogator as you answer all their questions through the power of clairvoyance!

(seriously, every conversation I've ever had on this always runs EXACTLY the same way)

- Yes, I have to inject at least once a day and then each time I eat.
- Yes, that DOES mean I probably inject 5-7 times a day.
- Yes, really.
- No, it doesn't hurt, and even if it did, it's not like I have a choice.
- Yes, I can eat that.
- And that.
- No, really, I can.
- I don't care if you say your diabetic gran can't. I'm not your diabetic gran.
- There's no such thing as 'a little bit' or 'severely' diabetic.
- Excuse me, but I think I'm a bit more of an authority on this than you.
- Any further questions please consult a medical textbook. I'm eating.
 
You might also want to recommend a medical textbook, to diminish the danger that they read from the ones that some HCPs obviously get most of their information from...! 😱 😉
 
something very similar only I'm on tablets and often describe metformin as horse pills. When asked why I'm taking horse pills I tell people the husband describes me as 'the old nag' which then kills further conversation unless people have a death wish or something...
 
DeusXM said:
You know the one I mean. The one where you're about to eat and someone discovers you have diabetes?

Fed up with having to explain everything? Want to just get on and enjoy your meal? Help is at hand!

Simply print out the following onto some business cards, hand these out and astonish your irritating interrogator as you answer all their questions through the power of clairvoyance!

(seriously, every conversation I've ever had on this always runs EXACTLY the same way)

- Yes, I have to inject at least once a day and then each time I eat.
- Yes, that DOES mean I probably inject 5-7 times a day.
- Yes, really.
- No, it doesn't hurt, and even if it did, it's not like I have a choice.
- Yes, I can eat that.
- And that.
- No, really, I can.
- I don't care if you say your diabetic gran can't. I'm not your diabetic gran.
- There's no such thing as 'a little bit' or 'severely' diabetic.
- Excuse me, but I think I'm a bit more of an authority on this than you.
- Any further questions please consult a medical textbook. I'm eating.
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LOL I love it!! It annoys me so much when people say 'I thought diabetic people weren't supposed to eat sweets?' It's like you become public property for judgement as soon as people know you have diabetes.
 
DeusXM said:
You know the one I mean. The one where you're about to eat and someone discovers you have diabetes?

Fed up with having to explain everything? Want to just get on and enjoy your meal? Help is at hand!

Simply print out the following onto some business cards, hand these out and astonish your irritating interrogator as you answer all their questions through the power of clairvoyance!

(seriously, every conversation I've ever had on this always runs EXACTLY the same way)

- Yes, I have to inject at least once a day and then each time I eat.
- Yes, that DOES mean I probably inject 5-7 times a day.
- Yes, really.
- No, it doesn't hurt, and even if it did, it's not like I have a choice.
- Yes, I can eat that.
- And that.
- No, really, I can.
- I don't care if you say your diabetic gran can't. I'm not your diabetic gran.
- There's no such thing as 'a little bit' or 'severely' diabetic.
- Excuse me, but I think I'm a bit more of an authority on this than you.
- Any further questions please consult a medical textbook. I'm eating.
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Haha - Point 8 & 9. The amount of times Ive heard, "oooo my nans sisters aunties dogs previous owners dads nan was diabetic.." "O right - what type?" " The worst type".

Can relate to this, and yeh it can grate sometimes!
 
Hehe! Sounds very familiar.

"oooooh I could *never* inject myself..."

Really? I think given the alternative you'd probably manage JUST LIKE ALL THE 100s OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO GET DIAGNOSED EVERY YEAR 🙄
 
I may just print this & shove it down 3 people's throats at work.
This is what I usually have to say

Yes I'm diabetic

I'm type 1 not type 2 so taking metformin won't keep me alive

Yes I can have sugar in coffee as long as I count it

Yes I can eat chocolate & sweet

I'm drinking lucozade coz I'm having a hypo & if I don't, I may fall into a coma

Now kindly f*** off, I've been diabetic long enough to know what I'm doing!!!
 
The rudest person I ever came across was a family friend of my ex's
Elderly lady- we went to tea with her- Ice cream for pudding
It was only later that I mentioned I was diabetic
Almost shouted- righteous indignation/ outrage- in her voice " well why did you eat that ice-cream?"
An appropriate response would have been "Well considering your weight, why did you?" ( obese- with a face like tha back of a bus and a moustache to boot)
I'm too polite
 
Abi said:
The rudest person I ever came across was a family friend of my ex's
Elderly lady- we went to tea with her- Ice cream for pudding
It was only later that I mentioned I was diabetic
Almost shouted- righteous indignation/ outrage- in her voice " well why did you eat that ice-cream?"
An appropriate response would have been "Well considering your weight, why did you?" ( obese- with a face like tha back of a bus and a moustache to boot)
I'm too polite
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Don't tell me, you just told her to stick her head up a dead bear's bum? 😱 :D
 
Fortunately I have not experienced questions such as these..........

Its very unlikely for a stranger to be informed of my condition, its only family and friends that know.....

Ultimately though, if a question is asked, it is very hard to stop me talking about it....🙂

Who was asking these questions for you?
 
Odd one I got when new at work - Can you eat grapes? I thought diabetics couldn't?'
Huh?
 
I was told by a practice nurse to never eat grapes ever again. I still feel guilty when I indulge, even though my BG is very well controlled!
 
Ive said a few times I eat grapes they don't effect my bs but I know loads on here cant have um, I'm not saying I eat them by the bag full just a small bunch each time
 
I guess this shows the state of the nations knowledge of Diabetes! I'd like to think that when I'm asked the daft questions I use the oppourtunity to do my bit for Diabetes education! Hopefully there's a few friends of mine who won't ask the next diabetic person they come across stupid questions!!
 
LeeLee said:
I was told by a practice nurse to never eat grapes ever again. I still feel guilty when I indulge, even though my BG is very well controlled!
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Oh dear...I eat punnets of them at a time.
 
Grapes are pretty high GI and can push levels up quickly. Best to eat them in a brie and grape sandwich, where the brie lowers the GL 🙂
 
well at the start -we were told (by dietician] H could have 8-10 grapes as a snack -no injection needed- we only do grapes added onto a meal now and always have done
 
Good grief.

And I daresay for her adult advice, a bottle of finest Chardonnay/Merlot or Magners counts as one of yer 5 a day?
 
hilarious- actually even when a different one came out to the house a few days later-I said im sure ive read that grapes are full of sugar are we sure he can count that as a snack { it was from here on my first post] she looked at me as if i was round the twist!!
 
My mum and dad are the worst for 'you shouldn't eat that' coz they are t2 and obv an authority on these things.

Ill listen to her when she stops thinking that lasagne huge jacket potato and beans is a healthy diet for her as one meal. That's more carbs right there than I eat in a day but apparently a small chocolate bar is severely frowned apon if its me eatin it. *rolls eyes*
 
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