Got moaned at by another diabetic

[pav]

Xmas eve was not as expected, planned to go out with friends and as normal expected to be home before 8 pm ish.

The company was good as was the entertainment which carried on past the usual times so was out a lot longer than expected. So I tested discreetly as I thought at the table, another diabetic spotted this and moaned that I did not need to test and should of gone to the toilet to test. No way am I going to test in a toilet, and rely on the hospital HbA1c tests and meters are a waste of time.

On the plus side a friend I was with for the rest of the evening a non diabetic, who did not mind me testing. Earlier she was concerned as she did not what to look out for if I went hypo and what my signs of a hypo were and the best way to help if I went hypo. As the evening went on and the lack of food was kicking in the hypo treats came out, not so much to control a hypo, but more to prevent a hypo from happening and managed the night without any problems, eventually getting home just as Xmas day struck.

 

[SB2015]

Well done Pav.
If people choose not to test that is their choice,but stick to what you know works for you, and well done for not going to the loo to test.

 

[Vince_UK]

Flying back from Shanghai on Saturday I tested on the plane in my seat so if anyone had a problem then they can go fly a kite.
Nobody said anything by the way lol.
I have to live with this thing like all of us on here, not them.

 

[Lucy Honeychurch]

Mind your own beeswax springs to mind! No one dictates to me when, where, how I test. My circus, my monkeys

 

[New-journey]

Mind your own beeswax springs to mind! No one dictates to me when, where, how I test. My circus, my monkeys

Agree with Lucy and also where I inject!

 

[Ralph-YK]

Boundaries and serious bad to interfer with someone managing their condition.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Sorry to hear this Pav. Well done for sticking with what works for you.

 

[Hepato-pancreato]

If he/she dosn’t need to test I would’ve embarrassed them by saying how lucky they were they didn’t need to test. Then I would say would you eat your food in toilet? Then I ain’t drawing blood in toilet.

 

[PhoebeC]

This is what I don’t understand, people wouldn’t eat in the toilet so why do anything else!
They should remove themselves if they have the problem.
If I am with a new person or geoup of people I might mention I will test/inject soon and the not to look or remove themselves of needed x

 

[Caroline]

I wouldn't test in the toilet, although I do know people are squeamish. Depends where I am. If I'm in someones house I will ask if there is another room I can use to spare everyone elses blushes. If I'm in a restaurant I will ask if there is a quiet room or office I can use but no way am I using the toilet. Since having diabetes is considered by many as a disability I don't see why we should be discriminated against for doing something that helps maintain our control and health.

 

[Northerner]

One of my early poems


Nursing 101

Diabetes UK stirred up quite a controversy when they published a letter in their magazine ‘Balance’ from a nurse who said that the sight of diabetics injecting in public places was ‘disgusting’. It’s not the greatest thing in the world to have to inject insulin every time you want to eat, but it’s certainly not made any easier when we read of such intolerance and lack of understanding – particularly from a member of the ‘caring’ profession. Injecting is done discreetly, usually with tiny needles on pen devices, and should draw censure no more than an asthmatic using an inhaler, or a person blowing their nose into a handkerchief. To be sure, there are people who are scared of the sight of needles, but these aren’t huge hypodermics, they are barely discernible – particularly across a crowded restaurant. Here’s what I imagined about our ‘nurse’…

Nursing 101

‘You’ve been a nurse for some time now,
So, let’s put you to the test.
We’ll give you some scenarios,
And you say which one’s best.’

‘You’re in a busy restaurant
And see across the way
A person injecting insulin.
What do you think you’d say?’

‘Would you, (a) Think it’s disgusting,
And should be out of sight?
Or (b) Think ‘What’s the problem?
I think that that’s alright.’?’

‘My goodness! You are seething!
Your face and neck’s gone red!
I think you’d better lie down!
Can someone find a bed?!!’

‘And now you’re spitting feathers!
And you can hardly speak!
You’re going apoplectic!
You’re staring like a freak!’

‘What was that you just spluttered?
They should be in a cage?
Don’t think a nurse has ever shown
Such incandescent rage!’

‘Now, calm down dear, and listen.
I think this test is done,
And you have failed, without a doubt,
Your Nursing 101!’

😱

 

[Northerner]

And another one (popular subject! 😱 🙂)


Farts versus Injections


There was a story in Wigan Today recently about a customer in a pub restaurant complaining when a woman with Type 1 diabetes injected at her table just prior to eating her meal. He claimed that she had upset his children and likened the act to the same social unpleasantness as breaking wind in public. Rather than taking the opportunity to educate his children about the unfortunate need for some people to inject in order to stay alive, instead he no doubt instilled in them the same prejudices he himself displayed.

So, are farts in restaurants more acceptable than injections? Let’s see what transpired…

Excuse me, I’m sorry, I must ask you to leave,
For our customers are shocked and distressed,
And there’s been a complaint that you made someone faint,
And the management are far from impressed!

But what did I do? I’m innocent, I say!
I was just sat here eating my meal!
I’m embarrassed and hurt by the things you assert,
Have you no care for how I might feel?

If anyone should leave, then that woman over there
Just frightened my kids by injecting!
So disgusting and crude, alarming and rude,
It is her that you should be ejecting!

So, you claim that a lady who must do that to live,
In a restaurant is far less befitting
Than to lift up one cheek and let out a slow leak
Of the gases that you were emitting?

I admit that I trumped, but it wasn’t so loud,
I don’t see what there is to discuss!
What did I do wrong? It didn’t take long,
I don’t see why you’re making a fuss!

Sir, injections are fine just before you can dine,
But a fart is a toilet-based act!
It is far from discreet and puts folk off their meat,
So in future, remember that fact!

😱

 

[pav]

Was out again last night, felt odd, tested descectly but in front of a friend I was with, first thing she asked was are you ok and no objection to me testing, only snag reading was 17 and explaining it was way to high and nothing I can do to bring levels down. Will be so glad when I get the bloods tests done next week and see if they will change the meds again. But I expect it will be back on the merry go round on previous experiences, though the appointment is with a diabetic trained doctor.

 

[Caroline]

Thinking about it, a fuss is also made about breast feeding mums in public too. Women were designed to feed babies that way. I'm begiining to think society is becoming less tolerant of things that are natural or essential.

For my part (and I know it is just me) I prefer to inject in a more private space,, but others are happy to to it discretely in public places.

 

[Northerner]

A follow-up to the Nursing 101 poem


Disgusted nurse gets just desserts


More escapades in the life of the nurse who found the idea of people with diabetes injecting in restaurants abhorrent. Imagine if, one evening, she was in a restaurant that just happened to be filled with insulin-dependent diabetics…imagine her horror…!

The scene: Luigi’s restaurant in downtown Birkenhead,
Full of hungry diners all waiting to be fed,
And there, amongst their number, a very special guest,
The nurse who failed her 101 would face another test…

The customers chatted pleasantly, as wine was passed around,
Our nurse was unaware of how her evening would be crowned…
A secret nod, a knowing wink, would all ensure the plan
Co-ordinated smoothly by each woman and each man.

Spaghetti carbonara and lasagne were brought in,
And all at once was silence – you could have heard a pin!
The nurse’s ears pricked up to hear a host of tiny clicks
As a hundred insulin users prepared to take their fix…!

Airshot after airshot was squirted in the air,
Like tiny dancing fountains from each and every chair!
And then the men exposed the flesh that lay beneath their shirts,
The ladies smiled as they pulled down the waistband of their skirts!

The nurse just stared in horror as the needles all went in,
And pierced the fatty layers that lay beneath the skin!
Well, then she just exploded, it was more than she could stand!
And now she’s pushing daisies up in Nighty-night Nurse Land!

😱

 

[Maryanne29]

I’ve been T1 for 58 years and no-one has ever complained about my testing or injecting - now have a pump but always test before a meal. This morning we went to our usual,place for breakfast and I tested. No-one even raised an eyebrow. On holiday in Portugal last year I tested at a restaurant table and it started an interesting conversation with the waiter whose sister was T1 and taking part in trials for a combined CGM and pump. Keep doing what you need to do - it’s less intrusive than all those people on their phones during meals.

 

[Hepato-pancreato]

Too many people being offended over trivial things. I’m offended that people are offended ( where do I complain). About breastfeeding mums, Diabetics injecting insulin- Testing bg. Guide dogs not being allowed in certain shops through ignorance, Autistic children having a meltdown.etc....etc...