Hello from Mid Devon

[DontGiveHimSugar]

Hi there.. I thought id best report in and say hello from Mid Devon.

Nice to be here and to meet you all.

 

[Inka]

Welcome @DontGiveHimSugar 🙂 How long have you had Type 1? Is your username adig at what people used to/now say to you?

 

[DontGiveHimSugar]

Welcome @DontGiveHimSugar 🙂 How long have you had Type 1? Is your username adig at what people used to/now say to you?

Type one for nearly three years and nope my name is not adig?

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum 🙂

I do remember other people talking about me in those terms in the 90s, so perhaps it’s something that has thankfully disappeared!

Do you use pens or a pump? And which insulins do you favour? Any fancy gadgets like CGM to help you?

 

[DontGiveHimSugar]

Welcome to the forum 🙂

I do remember other people talking about me in those terms in the 90s, so perhaps it’s something that has thankfully disappeared!

Do you use pens or a pump? And which insulins do you favour? Any fancy gadgets like CGM to help you?

Im very confused what Inka meant to be honest. ?

 

[Inka]

Im very confused what Inka meant to be honest. ?

I meant that people used to say things like that when I was younger (I’ve had Type 1 30 years) and it was very annoying! So, I thought maybe you’d had similar said to you and your name was a dig or irony or a joke about that 🙂

On a serious note, apart from the annoyance of being told we can’t eat things, I used to think that it also misled people. I won’t bore you with the whole story but there was an incident in a local shop where a person with Type 1 had a hypo and the shop-worker insisted that people with diabetes couldn’t eat sugar. Poor person had a bad hypo because of this ignorance. So the comments can be dangerous as well as irritating.

 

[JonathanGi]

The worst case of 'can't eat sugar' was MasterChef a couple of years ago. Mind you when I was first diagnosed 57 years ago I didn't/couldn't. No tech in those days! Very strict dietary requirements.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Im very confused what Inka meant to be honest. ?

My mum still sometimes comments about foods at shared meals focussed primarily on whether they may or may not have been a small amount of sucrose added, as to whether I will be able to eat them. 🙂