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I saw one..! A real "Live" "Other" diabetic person!

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Emmaathome said:
She was also happy to know that there is a chance if she goes hypo i can at least try to help and stop people doing anything silly like choking her by pouring sugar down her throat!!
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Wow I thought I was odd for liking the fact I get on with one of my barristers who is T1 & had that thought.

I remember that happened to them & I had to shout at people to say what was happening & what to do (they wouldn't let me near her with lucozade & hypo stop)

It's amazing the amount of sugar people want to force down my throat when I'm hypo
 
If the barrister in your firm is T1 Laura then I find it hard to believe they didn't take your complaint about someone stealing your hypo stash more seriously. If it happens again complain to the T1 person.
 
Pattidevans said:
If the barrister in your firm is T1 Laura then I find it hard to believe they didn't take your complaint about someone stealing your hypo stash more seriously. If it happens again complain to the T1 person.
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I've spoken to them & they aren't impressed. Now it's the new financial year I should be getting the money for a lock box to put my supplies in.

But since I kicked off (it wasn't pretty & threatened to not treat anymore hypos due to having no supplies) no more of my sweets or lucozade have gone missing - yippee!!!
 
I only found out recently at work that there are two T1's and two T2's (other than myself), it's the first time I have worked with others in the same predicament. It's nice to know there are people around who will know what to do if anyone of us were to have any problems, instead of the usual well intentioned but basically clueless folk who can inflict more harm than help. It makes me feel a little more relaxed and easier within myself at work.
 
After all my bumbling words and thoughts on here - Youve summed up what I wanted to say perfectly with 4 words "Me too, Me too!!" :D. 😛. :D. Love it Benny
 
I've just seen one in bagel nash testing so I said hello & she was lovely!

So we chatted about her pump

A real life diabetic in the wild, am all giddy
 
Think this thread could carry on as its very interesting and fun. . Any time anyone meets someone out of the blue with the big 'D', AND makes conversation add a post here ! 🙂
 
It seems funny to me to not have met another diabetic - because I've been surrounded by them for a while!

I guess it helps when your father is diabetic (as was his father before him...) and I knew a Type 1 (I guess) at school. When I got diagnosed there were four people that I regularly worked with who had diabetic partners/parents or siblings!

There are at least 2 diabetics at work, one of which I know of but the other I don't know. Although, given that there are 400 people in the building there was always the chance that there would be one or two.
 
I see one every day, I'm married to the lovely lady and have been for over thirty years. We are both type 2 and were diagnosed within a year of each other.
 
brilliant Benny!......really made me smile.🙂 reminded me of last year at Gatwick Airport, pump in hand walking up to the security check, as I turned around a lady behind me was doing exactly the same thing......we just sort of gave each other a knowing look!
 
The only time I've spoke to a real life diabetics was a 4 day DAFNE course. We all went out for a meal on the last day (5 of us), cue the plethora of testing/injecting equipment coming out, the sound of varied clicks and beeps as we all went through our pre meal routines. It was awesome🙂 I usually slip away to the toilet to test/inject, on this occasion I didn't... Like a group of militant diabetics.
Other than that though, never seen/spoke to another T1 in real life, part of the reason I joined this forum🙂
 
Wilsonmt12 said:
The only time I've spoke to a real life diabetics was a 4 day DAFNE course. We all went out for a meal on the last day (5 of us), cue the plethora of testing/injecting equipment coming out, the sound of varied clicks and beeps as we all went through our pre meal routines. It was awesome🙂 I usually slip away to the toilet to test/inject, on this occasion I didn't... Like a group of militant diabetics.
Other than that though, never seen/spoke to another T1 in real life, part of the reason I joined this forum🙂
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You should never feel you have to slip away to inject - as long as you are discreet then there should be no reason you can't inject at the table 🙂 Toilets are not the most hygienic of places and it's nothing to be ashamed of. If I am with people who don't know me then I will tell them I am about to inject and they can choose to look away.

I wrote a poem on this subject a while ago, prompted by a letter to Balance magazine where a retired nurse had suggested it was 'disgusting' to see people injecting in public:

?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!?

:D (c) Northerner 2009
 
I'm not ashamed, I'm just a discreet person and rather not bring it up with new people. It inevitably leads to the same questions I've answered a million times in my 11 years as a diabetic. "Have you got it because you ate a lot of sweets when you were a child?" NO! "I'm terrified of needles I could never be diabetic, how do you do it?!" BECAUSE I'D DIE IF I DIDN'T! "I thought diabetics couldn't have sugar, why do you carry lucozade?" URGH!
Around friends/family I just whip my injection out! As for a toilet being unhygienic, I don't rub my needle or injection site on the toilet seat or any thing!
 
Wilsonmt12 said:
I'm not ashamed, I'm just a discreet person and rather not bring it up with new people. It inevitably leads to the same questions I've answered a million times in my 11 years as a diabetic. "Have you got it because you ate a lot of sweets when you were a child?" NO! "I'm terrified of needles I could never be diabetic, how do you do it?!" BECAUSE I'D DIE IF I DIDN'T! "I thought diabetics couldn't have sugar, why do you carry lucozade?" URGH!
Around friends/family I just whip my injection out! As for a toilet being unhygienic, I don't rub my needle or injection site on the toilet seat or any thing!
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Ooh, I don't know - some of the toilets I've been in are very unhygienic environments, however 'nice' the establishment may be 😱 Personally, I rather educate people if they have questions otherwise they will persist with their myths, plus for me it would be more of a pain having to leave the table.
 
Comes down to personal preference I guess. I like to wash my hands before testing so I'm generally at the bathroom anyways.
 
I don't think I could bring myself to inject in ladies toilets if they smelt like Gents toilets can. Walked into one recently by mistake and quite revolting. Can you believe the labels on the doors were "L" for lads and "G" for girls. How many of you would have picked the correct door ?!? Also when I was diagnosed the first thing I said was I can't inject, I can't even watch an injection on tele I have to look away and still can't look. So I am aware of that feeling if I am sitting at a table. Sometimes I know I can easily do it discreetly but if not I disappear to the ladies and, with a shoulder bag as my table, do a test if necessary and inject. All very quick and hygienic enough for me. As wilsonmt says, no need to sharper the needle on the toilet seat or anything. 🙂
 
Like mossey I couldn't inject in the ladies, I did it once recently in a restaurant as I was ask by a member of staff to stop what I was doing (I was testing my blood) or leave as they didn't want to put customers off. I did have my kit on the table but was doing it under the table so even tho I explain & so did my mate, I had to use the toilets to inject.

I now won't go to that restaurant due to their attitude
 
Lauras87 said:
Like mossey I couldn't inject in the ladies, I did it once recently in a restaurant as I was ask by a member of staff to stop what I was doing (I was testing my blood) or leave as they didn't want to put customers off. I did have my kit on the table but was doing it under the table so even tho I explain & so did my mate, I had to use the toilets to inject.

I now won't go to that restaurant due to their attitude
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Lauras I would not except that. I've not had that problem anywhere yet. I would of asked for.the manager and if still told the same would of created holy hell in front of the other customers so they would see and hear what a total arxx he was being, and suggest they boycott the place too. Surely theres enough knowledge out there for people to understand even a little. As you know I'm generally a calm person but when I start I let go, after all I am a red head lol.

I'm surprised you didn't kick off too lauras lol
 
brett said:
Lauras I would not except that. I've not had that problem anywhere yet. I would of asked for.the manager and if still told the same would of created holy hell in front of the other customers so they would see and hear what a total arxx he was being, and suggest they boycott the place too. Surely theres enough knowledge out there for people to understand even a little. As you know I'm generally a calm person but when I start I let go, after all I am a red head lol.

I'm surprised you didn't kick off too lauras lol
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I was ill at the time & my bloods were over 20 so I didn't want to be there & kick off.

I find ignorance is bliss & they were full of it
 
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