Ignorant People!!!

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Debbie

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Anyone with diabetes should avoid Chicagos in chelmsford like the plague! On a recent night out i was having a hypo and stopped at Chicagos to ask if i could go in and get a coke to treat my hypo. It was a very busy night and the queue was very long. I explained the situation to the doorman only to be told to F@*k off somewhere else as he was to busy to help me and didnt i realise there was a queue ?? Although i was having a hypo my eyesight was good enough to see that there quite clearly was a que! I am diabetic, not blind!!! 😡 I have been drinking in this place for 5 years and was surprised by the ignorance of this doorman. I ended up going to the pub next door who were very happy to help.
Has anyone else had this sort of problem?
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unfortunately yes

Considering Diabetes is such a common condition it never ceases to amaze how many dont understand the problems it can cause us...

Im not going to tell you the rights and wrongs of issues like these but we have to work round these types of people.

I have been told things like you shouldnt use step ladders!

I visited someones house once and they told me stay out of the kitchen so that i didnt know where they had hidden to sugar so i couldnt find it, they actually thought diabetes was a condition you were addicted to sugar....

Also i was arrested in a store toilet for oh yes 'shooting up' on Insulin...
Fortunately when a police officer who knew me turned up the problem was resolved. N.B. i dont shop there any longer, lol.😛
 
Debbie said:
I explained the situation to the doorman only to be told to F@*k off somewhere else as he was to busy to help me and didnt i realise there was a queue ??
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Rudeness and/or aggresive behaviour - perhaps he was suffering a moderate hypo 😛
 
better to avoid problem by carrying sweets?!?

Surely it's better to ensure that you always have some fast acting sugar eg sweets with you at all times? A few wrapped sweets in a pocket buys time in case of a hypo.
 
Debbie said:
Anyone with diabetes should avoid Chicagos in chelmsford like the plague! On a recent night out i was having a hypo and stopped at Chicagos to ask if i could go in and get a coke to treat my hypo. It was a very busy night and the queue was very long. I explained the situation to the doorman only to be told to F@*k off somewhere else as he was to busy to help me and didnt i realise there was a queue ?? Although i was having a hypo my eyesight was good enough to see that there quite clearly was a que! I am diabetic, not blind!!! 😡 I have been drinking in this place for 5 years and was surprised by the ignorance of this doorman. I ended up going to the pub next door who were very happy to help.
Has anyone else had this sort of problem?
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Hi debbie,

that's so weird I live in chelmsford, anyway know what you mean. People think that if i drink coke or eat chocolate then i'll have a hypo even if i've told them that sends me the other way! And I shall now avoid chicago's and the plank of a doorman.
 
Whilst i do usually carry sugar with me at all times i had been out all day and had already used what i had on me. I dont actually feel this is the point! I just cant believe that i asked for something so simple and he refused. Maybe he was havin a bad day. I have had diabetes for some years and have never encountered this attitude before.
 
Hi Debbie

Ive been diabetic for over 32 years and have what I consider a very fortunate life style which most people understand but every now and again someone puts a spanner in the works, have you see the thread I started 'Grief at work' The manager in question is adamant that I am now cured because I have a pump. So unfortunately you will still meet ignorant people especially when you least expect it...

Down in Plymouth we are starting an unofficial list of recommended drinking holes and eating areas which will gladly give you the wieght and carbs for what you are consuming, this is only a small step forward but maybe the start of something bigger....

Keep smiling and have a Happy Xmas....:D
 
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If I were you I would go back and ask to speak to the manager and then write a letter to head office.Although this will probably not make any difference I think the more we demand fair treatment of our condition eventually it might make a difference. I think I would also get in touch with my local paper nowhere will need bad publicity during these hard times.
 
kitemaster said:
Down in Plymouth we are starting an unofficial list of recommended drinking holes and eating areas which will gladly give you the wieght and carbs for what you are consuming, this is only a small step forward but maybe the start of something bigger....

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Thats a really good idea shaun! Sorry to hear about the barmans attitude-maybe its just doormen-my partner had just learnt to drive and after dropping me off on a night out got really lost going home-he stopped outside a Wetherspoons where there was a queue and asked if he could nip in and use the phone to call me and was told to *@*k off-charming.

The one thing that people say that boggles me is "you dont look like a diabetic" ??????? er what do diabetics look like? did I miss some mandatory facial tattooing or something?
 
he sounds like such a rude jobs-worth.maybe you should write to the company.also sometimes people having a serve hypo are accused of being drunk i wonder if he would know the diffrence.
 
kitemaster said:
Down in Plymouth we are starting an unofficial list of recommended drinking holes and eating areas which will gladly give you the wieght and carbs for what you are consuming, this is only a small step forward but maybe the start of something bigger....

Keep smiling and have a Happy Xmas....:D
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That's a great idea Shaun! I'm realatively new to diabetes - 6 months - and have felt a bit embarrassed to ask in restaurants, so would be great to know in advance of places where the request wouldn't seem unusual.
 
There are many people who don't understand diabetes and think it's one of those things that you can catch.

When out and about I carry a list of web sites and chat forums and hand them to people saying they shoukd do some research. I work in a library, so have access to all kinds of books and literature, and back issues of Balance magazine.

I think a lot more education is needed, people fear the things they do not understand. There will always be people who don't want to know, but with a little more understanding, help will be more readily available.

For myself I always carry a few sweets and wear a meditag bracelet stating I am diabetic. My colleagues at work, and my manager know if I say I'm hypo (luckily not often) to go get me a can pf coke or lucozade and a couple of digestive biscuits. If necessary (only happened once) I am sat in the first aid room with a first aider till hubby came to get me and took me to doctors.
 
A little while ago I went through a period of bad hypo unawareness because my control was good. I had several bad hypos and it annoys me when people ask if you have been drinking. Especially if it is 10 am!! I rarely drink alcohol. Sometimes I think even if we wore t-shirts with "I am not drink. I am Diabetic and having a hypo" written on it in three inch day-glo pink lettering people wouldn't notice.

In this binge drinking culture people should be educated to spot the difference between someone who is drunk and someone who is hypo as one could be fatal if not dealt with. Unfortunately people only seem to know about Type 2 because it is associated w9th being overweight. The media seems to think that Type 2 is the only type of Diabetes that exists. I think we should get together and raise a petition for better Diabetes education for non Diabetics and write to all the major TV channels asking for prgrammes which highlight the difference. I have written to Dominic Littlewood asking him to look into it in his "Dom on the case of.." series as he is Diabetic himself so knows what we are up against.
 
Ignorance can be a pain

I still have an ongoing problem of ignorance at work, Ive even sat down with the individual and tried spelling it out to him and given him websites to visit.
His attitude is why should I bother I dont need to know! :(

And yes it seems you have to look 'diabetic' to be diabetic. God knows what a diabetic should look like but we must look like the same 'NOT'.😡

Maybe we should start something up ourselves like saying Diabetics are more intelligent than other people. It might get them to look into the condition and learn something.😱

Anyway have a good xmas.😱
 
My husband and grown up son are both first aiders. When my sin was doing his first aid course he asked what to do with a diabetic hypo and was told he didn't need to worry about it as the person having the hypo would inject themselves with insulin.

Thankfully the trainer was reported as a couple of people doing the course were diabetic and were able to help with that side of things. Recentlyat work a visitor to the musem he works in said she was having a hypo, so she was sat down and given some jelly babies and then taken for a meal as it was almost lunch time. She sent a Christmas card to thank my son for knowing what to do while others stood horrified.
 
kitemaster said:
Considering Diabetes is such a common condition it never ceases to amaze how many dont understand the problems it can cause us...

Im not going to tell you the rights and wrongs of issues like these but we have to work round these types of people.

I have been told things like you shouldnt use step ladders!

I visited someones house once and they told me stay out of the kitchen so that i didnt know where they had hidden to sugar so i couldnt find it, they actually thought diabetes was a condition you were addicted to sugar....

Also i was arrested in a store toilet for oh yes 'shooting up' on Insulin...
Fortunately when a police officer who knew me turned up the problem was resolved. N.B. i dont shop there any longer, lol.😛
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I can understand how you feel about your experiance in the store toilet, but dont understand why you wont shop there any more, It was just one person with little brain that caused you your problem, perhaps a word with the manager to pass info to staff on how to handle the situation if they come across it, perhaps a polite but short letter, to tell the staff to buck up their ideas !! Happy New Year 🙂Just like to add, Dont let the miss informed stop you enjoying your life.
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Hi Raysalaff
I dont like the shop now anyway so they have simply lost my custom regardless of what they have done in the past, lol.
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I was diagnosed Type 2, 2 and a half years ago and started on half a gliclazide tablet, and now 2 years on am taking 11 tablets a day and very close to insulin as my blood sugars still in the teens!!!

Anyway I must admit until I was diagnosed I knew absolutely nothing about diabetes. I now know an awful lot more about it (all self taught) and will be seeking to learn a lot more when I start injecting insulin.

The point I am making is that unless you are a diabetic or someone close to you is diabetic then you know absolutely nothing about it as there is no need for you to know (I am 51 years of age) or have an interest in it. I am not defending ignorance just looking at it from a different angle.

Regards. Andy.
 
Andy said:
I was diagnosed Type 2, 2 and a half years ago and started on half a gliclazide tablet, and now 2 years on am taking 11 tablets a day and very close to insulin as my blood sugars still in the teens!!!
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I was in a similar position to you (except I am Type 1.5). Was on a cocktail of tablets that did virtually nothing to keep the numbers close to normal. At my next visit the specialist offered me different tablets or a move to insulin, I chose insulin without hesitation. It was the best thing I did.

It's still taking some time to adjust but gives me a far better control over what I can eat.

I'd recommend the book 'Using Insulin' to start off with. Trust me, you'll never look back once you start.

G-man
 
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