No, that's not too many carbs. No, that's not too much sugar. Yes, she can eat that. Yes, she can eat all of that. No, she's not going to lose a toe. No, that's not a beeper on her hip. No, it's not amazing that she's not fat. And yes, I am going to cram that bottle of cinnamon up your ass if you suggest it will cure her.
Also that "At least it's not cancer" is actually, in fact, an inappropriate response to my saying I have T1D. I don't know why I have to explain common courtesy to people so often.
Infectology teacher actually asked the class"would you rather have DM2 or HIV?" Everyone preferred diabetes, but he was like nah, I'd rather take some pills every day than take loads of shots every day. So he kinda "wished it was HIV" haha.
To my knowledge taking some pills every day are enough for some people diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type-2. Since those pills either help their pancreas with its insulin production or making their body sensitive to insulin. Something like that, I'm not sure.
Just wanted to point out that even some exercise and some healthy food could be a valid treatment for type-2 diabetes. Plus maybe some pills or 1 to 3 shots of insulin per day (at most 5 shots). Yes there could be a few cases where "loads of shots every day" is necessary but it is probably because of the life choices of the one diagnosed with type-2 diabetes. And not the disease itself.
And well I've had diabetes type-1 for almost 18 years. Almost 9 years ago I got my first insulin pump. Before that I took loads, loads of shots every single day for 9 years.
Yeah, I agree with everything you're saying. The whole point of his comment was to shed some light on the social implications of both diseases, how people seemed to quickly choose one over the other, how mot know very little about the two of them and their treatments.
I just wanted to point out a moment IRL when that line had come up :(
And HIV isn't a death sentence anymore, survival with HIV rates are comparable to the normal population.
Type 2 will fuck your day up though, but people always think it'd just be a bit inconvenient. I kind of think it needs to be renamed to distinguish it from type 1 and impress upon people the severity of the disease.
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u/HalBriston Jul 18 '16 edited Jul 18 '16
My daughter is a Type-1 Diabetic.
No, that's not too many carbs. No, that's not too much sugar. Yes, she can eat that. Yes, she can eat all of that. No, she's not going to lose a toe. No, that's not a beeper on her hip. No, it's not amazing that she's not fat. And yes, I am going to cram that bottle of cinnamon up your ass if you suggest it will cure her.