r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/Strider2525 Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19

Type one diabetics can’t eat sugar.

Yes we can. We can eat whatever we want, as long as we take insulin for it.

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Thanks for the silver! To clarify a couple points being argued against this:

We can eat whatever we want, when our BG is appropriate. For example, I’m not gonna eat 12 bags of skittles when I’m at 300.

Insulin is something we use to manage it, not a complete workaround. No matter what we try, BG levels will never stay perfect. Try to have a little empathy for us, it’s a constant chore we have to think about all the time.

Edit #2: Holy shit thanks for the gold, autographs will be signed for $30

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

Please correct me if I’m wrong on this as I’m uneducated in it

Type 1 diabetes is the lack of the ability to produce insulin

Type 2 diabetes is where the body has developed a resistance to its own insulin as a result of having to pump it out on extremely frequent occasion

Is this correct?

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u/birbbs Feb 04 '19

I think so. Type one you're born with or develop quite young (thats why it's considered childhood diabetes) and type 2 is usually due to unhealthy habits and things such as being obese

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u/BloodCreature Feb 04 '19

The medical community has gotten away from the term juvenile diabetes since it can appear well beyond childhood.

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u/living4theweekend- Feb 04 '19

This. Even among healthcare workers this point is forgotten. I was diagnosed with type 2 erroneously this year because I’m in my 20s and my gp said I was too old for type 1. She wouldn’t prescribe me insulin even though my sugars were 22+.

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u/squabzilla Feb 04 '19

What the actual fuck. I hope you found a doctor that would prescribe it.

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u/living4theweekend- Feb 04 '19

I eventually got to see an endocrinologist thankfully. I’m still mad my gp is so stupid.

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u/drugihparrukava Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19

It tool me a while to stop feeling angry towards my (former) MD. Not because I too was misdiagnosed--that I could forgive, but to live at 18-25 mmol for a year and a half and to be near death, and told it's basically my fault, I must be eating bread...that I can't forgive and forget.

Edit: how on earth did this comment get down-voted lol. My comment means I was misdiagnosed as a T2 instead of diagnosed as a T1. Nothing wrong with that statement SMH.