Do any of you type 1's?!
Question: Do any of you type 1's!?
Think that type 2 diabetes should be called something altogether different!. The only thing they have in common is high sugar!. They have absolutely nothing in common when it comes to what causes it!. I am a type one and absolutely hate being associated with type 2's and their self-caused disease!. It would be like calling herpes, type 2 chickenpox!. Also I think we type ones should have are own Y/A category, since the 2 diseases are so fundamentally different!. What do you think other type one's, do you ever have problems with being associated with type 2's!? Do people tell you to, "watch your diet and lose weight, and you can go off insulin"!? I can't stand it!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
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YES, I think Type 2's should be called insulin Resistance only or something that defines the fundamental problem that occurs in type 2 diabetes!.
Yes also some people have tole me that if I eat a certin way I will not be diabetic anymore, but the truth is I could never eat again and would still be diabetic!. Type 1's can never get rid of it!!!
I've also heard that if I pray I can be healed of it and I also think that is way way way wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yes also some people have tole me that if I eat a certin way I will not be diabetic anymore, but the truth is I could never eat again and would still be diabetic!. Type 1's can never get rid of it!!!
I've also heard that if I pray I can be healed of it and I also think that is way way way wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I am not a type 1, but my 2 year old daughter is!. I do understand what you mean !.!.!. every time we meet new people and spend any amount of time with them, my daughter's diabetes comes up!. I either have to test her, or feed her and give her a shot!. As soon as I say she has diabetes, they look at her !.!.!. and she is a chubby little thing!. At which point I feel like I have to explain, and I usually end up getting a little defensive!.
They really should name it something else !.!.!. I agree with you totally!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
They really should name it something else !.!.!. I agree with you totally!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
i agree!. i hate it when people automatically think type 2 simply because you say you're diabetic!. i actually had a long argument with a friend on mines mom over the fact that it wasn't curable!. she kept reading something from this book about how if i do this and that and eat this food, i won't be a diabetic anymore!. yea!.!.!.if only it were that easy!. i wish! and yes, i do think we should have our own section here on answers!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Amen to you! So true!. I always get that, "But you are so skinny" thing!. I wish we would be seen in our own light, not theirs!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE THAT!!!!!!!
And everybody just says "diabetes" instead of "T1 or T2" and most people don't even know type 1 exists!!Www@Answer-Health@Com
And everybody just says "diabetes" instead of "T1 or T2" and most people don't even know type 1 exists!!Www@Answer-Health@Com
My favourites is: "Don't worry, you'll outgrown it" and "Diabetes! But she's so skinny!!!"
Amen to what you just said!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Amen to what you just said!Www@Answer-Health@Com
yep!. people walk up to me and are like u don't have diabetes your to small!.
grrr!.!.!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
grrr!.!.!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I asked this same question a few months ago on Y/A, and most people agreed, but how do we do it!? Actually, since we Type 1's are the minority, it will be up to us to change our name, not Type 2's!. It's assumed all the time that I'm Type 2, it drives me crazy to hear people say "Ooooh, you're on insulin, so you must be a really bad diabetic!." Or asking me if I should be eating that cookie, or telling me I'm not fat so how could I be diabetic, or whatever!. A name change would have to originate with the medical community, so what do we call it, and how do we start it!?
However, your statement that Type 2 diabetes is "self-caused" is often not the case!. There are a ton of obese people out there who don't have diabetes!.!.!.their genes are in their favor!. And there are a lot of slender Type 2's, also!. Heredity plays a huge part in developing Type 2!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
However, your statement that Type 2 diabetes is "self-caused" is often not the case!. There are a ton of obese people out there who don't have diabetes!.!.!.their genes are in their favor!. And there are a lot of slender Type 2's, also!. Heredity plays a huge part in developing Type 2!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I actually can't stand type 1's who think that all a type 2 has to do is loose weight and change their diet and they will be healed!.
In the 3 years before my diagnosis I lost 70 lbs (30 lbs to go)!. I didn't drink sugar soda (or diet for that matter!.) I didn't eat tons of candy or other sweets, these were actually rare treats in my home!. I didn't eat loads of cakes, cookies, or donuts either!. Nor did I eat foods with partially hydrogenated fats!.
I did eat a healthy diet rich in vegetables, beans, rice (mostly brown rice), tofu, and other healthy foods!. Meats and chicken were eaten no more than 2 times most weeks!. I rarely ate any fast food or take out, maybe once every two, three months or so!. I did enjoy a caramel frappacchino a couple times a week and a treat once or twice a week, but junk was not kept in the house to indulge on!. I suppose I could have exercised more, but I wasn't doing too badly!.
Now, I know the world thinks I did this to myself because I am fat!. And I know that everyone thinks that if I eat better and loose weight I will be healed, but the reality is I did eat well before, I lost 70 lbs and I still got sick!. Here I am now, eating far fewer carbs (only whole grains at that), eating tons more vegetables, eating protien, and no sugar!. I am eating far fewer calories and am gaining weight not loosing it!. I am taking my meds!. I feel bloated and sick all the time!. My blood sugar is not stabilizing!. If this is the "cure" to type 2, then let me tell you it is misery and torture!. But to top it all off I get to listen regularly to type 1's and non-diabetics tell me how this is all my fault!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
In the 3 years before my diagnosis I lost 70 lbs (30 lbs to go)!. I didn't drink sugar soda (or diet for that matter!.) I didn't eat tons of candy or other sweets, these were actually rare treats in my home!. I didn't eat loads of cakes, cookies, or donuts either!. Nor did I eat foods with partially hydrogenated fats!.
I did eat a healthy diet rich in vegetables, beans, rice (mostly brown rice), tofu, and other healthy foods!. Meats and chicken were eaten no more than 2 times most weeks!. I rarely ate any fast food or take out, maybe once every two, three months or so!. I did enjoy a caramel frappacchino a couple times a week and a treat once or twice a week, but junk was not kept in the house to indulge on!. I suppose I could have exercised more, but I wasn't doing too badly!.
Now, I know the world thinks I did this to myself because I am fat!. And I know that everyone thinks that if I eat better and loose weight I will be healed, but the reality is I did eat well before, I lost 70 lbs and I still got sick!. Here I am now, eating far fewer carbs (only whole grains at that), eating tons more vegetables, eating protien, and no sugar!. I am eating far fewer calories and am gaining weight not loosing it!. I am taking my meds!. I feel bloated and sick all the time!. My blood sugar is not stabilizing!. If this is the "cure" to type 2, then let me tell you it is misery and torture!. But to top it all off I get to listen regularly to type 1's and non-diabetics tell me how this is all my fault!.Www@Answer-Health@Com