Is Your Diabetes That Bad?
It seems to be the thing these days, for me to be running around without a watch (I’m too lazy to get a new battery) or my cellphone (that thing’s a damn leash 80% of the time) and so when I need the time, the pump gets unclipped from my pants.
Last night I was at a friend’s house for dinner and we had all eaten and what not and one of the attending families had a little baby that was starting to get cranky so they were going to pack up and go. BUT! (and this is really important) dessert hadn’t been served yet. So, they started serving dessert. I was in talking to the host’s cousin, who knew nothing of my diabetes, when all this mumble jumble about dessert occurred, and I pulled my pump off my belt to view the time and he’s like “WHAT IS THAT” me, all calmly, “oh, it’s just my insulin pump” and I start to explain it, and he’s like, “no, I know what it is, but is your diabetes that bad”
I just kindof looked at him dumbfounded, how do i respond to it, I don’t recall how I responded to it, but then he said “can’t you take shots or something” then I explained that I had been taking 10 shots a day and to have tighter control of my diabetes being on the insulin pump was best.
It’s funny sometimes to see the misunderstandings that people have. It’s funny in retrospect I should say, and I guess it depends on what misunderstanding it is, because I do have my days where the misunderstandings could be considered an unforgivable sin.
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I have been asked that with my pump and also while checking my BG in public. I get tired of it plus I am a smart ass so i always have something to say taht useally blows them out of the water or makes them look stupid.
My favorite thing to say to “Is your diabetes that bad?” is “Why yes it is, in fact I am contagious, but I learn to live with it and stoped feeling guilty when other peole get it after 3 days of meeting me.” then I turn and start up a differnt conversation where my mother and friends just laugh and the person taht asked the stupid question wont ask much of anything else. I did have one gal who no one explained taht it was a joke and nto smart enough to understand diabetes go to the doctor 3 days later and tell them she caught diabetes from me. I know this because she calls me an asshole every time we see each other now. I try to have fun with it, but I am a sadist too.
Have fun!
I wish you well.
Robert