Things Not To Say To Someone With Type 1 Diabetes

"Do you love sweets? Is it the good or the bad type? You must be really annoyed with your parents..." If you have diabetes it seems people will assume all sorts of things about you - not all of which are strictly based on fact. Here, eight people set the record straight about their condition - and what they say to those who are positive they could never inject themselves.

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[nagisashiota]

"should you be eating that?"

I don't know Deborah, should you be three times divorced?

[dulldelusions]

i had to inject in a fast food place and an older, run down looking man looked at me and said “oh, starting young i see. you’re just like me” and that’s the highlight of my diabetes

[cat]

"Oh, I could never give myself a shot"


Me: "Then perish"

[SuprSS]

"My dream in life is just to leave the house with nothing." That is my dream as well.

[ozpin]

I remember a girl at school, she needed her insulin during the annual tests and the teacher (a teacher from another grade, that way the real one won’t help us cheat if that makes sense) said no, and that “it could secretly be drugs” next thing you know, an 11 year old little girl is in the hospital because her shitty substitute wouldn’t let her use insulin. What a day that was.

[spookygirl]

"should you be eating that cos my dog is diabetic and we don't give him chocolate "

[wanderingsoul]

Girl #1 : “my dad has a gold tooth”

Girl #2 : “my dad has diabetes”

[phattstgal]

One time i was injecting in the bathroom and some year 7s reported me because they thought i was doing drugs😂

[tiktokplus]

Haha I once injected while at a restaurant and a woman told her husband "Harold, I think that girl over there is doing drugs, should we tell someone?"
LMAOOO

[zoeashlyn]

nothing makes me more mad than when people make diabetic jokes as if there's only one type (type 2)

[sesquipedalianguy]

“Oh, I won’t kiss you cause I don’t wanna get diabetes”

That was the worst thing I ever heard. And I was diagnosed with type 1 two weeks ago.

[Mixedia]

"Can you not inject in front of me please? I'm vegetarian and it goes against my morals" - yes, genuinely

[Pandagirl-wrii]

I have the insulin pump. And I was putting my Carbs into the pump and this guy said hey can you play some music from the iPod and I was laughing so hard.

[kirahkitty]

Ok but that pink Diabetes kit looks so nice and organized and pretty, and mine over here is full of used test strips, needles I have yet to dispose. Oh and five lancets I know will take me three years to use.

[AwArr]

Story time:

Once we were doing a lesson and it mentioned type two diabetes. Almost everyone in the class looked at me. Straight away my teacher took notice and said. “Alexis does not have that type of diabetes. She has type one, this is type two.” I was so happy.

another story:

I was at tgi fridays (a restaurant.) and an older couple saw me with my insulin. They asked me if they wanted to do it in a corner near there table and I politely declined as I’m comfortable doing insulin in public.

Last story: I was at tgi Fridays (different location) and was holding my insulin pen. A waitress who was ordering out deserts said. “I have type one diabetes as well.” And showed me a band on her wrist that said type one diabetic.

[daisieed]

My pump went off in class and the teacher yelled at me after I had repeatedly told him I needed to go to the health office because I was going low. They had also supposedly been trained on my diabetes and should have known what was going on. I ended up going dangerously low after the class period. Thanks Mr. Modershead.

[laurenbruges]

‘I was actually involved in a horrible crash, where I was crushed under kilos of sugar... that’s how I got diabetes...’ 😂 died at that line.
I liked how there was a variety of people in here, shows that this can affect many different people,

[sharaewilliams]

So my “friend” saw my bloods were low picked up my insulin pen and said “here I’ll inject you so your bloods go up”
I slapped that girl round her head and was like “are you trying to kill me”

[insertpseudonym]

"is that the kind you get from eating too much sugar?"
bro i was diagnosed before i even had teeth. what do you think i did, drink pure sugar as a newborn?

[ethanthompson]

Person: should you be eating that?
Diabetic: don’t worry, the insulin covers the carbs just like your head covers the empty space.