tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7860126842626343555.post7558397129540274057..comments2024-03-28T06:46:43.878-05:00Comments on Texting My Pancreas: "Worse".Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04857046266371772742noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7860126842626343555.post-73226568331708091242012-08-02T20:32:32.275-05:002012-08-02T20:32:32.275-05:00excellent post, kim. i hope your reply sunk in wit...excellent post, kim. i hope your reply sunk in with your coworker. i had a similar conversation with a friend's 14 yo kid last week. i told her that before my kid got diagnosed i also had a bunch of wrong info about type 2. but this friend has an uncle with MS, so i was able to share the autoimmune angle of both type 1 and 2 with her. anyway, yeah, great post. :)shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895190983814591749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7860126842626343555.post-89902584903092194582012-07-18T12:13:09.900-05:002012-07-18T12:13:09.900-05:00Someone said to me once that the worst type of dia...Someone said to me once that the worst type of diabetes is... diabetes. I kinda like that.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834565473474357037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7860126842626343555.post-44810831795770914102012-07-17T19:26:13.854-05:002012-07-17T19:26:13.854-05:00Well done, Kim.Well done, Kim.Mike Durbinhttp://www.mydiabeticheart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7860126842626343555.post-27804882656361825872012-07-17T18:02:50.272-05:002012-07-17T18:02:50.272-05:00Kim, this is beautifully said. I think I'll p...Kim, this is beautifully said. I think I'll point people to this post if someone asks me to compare the two types. Love this.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389672426152872555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7860126842626343555.post-88305199667455664972012-07-17T17:14:18.291-05:002012-07-17T17:14:18.291-05:00I couldn't agree more. Both suck b#lls. Cal I ...I couldn't agree more. Both suck b#lls. Cal I say that here?Alexis Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671634676455946839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7860126842626343555.post-70886365502866039342012-07-17T14:38:32.639-05:002012-07-17T14:38:32.639-05:00Your statement about having little knowledge about...Your statement about having little knowledge about T2 (and still learning) is so reassuring to me. I've never fully understood it either, and since becoming active in the DOC, have been a bit embarrassed by that fact. But once again, I learn that it's not just me. Thank you for that.<br /><br />At a Thanksgiving dinner with my wife's family a few years ago, I got to talking with one of her out-of-state relatives. His response to learning which Type I am: "Ooohhh, that's the bad kind!". Considering the theme of the day, I still said "thanks", but with a heavy dose of sarcasm.Scott Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259475635753627498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7860126842626343555.post-86090347168409319062012-07-17T13:37:11.174-05:002012-07-17T13:37:11.174-05:00Thank you Kim. You made me cry...in a good way.Thank you Kim. You made me cry...in a good way.Kate Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434380979727365103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7860126842626343555.post-23211532342076914752012-07-17T12:00:16.589-05:002012-07-17T12:00:16.589-05:00Yup. What she said.
xoYup. What she said.<br /><br />xoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16704298016041843194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7860126842626343555.post-43558945044349563972012-07-17T11:14:55.294-05:002012-07-17T11:14:55.294-05:00I am confronted with this statement a lot and I go...I am confronted with this statement a lot and I go back and forth on the issue. I have known several T2s and their conditions really vary. One friend who was diagnosed with T2 several years ago (having never been overweight and always active and a healthier-than-average eater) is able to manage his condition with diet and exercise. He doesn't need medication and rarely checks his BG. He just made a few changes and, for the time being, he's fine. I've known other T2s who require loads of insulin and have BGs that are far more difficult to manage than mine. T2 can be a very mixed bag. T1 is absolute - you need insulin to survive. <br /><br />I still think there is something about T1, especially for those of us diagnosed as children, that is worse in some sense. For many of us, it really is a lifelong condition. It is constant, and never something we can manage with just diet and exercise or oral medications. We are very dependent on insulin in the sense that, without it, we are dead pretty quickly. For many of us T1s, diabetes permeates every memory, action, and plan in some way. It can be all-consuming. <br /><br />But, at the end of it all, I have a hard time saying that I'm "worse" than a T2. I am (I think) healthier than the average person BECAUSE I have T1D. I eat healthier, exercise more, and am generally more on top of things health-wise than I'd probably be without T1. I never engaged in things that could be detrimental to my healthy (drugs, binge drinking, etc) because I knew I had this "thing" that required so much management and attention. T1 has kept me on my toes and I'm a better person because of it. <br /><br />Bottom line is that when confronted with this question I just try to tell people that T1 isn't really worse than T2; it's just different. It's a different condition with a different etiology adn a different method of management. Some folks get it, and some don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7860126842626343555.post-72265222255225373162012-07-17T09:30:49.577-05:002012-07-17T09:30:49.577-05:00At Easter dinner this year, a relative with T2, tu...At Easter dinner this year, a relative with T2, turned down dessert to try to keep her blood sugar down. I thought to myself, "I have it pretty easy, I take insulin when I eat and when I'm high." <br /><br />It sucks all around to have diabetes, it just sucks differently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7860126842626343555.post-68868799461142030012012-07-17T08:43:05.481-05:002012-07-17T08:43:05.481-05:00P.S. "they're" starting to see evide...P.S. "they're" starting to see evidence of autoimmunity involved in T2 as well. (which, for me, makes sense since I have another autoimmune condition.)Rachelhttp://talesofrachel.comnoreply@blogger.com