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I'm a Type 1 diabetic. I recognize what you're talking about, though I wouldn't phrase it like that. It's not that I'm resentful of people with another disease,
by coldpie 11y ago
I'm a Type 1 diabetic. I recognize what you're talking about, though I wouldn't phrase it like that. It's not that I'm resentful of people with another disease, but rather the fact that two unrelated diseases have the same name, leading people to assume I've lead an unhealthy lifestyle because I have "Diabetes", while in reality I work very hard to stay healthy.
Edit: Actually, reading sibling reasonattlm's comment, I take it back. I do get a bit of resentment. I work very hard to manage my health and my incurable diabetes. It kills me to watch my obese acquaintances slowly work their way into acquiring this awful disease when it could be avoided with relatively little effort.
- hockeybias 11y agoDitto.
- gozur88 11y ago>It's not that I'm resentful of people with another disease, but rather the fact that two unrelated diseases have the same name, leading people to assume I've lead an unhealthy lifestyle because I have "Diabetes", while in reality I work very hard to stay healthy. That's not a good assumption to make. It's probably true in most cases, but there are lots of people with type 2 diabetes who've never been sedentary or at an unhealthy weight. Sometimes it's just genetic. Also, if you have a condition that requires you to take steroids you can end up with type 2 diabetes as a side effect.
- gadders 11y agoDepends on your friends :-) I have a friend who jokingly tells people "Yeah, I've got proper diabetes, not fat bastard diabetes." I don't think the wish people ill who have Type 2, but I do think they want people to know it's through no fault of their own. It's bit like if a non-smoker had lung cancer. I expect they would be at pains to make clear that they didn't catch it through smoking; that they were unlucky rather than unwise.