There's a lot in the news at the moment and its focused at type 2 not type 1 like me.
Weather it's type 1 or type 2 it's not easy but as a type one we get judged so much but why do I feel bad about it .
Type one is when the body doesn't produce insulin and type 2 is when the body does not produce enough .
There is lots of information on the Internet in both so i won't go into all the details .
Type 1 usually comes when your younger and is controlled by insulin either through injections or a pump .
Type 2 is triggered by obesity , a trauma can bring it on , family history , poor diet and other things.
No one is control of it so it's not anyone's fault that we get it but a little bit of care and education can help improve it.
My main negative thing is type 1s are put down and it's not good.
I've been diabetic now 17years now and still I fear a hypo. I feel people judge me as a hypo can change me into something I'm not.
I feel a hypo can make someone judge me because my body signals so many different things . I go weak and need sugar yet if I don't know I'm having one it can get worse quickly. I may act strange and fear one day some one will think I'm being odd and not actually help me. There are too many people that would walk away. Unless your first aid trained or you can tell a Pearson what's happening you get left and looked at funny.
We have no control to a point how quick a hypo can change us and this is such a scary thing .
People think if we eat a piece of chocolate it's a sin . As a type 1 either injection or pump we have control over what we eat and majority of us do . Why should we let it beat us.
Why should we feel judged ? I think alot of it is what's in the news . People automatically think oh it ok a few changes and it's all sorted but it's not.
Diabetes Is a lifetime thing not something that will go.
I wish it would go away it's so hard at times.
Faye x
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