I am a type 1 diabetic. I am a ”tween and I am ”curvy”. I get made fun of and have rumors because they think i am a diabetic because I am overweight. I am skinny, and I DO have a good figure. How do I explain that it is my pancreas that failed and that is why I have this disease. I also get comments like ”You can’t eat that cause you are different”…which hurts my feelings and makes me feel discluded…
Cause For Type 1 Diabetes?
March 15th, 2010 § Tags: Cause, Diabetes, Type Posted in Diabetes § § 3 comments
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You must tell them that you eat what you want to, it is your choice NOT theirs to make.
What do they know? Get them to prick their fingers daily and inject themselves BEFORE they can say anything about your condition.
Maybe point out that you are in better shape than them. Looks AND fitness wise.
If they say you can’t eat that because you are different, then ask them why are they eating it, as it is for “different” people only.
Do not take others so seriously, they do not know how much they are hurting you and they do not understand when it is explained to them.
Understand this: How their comments and actions affects you is only determined by how you want it to affect you. If you do not allow any comments to hurt you, then it won’t even if it is really harmful. You decide how it should affect you as you are the one that have to live with it.
Whether you die of shame or laugh it off, will not make one bit of difference in the lives of others, but it does make HUGE difference in your life. You are in control of your life, do not let others “spoil” it for you.
Tell then that your disease is an autoimmune disorder and it is incurable.
You can’t do much about the bad things they say other than ignore them or report them for harassment to your principal.
You can also tell them that you CAN eat anything you want, but not eat like a pig like they do.
You just can’t eat large portions of anything with carbs in it.
The ones who are making fun of your shape are just jealous because they don’t have a good figure. They pick on anyone with a better figure than they have.
I would dearly love to smack each of them in the nose for saying “you can’t eat that” or “what did you do to get diabetes, sit on the couch and eat gummy bears?”
Maybe you can get some answers from this site http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes to use on them. But I have a feeling it won’t help. There are unintelligent, uneducated peoples in this world who do not want to learn anything.