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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / December 2006"You still have diabetes?"
Common talking-with-relatives-who-you-haven't-seen-in-a-long-while questions, when you've had diabetes for many decades since you were a kid: "You still have diabetes?" "Aren't you done taking those shots?" "Can't you just take a pill?" "Do you have one of those meters?" General confusion that the meter doesn't give me the shot. Knowing that you explained all this to them last time you saw them, and in fact every year for an increasingly large fraction of a century :-). Realizing that you're still alive and kicking despite everything! Tim. > Common talking-with-relatives-who-you-haven't-seen-in-a-long-while > questions, when you've had diabetes for many decades since you were a [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Tim. Answering the stupid questions year after year: a pain in the butt. Being around to answer them: priceless! Priscilla > > Common talking-with-relatives-who-you-haven't-seen-in-a-long-while > > questions, when you've had diabetes for many decades since you were a [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Being around to answer them: priceless! Yeah, that's a very good interpretation of what I meant! Earlier on the questions were just painful, but now I'm glad to be able to answer them again, and again, and again...! Tim. Hi Tim - your post gave me a big grin :-). I have the double whammy of diabetes and addiction, so I get both - "you Still have diabetes? But you lost all that weight!" AND "how long will you have to go to those meetings, anyway?" Like you & Priscilla, Thank God I'm still here to asnwer both questions, and may I remain here for many years to come. Barbara > > > Common talking-with-relatives-who-you-haven't-seen-in-a-long-while > > > questions, when you've had diabetes for many decades since you were a [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Tim. > Hi Tim - your post gave me a big grin :-). I have the double whammy of > diabetes and addiction, so I get both - "you Still have diabetes? But [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > questions, and may I remain here for many years to come. > Barbara Heh! "Are you *still* doing that not drinking thing? You young people these days!" Priscilla, not so young since it's been 21 years for pete's sake! Tim, Don't feel too bad about your relatives. Some of the most intelligent people can be woefully ignorant about medical conditions. When I worked in a doctor's office, a patient came in and was diagnosed with high blood pressure. The doctor gave her a prescription for it (with refills) and told her to come back in a specified period of time. He wanted to see if the medication was doing its job. When she came back her blood pressure was still quite high. Turns out she thought one prescription would "cure" the high blood pressure. AUUUGGHHH! It's hard for me to imagine people not realizing that diabetes or high blood pressure is not "curable". Don't they at the least get a clue from TV? Yet, I've seen it many times.  SignatureMichelle, T2 diet & exercise > Common talking-with-relatives-who-you-haven't-seen-in-a-long-while > questions, when you've had diabetes for many decades since you were a [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Tim. >Common talking-with-relatives-who-you-haven't-seen-in-a-long-while >questions, when you've had diabetes for many decades since you were a [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >Knowing that you explained all this to them last time you saw them, and >in fact every year for an increasingly large fraction of a century :-). Maybe *they* have a worse problem than you do: senility and Alzheimer's. Having to have something constantly repeated is an early sign of Alzheimer's. > >Common talking-with-relatives-who-you-haven't-seen-in-a-long-while > >questions, when you've had diabetes for many decades since you were a [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Alzheimer's. Having to have something constantly repeated is an early > sign of Alzheimer's. When I only see them every few years, and they've been asking the same questions for decades, I'm sure it's not Alzheimer's. In fact the preponderance of popular magazines with articles titled "Cure diabetes in 30 days!" and similar frauds in health food stores and bookshelves is probably erasing everything I tell them! It also doesn't help when the TV news tells them that people have diabetes because they're fat, and I'm not. You know, whenever anyone asks me what day my birthday is, I look at my watch. It doesn't know either! But eventually I recall :-). Tim. >>Common talking-with-relatives-who-you-haven't-seen-in-a-long-while >>questions, when you've had diabetes for many decades since you were a [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Alzheimer's. Having to have something constantly repeated is an early > sign of Alzheimer's. Actually, that could be a very witty answer to one of those repetitive questions about your diabetes - "Oh, and by the way, has your senile dementia been cured.....?" Henry |
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