Today, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. My mom's reaction was, I shit you not, to tell me to "walk it off". FML
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Today, I was diagnosed with diabetes. I went to tell my grandpa, who immediately said, "I'm sorry, let's go get ice cream to cheer you up." FML
Today, since I needed someone to talk to about it, I told my girlfriend how my dad was recently diagnosed with diabetes. My girlfriend's mother then told me, in graphic detail, how her father's diabetes led to his toes being hacked off. FML
Today, my dad went to the doctor to find out if he is autistic. When we walked in, the doctor asked why he wasn't testing if he was diabetic, effectively calling my dad fat. My dad was deeply offended, so I gave that jackass doctor an earful. But as it turns out, he was correct. My dad does have diabetes. FML
Today, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a couple of weeks ago. The upside is that the diabetic meds I've been prescribed help with weight loss. The takeaway? Diarrhea. Lots and lots of diarrhea. FML
Today, I was diagnosed with a chronic pain condition. My parents seemed very sympathetic and my mother even cried. When we got home, though, they started laughing and asked if I really believed all the shit the doctor was talking about. FML
Today, it's been a year since my mom was diagnosed as being borderline diabetic. Since then, she has been giving all her unhealthy foods to me. With all due respect Mom, I don't plan on becoming diabetic myself any time soon. FML
Today, my parents and I went on a hilarious tangent where we rattled off the most ridiculously dark jokes that we could think of. It was going pretty well, until my dad made a joke about diabetes. My mom is diabetic. Now my mom is furious at my dad, and he's blaming me for it. I wasn't the one who made the joke. FML
Today, I was officially diagnosed with OCD. My mother's reaction? "That's not possible, she's a fucking slob." FML
Today, my mother-in-law came over. Probably thinking that the needles in our fridge were steroids, and wanting to do the right thing, she took them to throw them away. I'm diabetic, and they were my insulin. I went into shock after she left and had to go to the hospital. FML
Today, after taking vacation time to visit her, my mom told me she was glad I was leaving so she could get back to her diet. I'm prediabetic and have been trying to manage the condition. She ordered dessert at every meal and was the only one in the family who did. FML
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Xobubblyxo 23
Nice to see "shit you not" has survived
mbeimert 7
Parents are kind of ....special. Especially when they have never been in your certain situation.
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pandalover69 26
Wrong type of diabetes, type one has nothing to do with weight, you're thinking of type 2.
pandalover69 26
I don't have diabetes but my boyfriend has type 1 and type 2 runs in my family. Here are the differences, type one can be hereditary or come on through a a virus. For my boyfriend, it was a virus. Type one means your body can't produce it's own insulin, so you have to inject it yourself. Type 2 can be hereditary but it can also be caused by an unhealthy life style. For my family, my Grandpa was healthy and skinny but developed it anyway and same with most of his siblings, my dad on the other hand is unhealthy and over weight and probably never would have developed it had he been healthy. Though his risk was still greater than the average persons just because it runs in our family. As of now I don't have it but only time will tell. Good luck OP, I hope your mom apologizes to you when she figures out the difference. Heck, I hope she figures out the differences.
Maycontainnuts 17
What a great explaination!
Leantheotherway 0
By any chance, was the virus he had RSV? The reason I ask is because I was 10 weeks early and had that and my doctors assume that's why I was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 2. I've had it for 17 years now, though, and its going fairly steady
Maycontainnuts 17
Slimming wouldn't impact her much at all, lifestyle has nothing to do with type 1 diabetes. Exercise can actually make much harder to control.
Keystonestate 6
Um what? She's probably thinking of type 2 diabetes but still!
jcfrisco 13
now walk it out, now walk it out, now walk it out
Mafia2141 9
Sorry to hear that. I've had it for almost two years and it's alright. Just keep a close tab on your sugars and carb/insulin intake. What I suggest is to not eat any crappy food at all for the first year, then you can start to indulge a little but no fast food or Chinese food because it's very bad for you and makes your sugar stay high because of the grease.
Leantheotherway 0
Also watch salt intake. Its worse for a diabetic than a non diabetic person. Thats also why Chinese is such a bad idea.
seriouslygrowup 11
No jokes, but exercise does help. I used to be Type 1. I changed my diet and started exercising (walking it off) regularly and now I'm not dependant on insulin at all
Maycontainnuts 17
You were never type 1, you have always been type 2. Please PLEASE don't tell people you "used to be t1". That is false. You were probably a t2 on injections - type 1 diabetes is auto immune and so has a completly different cause. Exercise won't treat a type 1 at all only insulin will.
LWOU_fml 9
It could have been worse, she could have told you that you were fat.
paytonres 2
Don't eat so much
Maycontainnuts 17
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease; it is unavoidable. You could be the healthiest, fittest person alive and you would get it. Please educate yourself before judging; you have just done the equivalent of telling someone diagnosed with cancer that they "shouldn't have eaten so much".
SHMANDER 4
Kill her