Diabetes Symptoms Weblog

He’s not bragging. Bragging is going is going on and on about yourself and
how much better you are than everyone else. All he’s doing is giving out
information that might be pertinent or interesting to the people he’s
talking to, no different than putting how old you are or where you live.
It’s helpful to know how long someone has had diabetes, and what type of
diabetes they have, when you are trying to support and network with each
other. Mailing lists have lots of people and it’s easy to get mixed up
between who’s had diabetes for 3 years and who’s had it for 3 months, and it
makes a big difference in their level of experience, knowledge, and comfort.
It’s also easy to get mixed up between who has type 1 and who has type 2,
since they are managed very differently. So I appreciate that he did this.
Jen
Type 1 for 14 years

Dave, I know I’m guilty of this too, but try not to respond to him. You are
posting almost as many useless messages to the list as Robby here is. When I
respond I either do it off-list or else I only post once to the list. From
now on I’m going to try to hold my tongue, too.
If we ignore him even if he doesn’t go away at least we won’t get fifty
pointless e-mails a day.
Jen

I used to go to the washroom like that as well. What made me decide not to
was almost losing my insulin, having to wait fifteen minutes in lines at
food courts (for the ladies room, at least) and having everyone be halfway
through their meal when I got back, and also because I’m visually impaired
and often find it difficult to find a washroom and then even harder to find
the table when I’m returning. Also the inconvenience of some places actually
not having washrooms.
If I ever have someone notice and approach me about it (especially if
they’re rude), that might shake my confidence. Also when I do it at
restaurants or wherever I always use my leg and do it under the table, which
is partly why I think no one has noticed so far.
Jen

I’m interested in knowing how people handle embarrassing insulin
reactions. It doesn’t happen to me often, but when it does, it is so
horrible. I get confused and act weird, and when I try to explain
what’s going on to someone I do not know well, they just look at me
like I’m a freak. Sometimes they’ll say something like, “Oh yeah.
When I don’t eat my blood sugar gets low and I get cranky,” not
seeming to understand the whole confusion aspect.
I recently had someone get angry with me because I was low and wasn’t
able to help him with directions while he was giving me a ride. And
tonight I had an insulin reaction on a first date. I was rude to
someone at the next table, and am afraid I cannot salvage the
situation. Mostly I feel bad about being rude to someone. I was
confused and got defensive. I thought she was making fun of me or
something. I feel like I acted like such a freak! I’m so upset I
haven’t been able to sleep all night.
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Well, as you so politely told me a few minutes ago: “Like I care what you
have a problem with? Your opinion means nothing to me.” *shrug*
And I’m surprised you have that attitude. How am I supposed to obtain
perfect blood sugars all the time if I can’t injectin public? There wasn’t
exactly a private place at the bus loop.
Do other people think it’s inconsiderate? I remember an Ann Landers column
years ago where she said it was rude for diabetics to inject in public, and
she got a ton of letters from people who disagreed.
Jen

Okay, since this is a list dealing with emotions and the like, and since I
haven’t seen any real posts besides the ongoing argument with Robby (which
doesn’t really count), I thought I’d toss out a subject.
I’m curious what you all think of injecting in public, whether it be a
restaurant or somewhere else. I always used to go find a washroom to inject
in, but after almost dropping my insulin pen in the toilet (the lid fell in,
the pen didn’t, thankfully), and realising that had I lost that pen I
wouldn’t have been able to eat the lunch I’d already ordered, I decided that
I’m not using washrooms anymore. My personal health and safety is more
important than worrying about what people might think of me. (Besides, if
they don’t want to watch they can always look away.) I posted to another
diabetes forum which has mostly young adults my age, and all of them who
replied said that they inject anywhere and everywhere. A lot of them even do
it through clothing.
So now I’ve started injecting in places like restaurants. I’ve been doing it
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Yep, I sent the e-mail to that owner address as well as to the list.
Hopefully whoever moderates will reveal themselves.
Jen

You can also go down to the bottom of the web site page and there is
a list of addresses for various sites. There you can find the e-mail
address for the “owner” of this Group….John

Does anyone know who moderates this list, or who owns it (since it doesn’t
seem to be moderated)? I ask because I really like the idea of this list,
discussing the emotional aspects of having diabetes, and I don’t think there
are any other lists out there that cover this area. I wish that the list was
a bit more moderated, though, especially for things like starting new
discussion topics, etc.
Jen

Hi Kathy,
I’ve already suggested that he share his tips and he doesn’t, because he
doesn’t have any to share. It’s great that his blood sugars are so good,
but his posts about how it takes no effort and people who have high numbers
are just lazy really irk me.
Anyway, good to have you on the list! Do you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes?
I’m 23 and have had type 1 for almost 14 years.
Jen