Bragging about Types of Diabetes?
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