Iāve considered making this post for a long time. Please reblog so I can get this message out.
I have Type 1 Diabetes. Iāve spent half of my life living with this disease, constantly having to have needles (5 per day if you donāt have the pump) test my blood sugar. And living in shame.
Now Iām going to make one thing clear, there are two types of diabetes.Ā
Type 1 and Type 2, simple right?Ā
But most people donāt know the difference.
Mine is were I just got the disease, it is what most children get. It was not my fault I got this illness, I did not over eat, I didnāt over work myĀ pancreas. No one with this type did.Ā
Type 2 is the one you guys joke about, saying stuff likeĀ āOh if I eat this I will get Diabetesā But you see, most people think they are the same thing (Type one and two)Ā
But, unfortunately, they are named the same thing, so people donāt get the difference. I donāt want to sayĀ āI have diabetes.ā because I know the first thing they will say.Ā
āYou donāt look like you have diabetes! We would you do that to yourself?āĀ
I constantly wish that people just knew, but I know thatās not how things work. But next time someone tells you they have Diabetes, stop. Listen. Donāt judge off the bat and be careful what you say because others may be listening.Ā
Saying stuff likeĀ āThat persons totally going to get diabetes.ā OrĀ āWow! Iām going to get diabetes if I eat this!ā Ā Is the same thing as joking around and saying you have depression or ADHD when you donāt.Ā
This is a life threatening illness, if I donāt get the medication I need I will die.Ā
This illness is expensive, every year my parents loose thousands paying for everything I need. And when Iām living on my own Iāll have to do the same.
Iāll have a high risk pregnancy.Ā
Drinking is even more dangerous.Ā
Iāll fall into a coma or die if I donāt constantly watch my blood sugar and treat it.Ā
My chances of a heart attack, lung disease, having to get a limb amputated and other things have increased significantly.Ā
Thousands die every year because of this.
But yet all this disease, to most, is a joke.
