Talking to the specialist made me think of my mum, she too had Type2 Diabetes, and it just showed me how little i really understood about this terrible illness.
When i spoke to one or two people about it, although i never told them i was diabetic, i was shocked by some of the remarks, one said, 'isn't that what fat people get?', another said, 'ah yes, that's the lazy disease, fat and lazy people suffer from that', i was quite amazed at the ignorance of peoples views about diabetes, when i stated that i had been diagnosed with it they quickly said, no you can't have it, you're neither fat or lazy!
So why is it people are so ignorant of what is potentially a life threatening illness? Is it stereotypical of peoples ignorance about illnesses in general? Or just that they aren't interested in something that doesn't scream out 'you can die from this illness?'.
By starting this blog i want to try to achieve two things, firstly to help both myself and fellow sufferers to cope better with the illness, and secondly, to try and change peoples views about Diabetes, after all this blog is here for all fellow sufferers, not just for my benefit, so i hope you post your comments and support, also share some of your experiences.
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