Comments on: Pass the Bottle, I Mean Cure

By: emily

emily — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:55:14 +0000

realizing she was thinking of gestational… broke my heart. it’s not all that often that reading something will bring tears to me, but that definitely did.
It’s amazing how things can go by daily and we manage and things are normal, but hearing something like that makes you realize just how close to the surface your emotions really are.
My heart aches for these kids who are too young to understand why they’re targeted. However, when my son talks about ‘not having’ diabetes he, too, is very matter of fact. He just talks and moves on.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:42:36 +0000

we had this conversation this morning too..Emily wished she didn’t have diabetes so she could just eat and not have her finger pricked. I really hate times like that!

By: NJRae

NJRae — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:28:17 +0000

Thanks for sharing this. I have two kids with type 1, when our youngest was diagnosed he was 2 so he doesn’t really remember a time without diabetes. There have been several occasions when some well intentioned person tries to tell me how they or a family “cured” their diabetes. I then make a point of asking them, “Oh you have type 2 diabetes,” to which their usual response is, “I had the REAL bad kind.”
I then try to explain the different types of diabetes as nicely as possible.

Sadly, too many people assume ALL diabetes is curable because the media, both print and televised, fail to differentiate when discussing diabetes in the news and ALL forms of diabetes suck. Here’s the thing even if you have Type 2 and are off meds, you still have it your just keeping it in check with diet and exercise. And if you have had Gestational Diabetes your at a higher risk of developing either Type1 or 2 later in life and YOUR CHILD is at a higher risk of developing Type 1. (John Hopkins Book on Diabetes)

The question I get from my son’s that I hate is “Why did I get Diabetes?” We have no family history, they was breast-fed and fed organic baby food. I didn’t expose them to chemicals, I don’t know why THEY got diabetes but I can teach them to be strong and advocate, so people understand more about this disease and how it impacts them.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:10:11 +0000

Love the bottles of wine comment, saddened by the rest.

You and I know that gestational diabetes is a risk factor for type 2. How to explain that to Q…or to that woman who may not understand?