PCOS Messages for March, 2001: Re: Diabetes, guilt and glucophage. (long)

Re: Diabetes, guilt and glucophage. (long)

From: Mikki (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 22 Mar 2001 06:13:17 -0600 (CST)

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Alica what you said is extremely true. I myself am not overweight as of yet and suffer from type II Diabetes. I am still in my early 20's and I have to watch what I eat but does this mean I need to constant hear that I have this condition because I am lazy pig? There is such a stereotype around diabetics and overweight people that it is truly sickening.

I have ended up feeling guilty about my prior eating habbits. I get depressed and feel as if I have brought it up upon myself. I know this isn't the case but it does get hard to believe sometimes when I am constantly told otherwise.

I now find myself trying to please people (which was something that was not in my nature to do). I sit there and pass up food that I can very well eat with no problem so that I will not be part of the type II diabetes stereotype. When does this end? Should I become anorexic just to fight the fact that most likely I will no longer be a slender person? This is what bothers me more than anything else. Why should that thought even cross my mind had it not been for this stigma placed around diabetes.

I can tell you it hurts when I hear comments like these from people who are obviously very ignorant to the condition. How can it be that "only" fat and lazy people are afflicted with this and have brung it upon themselves when I am not nor did I bring it upon myself. For the last past couple of days I have felt down on myself just because of the comments of one woman.

Sometimes I wish I would have said more and sometimes I wish I would have said nothing at all. I find it odd that I spend so much time caring what these people have to think about me. I know that their comments are only steming from their own insecurities and it is extremely pathetic that they had to stoop down to genetics to get a one up on me.

At Wed, 21 Mar 2001, ALicia wrote: >
>I started on glucophage two days ago. I am not diabetic but I am hoping
>it controls my insulin. my sugar have gotten better. I had fasting
>blood glucoses getting to the borderline a few years ago the 120s, now I
>am down to 101 usually. I dont feel too bad on it, but its been two
>days.
>
>Diabetes is getting a bum rap. I got into an argument yesterday on line
>whith someone who said diabetics are people who all eat crappy diets
>high in sugar and fat and they are all paying for it. Fat hatred and
>discimination is backlashing onto diabetics, especially those with
>weight problems, I know there are thin diabetics too. I am of the
>opinion that diabetes causes further fat storage in some people but many
>people take the fat hatred stuff and put it on diabetics who happen to
>be fat. Its awful. I was very upset one day to see a posting on this
>horrible soc.support. fat acceptance board. unmoderated where some
>sociopaths were going on about "fatties that were getting their feet cut
>off due to diabetes. "
>
>The last thing diabetics need or even people with PCOS is more guilt and
>shame leveled on them. Some of these people lucky enough to have the
>genetics they have are using them to feel superior. It is so sad.
>
>The sick thing is diabetes can be very affected by stress. All this
>hatred for the fat and misunderstandings leveled at Diabetics in blaming
>the victim will only make their health worse. There is a terrible
>stereotype about diabetics that they are all fat people who binged on
>sweets and thats why their pancreas failed.
>
>AAARgh this stuff is hard to handle. I would have told that woman off.
>

--
Mikki

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