Yesterday I met the only other person I know who has diabetes. We are in quite different situations, but it was still good to talk to him and not feel as alone.He's had Type 2 for five years. He told me he didn't really know much about diabetes, and that he hadn't gone in to learning about it much at all. Pretty much the polar opposite of me!
I had these strange feelings listening to him talk. I really wanted to educate him and explain that some of the things he was doing were wrong and would hurt him in the long run, but, well, it's pretty hard to say those things to a person. He is obese, and instead of watching his eating takes more medication to cover what he wants to eat. He told me he's lucky in that he's not on insulin (and I thought to myself that it's only a matter of time). In the end, I didn't say anything. I feel it's not my place, and that we don't have the kind of relationship that would allow me to say those things to him. Part of me thinks that if his doctor is happy with what he is doing, then I have no right to disagree.
I don't have the answer on how to handle such a situation. But they are the kinds of things we have to live with, I guess.
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