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by coldpie
4537 days ago
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> As a Type I, I'd love to see the medical world and then the rest of us, using a different term for Type I Diabetics
> As a Type I, people often blame me for my desease. Often people think it is because of unhealty lifestyle. "Ah you are a diabetic, many programmers have Diabetes, guess its because they sit around all day, haha". This is infuriating. I've experienced the same thing. We really do need a new name for Type 1. There's some small amount of agitation for this, but it largely doesn't seem to have caught on. I usually just tell people the full name: "I'm a Type 1 diabetic." Usually they've never heard of the "type" system before, and ask for clarification. A couple articles about the need for a new name: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/healt... http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-11-22/a-z/ct-met-dia...
(I don't agree with the rudeness of some of the people quoted in this article, but it does drive the point home.) |
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