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@Cocheze wrote: It happens every year. I gain a bunch of weight ,and then lose a bunch of weight. When I get fit, people question the necessity of my pump. I'm 28 so people my age are generally more...
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@karen57 wrote: By the time I was 28 I was beyond worrying over what other people thought. I don't know where you live but I do know that the 28 year olds in my neck of the woods don't try to change...
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@Sam19 wrote: if you're so concerned what people think, why even discuss diabetes with people who dont have it? why even go there? Very few people in the real world even know I have diabetes... Not...
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@Buck wrote: Cocheze: When I get fit, people question the necessity of my pump. What people? Who is questioning the necessity of your pump? Your doctors? Fellow customers at Starbucks? Co-workers?...
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@Mark46 wrote: Just do whatever makes YOU happy. Read full topic
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@Cocheze wrote: Teachers, professors, dates, bosses, friends, family, random strangers at Walmart, the customer at my Dad's store who touched it while I was waiting on her, etc have all had a problem...
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@swisschocolate wrote: I don't see why a fit person shouldnt wear a pump. plus, as said, why do these people have a say in your choices regarding your diabetes? Read full topic
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@Cocheze wrote: Well, a few of them were females I was dating. They found the pump cumbersome and obtrusive during intimate moments. My theory is that it made me look like there was something wrong...
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@karen57 wrote: Cocheze, you keep asking this same type of question. You always end up throwing the females you were dating under the bus by explaining how they may have felt or thought. I've said...
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@anon94965695 wrote: @karen57, u are 100% right, i will move away from wherever you live, to. as for me i never throw females, i was dating under the bus, no matter what they did, that is not the type...
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@swisschocolate wrote: Look, @Cocheze, i am tired of this kind of discussion with you. You keep asking the same question over and over again. I can't take you serious anymore. Either, this whole pump...
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@Buck wrote: Cocheze: have all had a problem with it. I think you may have an issue differentiating between 'comment on it' and 'have a problem with it'. If so, this will never be changed by altering...
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@Mao wrote: Dear @Cocheze I guess what you need to change isn't your way of treatment, but how you see yourself and our sickness. I sometimes wonder too, maybe nobody would love me because I'm stuck...
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@Cocheze wrote: I love my pump. I just think I live in a densely uneducated community in all honesty. Read full topic
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@Mao wrote: But seriously, you can't expect people to be educated about your illness, my friends too were quite ignorant at first, but if you care about having friends, then you really have to share...
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@karen57 wrote: Cocheze: I love my pump. I just think I live in a densely uneducated community in all honesty. Well, I still think you should move. Your post is in the Teens and Young Adults forum,...
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@MissMargie wrote: I, too, believe you need to seek counseling. However, you also need to know that you cannot blame society for not knowing about your pump. If a discussion is taking a turn you don't...
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@Cocheze wrote: I do see a therapist. She advises me to keep the pump. I think that all of this is just the byproduct of others' misunderstanding and ignorance of diabetes and diabetes products. You...
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@Mimikins wrote: I apologize if I am really blunt (coffee hasn't kicked in yet), but all that you need to say to other people who ask about your pump (or comment on it) is "This is my insulin pump. I...
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@RaDe wrote: Not sure if you know there are other tools twitter.com Stephen Parsons (dtroue1003) #Afrezza more intangible afrezza benefits: after many years it's great to roll over in bed put your arm...
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@Shadow2 wrote: Cocheze: I think that all of this is just the byproduct of others' misunderstanding and ignorance of diabetes and diabetes products. Or maybe a way to shift your perspective is to say...
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@MissMargie wrote: Another thing that I have to remind myself is that there are a ton of illnesses that I'm clueless about. Helps keep the ignorance in perspective. Read full topic
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