Diabetes Etiquette
Etiquette is all about being polite. It's also (for me) is a hard word to spell. I need to practice writing it some more.Have you ever sat down to eat, you're about to put a bite of food into your mouth and a colleague says "I didn't know you were allowed to eat that"? I've one specific co-worker that's probably said that to me several times in the last two months. And boy does it make me mad.
I'm planning on sending her a copy of this nice diabetes etiquette card(PDF) that's been put together by the folks at the Behavioral Diabetes Institute. The card offers 10 suggestions expressed as DOs and DON'Ts. For example- DON’T look so horrified when I check my blood sugars or give myself an injection.
- DO realize and appreciate that diabetes is hard work.
- DON’T tell me horror stories about your grandmother or other people with diabetes you have heard about.
Labels: advice, diabetes, frustration
posted by Bernard @ 9:31 AM
8 Comments:
I saw that card on dLife and I wish I had a bag full of them to pass out wherever I go. The tips are great!
This is great Bernard! Thanks for sharing! I think that I will put this card to good use as well
- Kristin
(OK, I tried posting this comment several times and every time I tried to write the word "card", "carb" came out... wonder what I should read into that...)
I saved the card document yesterday so I can print some out later.
George - just save the PDF and then you can print out a sheet whenever it's needed.
This is great!
Yes! The, "Should you be eating that?" question often makes me want to poke people in their eyeballs!
Totally agree. I posted the story on the card and pix of it a while back here:
http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/12/omg-the-card-we.html
Best,
AmyT
Hi Bernard! Great post, thanks for visiting my blog and I've added you to my blogroll. I'll definately be using the search engine too!
Andrea
What can I (non-diabetic) do with relatives who are diabetics and constantly gripe about what/how I host/hostess. "Do you have diet soda, what time are we eating? You said we were eating at 3:00 and it is 3:05. I have to eat Now (there are plenty of appetizers). Should not the diabetic be in control of themselves and now make the whole day/meal revolve around them?
243Gardener
This is a difficult one to solve. I suspect that they don't feel very free to change their diabetes regime.
They do need to be in control of themselves, and if they don't feel they can do this, perhaps it would be useful for them to have a conversation with a diabetes educator.
I can't imagine everywhere they go caters to their needs completely. I suspect you get an earful because you're family. (And I may get an earful for writing this!)
I hope you can help them empower themselves to be more flexible about their diabetes management.
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