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- 3 hours, 17 minutes ago
  
  Wanacure likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  The only criticism I receive is generally from other diabetics. I eat a plant-based diet which is high in carbs, low in fat/protein. Because of my diet, I use less insulin. They have a hard time believing it and tell me I shouldn't eat so many carbs. My A1C is 5.9-6.0 so I'm okay with eating carbs, which are needed to fuel our CNS (central nervous system).
- 3 hours, 28 minutes ago
  
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  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  I agree about walking out! She should be reported for that behavior too. Totally unacceptable!
- 3 hours, 28 minutes ago
  
  Wanacure likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  Rex, I'd definitely notify her supervisor or endo staff. Her attitude created a hostile environment . That's not the purpose of a pump trainer...or anyone else.
- 3 hours, 57 minutes ago
  
  lis be likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  Totally unacceptable. Only those of us with T1D truly get it.
- 5 hours, 15 minutes ago
  
  KarenM6 likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  Totally unacceptable. Only those of us with T1D truly get it.
- 5 hours, 16 minutes ago
  
  KarenM6 likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  I agree about walking out! She should be reported for that behavior too. Totally unacceptable!
- 5 hours, 16 minutes ago
  
  KarenM6 likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  Rex, I'd definitely notify her supervisor or endo staff. Her attitude created a hostile environment . That's not the purpose of a pump trainer...or anyone else.
- 5 hours, 27 minutes ago
  
  BustedPancreas likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  There should be an option for: Not Anymore. I've felt judged in the past but I don't anymore. I think that most people around me have a reasonable understanding of my health issues (everyone has something) so they don't question my management now.
- 6 hours, 6 minutes ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  Any of the people listed in the answer to the question, if they are ignorant to the actuality of living with and treating T1D. Their role or identifier is not the reason. However, I was also recently dx’d with RA and Ankylosing Spondylitis as well, and am shocked at the lack of education others have about that. They all think that it’s just like osteo arthritis. Add to that that everyone believes they are an expert - so I mention very little. It’s exhausting to educate the world, and I simply don’t have time.
- 6 hours, 7 minutes ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  There should be an option for: Not Anymore. I've felt judged in the past but I don't anymore. I think that most people around me have a reasonable understanding of my health issues (everyone has something) so they don't question my management now.
- 7 hours, 58 minutes ago
  
  Kathy Hanavan likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  My 18 year old daughter is self conscious of (embarrassed by) my T1D actions. (I was diagnosed 2 years ago, so this a change for her to see me as a T1D.) Apparently, her classmates with T1D don’t do anything to control T1D and they’re “ok”, so there shouldn’t be any need for me to. I’ve talked to her and I know she’ll grow out of it, but I feel sad that 1) I’ve raised a child without empathy and 2) that there may be young people who aren’t caring for their T1D as well as they could be. (my other children are fine with it.)
- 7 hours, 59 minutes ago
  
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  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  I hope you are getting good care for your RA and Ankylosing Spondylitis. Educating others is exhausting. Take of yourself.
- 7 hours, 59 minutes ago
  
  Kathy Hanavan likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  Any of the people listed in the answer to the question, if they are ignorant to the actuality of living with and treating T1D. Their role or identifier is not the reason. However, I was also recently dx’d with RA and Ankylosing Spondylitis as well, and am shocked at the lack of education others have about that. They all think that it’s just like osteo arthritis. Add to that that everyone believes they are an expert - so I mention very little. It’s exhausting to educate the world, and I simply don’t have time.
- 8 hours, 14 minutes ago
  
  Rex Franklin likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  I had a truly awful appointment with a nurse in an endocrinologist's office last week. She said I would get dementia and heart failure if my blood sugars kept dipping to 70 at night. (It only had for 2 nights). I'm still trying to shake that appointment off.
- 8 hours, 15 minutes ago
  
  Flo Bachrach likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  I had a truly awful appointment with a nurse in an endocrinologist's office last week. She said I would get dementia and heart failure if my blood sugars kept dipping to 70 at night. (It only had for 2 nights). I'm still trying to shake that appointment off.
- 8 hours, 51 minutes ago
  
  Sue Martin likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  Once in awhile someone will remark on food choice. I just tell them that’s what insulin is for.
- 8 hours, 55 minutes ago
  
  Jen Farley likes your comment at
  The last time you discussed adding a new device or medication to your T1D management routine with your health care provider, who initially suggested trying the new device or medication?
  I told my PA I wanted to change from Minimed to Tslim X2. We also discussed Omnipod but that was not an option because Medicare does not cover it because it is covered under prescription drug plan. My plan did not cover it so it was off the table.
- 8 hours, 59 minutes ago
  
  Kris Sykes-David likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  I choose to interpret negative comments as ignorance, not judgment. It's an opportunity to educate.
- 9 hours ago
  
  Kris Sykes-David likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  Most of my friends and family have been very supportive, but my ex-mother-in-law was awful. A retired nurse, her diabetes "expertise" was acquired in the '80s. She thought I was being a princess by managing my diet and insulin so carefully, to the inconvenience of others like her son. I tried to explain that calling paramedics or driving me to dialysis appointments would be even less convenient, to no avail. When I said I was following my doctor's orders, she asked if he was diabetic, too, suggesting that we all belonged to some kind of club with an inflated idea of our own importance. So glad to have that malevolent influence out of my life.
- 9 hours ago
  
  Kris Sykes-David likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  My 18 year old daughter is self conscious of (embarrassed by) my T1D actions. (I was diagnosed 2 years ago, so this a change for her to see me as a T1D.) Apparently, her classmates with T1D don’t do anything to control T1D and they’re “ok”, so there shouldn’t be any need for me to. I’ve talked to her and I know she’ll grow out of it, but I feel sad that 1) I’ve raised a child without empathy and 2) that there may be young people who aren’t caring for their T1D as well as they could be. (my other children are fine with it.)
- 9 hours, 1 minute ago
  
  Kris Sykes-David likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  Any of the people listed in the answer to the question, if they are ignorant to the actuality of living with and treating T1D. Their role or identifier is not the reason. However, I was also recently dx’d with RA and Ankylosing Spondylitis as well, and am shocked at the lack of education others have about that. They all think that it’s just like osteo arthritis. Add to that that everyone believes they are an expert - so I mention very little. It’s exhausting to educate the world, and I simply don’t have time.
- 9 hours, 50 minutes ago
  
  mlettinga likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  I choose to interpret negative comments as ignorance, not judgment. It's an opportunity to educate.
- 10 hours ago
  
  Clearblueskynm likes your comment at
  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  I choose to interpret negative comments as ignorance, not judgment. It's an opportunity to educate.
- 10 hours, 1 minute ago
  
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  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  My experience is that those not familiar with T1D and how to best manage the beast may be critical or questioning.
- 10 hours, 1 minute ago
  
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  Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
  Once in awhile someone will remark on food choice. I just tell them that’s what insulin is for.
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