# Another thing I hate about having diabetes **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 17, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-thing-i-hate-about-having-diabetes/304297 "2005-05-17T20:30:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-thing-i-hate-about-having-diabetes/304297/41 "2005-05-19T16:33:53Z")
> [@Gravity](#): > > She scolded me about how bad my fasting bloodstick of 160 was When my grandfather was first diagnosed with diabetes, he had a bloodstick of something like 1200. Yours could have been a **lot** worse. ---
**Author:** ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-thing-i-hate-about-having-diabetes/304297/42 "2005-05-19T16:44:06Z")
I think that she just didn’t like fat people.Or, I suppose it’s possible that she didn’t like anybody. I didn’t have any instruction at all up to that point - she was the one that was supposed to give it to me - and it made me feel just awful. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-thing-i-hate-about-having-diabetes/304297/43 "2005-05-19T16:46:28Z")
Her name wasn’t Dr. Coulter by any chance, was it? ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-thing-i-hate-about-having-diabetes/304297/44 "2005-05-19T16:51:12Z")
> [@Gravity](#): > > I think that she just didn’t like fat people.Or, I suppose it’s possible that she didn’t like anybody. > I didn’t have any instruction at all up to that point - she was the one that was supposed to give it to me - and it made me feel just awful. That’s the sort of thing that ensures people will develop an antagonistic relationship with their doctors, and it saps their will to take care of themselves. Great job, lady. I hope someone kicks her in the shins. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-thing-i-hate-about-having-diabetes/304297/45 "2005-05-19T16:53:07Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Type I diabetes: Absolute insulin deficiency from the pancreas no longer making insulin. the only treatment to lower blood sugar is insulin. Used to be called Juvenile diabetes or Insulin dependent diabetes, but these are not really accurate terms, so have been retired. > > Type II diabetes: The body becomes resistant to the insulin the pancreas produces. Treatments include weight loss, diet, exercise, and various pills, which can make the body more able to use the insulin the pancreas makes, or encourage the pancreas to make more insulin, or both. But many times insulin injections are needed here too. Used to be called adult onset diabetes or Non-insulin dependent diabetes, but these aren’t accurate terms either. Thanks **QTM** and **Excalibre**. I’m embarrassed that I’m this ignorant about my own illness. I know, I’ll blame my doctor for not informing me! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-thing-i-hate-about-having-diabetes/304297/46 "2005-05-19T16:55:18Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > That’s the sort of thing that ensures people will develop an antagonistic relationship with their doctors, and it saps their will to take care of themselves. Great job, lady. I hope someone kicks her in the shins. Yep. I stupidly avoided dentists for about 20 years because of an asshole like that. When I finally saw one recently (Had to. No choice. Couldn’t chew. Had no teeth.), I was delighted to find out that he was very friendly, helpful, and non-judgemental. Had I had a dentist like him 20 years ago, I wouldn’t look like Cletus today. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-thing-i-hate-about-having-diabetes/304297/47 "2005-05-19T18:55:48Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Type I diabetes: Absolute insulin deficiency from the pancreas no longer making insulin. the only treatment to lower blood sugar is insulin. Used to be called Juvenile diabetes or Insulin dependent diabetes, but these are not really accurate terms, so have been retired. > > Type II diabetes: The body becomes resistant to the insulin the pancreas produces. Treatments include weight loss, diet, exercise, and various pills, which can make the body more able to use the insulin the pancreas makes, or encourage the pancreas to make more insulin, or both. But many times insulin injections are needed here too. Used to be called adult onset diabetes or Non-insulin dependent diabetes, but these aren’t accurate terms either. Is it true that most people become diabetic to some extent in their old age? I’ve heard that before, but considering all the misconceptions here, I’m going to ask. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-thing-i-hate-about-having-diabetes/304297/48 "2005-05-20T00:27:57Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Is it true that most people become diabetic to some extent in their old age? I’ve heard that before, but considering all the misconceptions here, I’m going to ask. Live long enough and you’ll get everything. Well, maybe you won’t get prostate cancer, but you get the idea. Insulin resistance tends to develop with age, and so we do see it more often in people as they get older. But that doesn’t mean most people will become diabetic. The lungs eventually deteriorate with age too. Hopefully it happens at a slow enough rate that a person dies of something else before their lungs fail them. But a certain percentage of elderly die due to primary respiratory failure merely from the natural (but in their case more rapid than other folks) decline in lung function. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-thing-i-hate-about-having-diabetes/304297.md?page=2)