http://asweetlife.org/gary/blogs/type-2-blogs/some-of-my-best-friends-are/2282/ the source for the healthy diabetic Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:53 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://asweetlife.org/gary/blogs/type-2-blogs/some-of-my-best-friends-are/2282/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Rachel Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:47:38 +0000 http://asweetlife.org/?p=2282#comment-165 Well, my husband is type 1 and was well before we ever met.  When I was diagnosed with type 2 right before my 29th birthday, it was a shock, but it was kind of like "whatever, now we both live this way".  That's kind of how it was for our families. "That just has too many carbs for me" is how it usually starts - even with friends who know, but don't "know" type 2 diabetes. When it comes to work, my own department knows, but not everyone in the building knows.  It usually slides into conversations over potlucks or treats brought in. Because I'm out there with blogging, it's easy, almost too easy, to bring it up.  When a stranger asks what I do, I say I'm an accounting clerk and a freelance writer.  "Writer about what?"....and I have to explain.  :) Well, my husband is type 1 and was well before we ever met.  When I was diagnosed with type 2 right before my 29th birthday, it was a shock, but it was kind of like “whatever, now we both live this way”.  That’s kind of how it was for our families.
“That just has too many carbs for me” is how it usually starts – even with friends who know, but don’t “know” type 2 diabetes.
When it comes to work, my own department knows, but not everyone in the building knows.  It usually slides into conversations over potlucks or treats brought in.
Because I’m out there with blogging, it’s easy, almost too easy, to bring it up.  When a stranger asks what I do, I say I’m an accounting clerk and a freelance writer.  ”Writer about what?”….and I have to explain.  :)

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