One small pet peeve…

It bugs me when well-meaning friends (especially those who don’t see how I actually eat) feel the need to police even my comments about food ("is that okay with your doctor ?") Having diabetes doesn’t mean you will never consume a gram of sugar or carb ever again lest you instantly drop dead. It means you take your meds, moderate your diet, exercise, lose weight if necessary, check your glucose faithfully and keep on top of your A1C (6.5 as of January 30, thank you).
I assume they mean well and just want to keep me around, but sheesh ! If I can’t even dream, what’s the point ? 😭

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badminton · 61-69, MVIP

I have type-2 diabetes. All the above is the same for me. The doc has me on 1500mg of metformin a day.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@badminton I love it when my dad complains about the size of some of the pills he has to take without water, because they are nothing compared to 1,000 mg of Metformin.

badminton · 61-69, MVIP

@LordShadowfire I take two 750mg pills per day. They are pretty big pills.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@badminton Yeah, that's even bigger than the two 500 mg tablets I take twice a day. Thing is, I've figured out that the aversion to dry swallowing pills is 99% psychological. We regularly swallow larger chunks of food than that, but because it's in pill form, our brains tell us we need water with it.

Brains are weird.