Comments | insulin_whores: So tired of the blame game

rainbow_goddess in insulin_whores

So tired of the blame game

Jan 23, 2012 15:31

Whenever there is a news story about health care, you always get the letters to the newspaper from people who have bright ideas about how to "fix" the health care system. These ideas are usually along the lines of "make people who cause their own diseases pay for it themselves." And by "people who cause their own diseases" they almost always mean " ( Read more... )

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lolavix January 23 2012, 23:45:53 UTC

Maybe when we hear those types of suggestions that we need to pay for our own illnesses, we should mention that it would have to hold true for all illnesses, since there would be no way of proving which ones were due to someone's choices and which ones are due to no one's fault--not sure that science can actually do that (I've got a PhD in biochemistry and I would never profess to be able to say who's at fault for a particular condition--I guess we could make our parents pay, since many conditions have a genetic link, so it must be their fault). Otherwise, it would be discrimination.

I think it's great that you keep on trying to educate people. It is frustrating.

rainbow_goddess January 24 2012, 01:08:06 UTC

According to these people it's really obvious who caused their own diseases. If you have diabetes, it's your fault. If you had a heart attack, you obviously ate the wrong things. If you have cancer, it's because you smoked. All anyone has to do is "pick out the people who ignored their doctor's advice."

lolavix January 24 2012, 01:20:50 UTC

It must be really nice to live in a world where everything is black or white.

thatsmypurse January 24 2012, 00:03:48 UTC

I honestly think one of the Diabetes needs a different name. Type 1 and 2 just aren't cutting it, in my opinion.

thatjamiegirl January 24 2012, 00:58:07 UTC

aries11 January 24 2012, 01:36:02 UTC

I agree. There is far too much attention on Type 2. Usually when you hear "diabetes", Type 2 is what everyone thinks of first. It's almost as if Type 1 isn't even existent anymore. They really need to bring more attention to Type 1 in adults, especially considering the number of adults who are being diagnosed with it. I was 24 when I was diagnosed, for heaven's sake! I have another friend who wasn't diagnosed with Type 1 until she was 38.

txvoodoo January 24 2012, 03:23:37 UTC

I just read today that more adults than children are now being diagnosed with type 1. I think they may FINALLY be realizing that it happens.

txvoodoo January 24 2012, 03:22:51 UTC

Yes. Please.

I was diagnosed Type 1 at age 48. Something (not yet diagnosed) auto-immune broke my pancreas. I'm somewhat overweight. After my diagnosis, my entire family tried to tell me how, if I lost weight, it'd "fix" my diabetes. I headdesked SO. MUCH.

I'm not even saying to them that weight doesn't make a difference in overall health, but it DOESN'T cause everything. I didn't eat my way into type 1. My body broke.