Yes, there are people who are healthy and fit, who they've been doing the right things for years. And yes, diabetes is tied to lifestyle, but it's also tied to genetics and other factors that scientists are just now coming to grips with is not just an illness for people who sat down and did nothing. That's not what it's about. Is that true for some diabetics? Yes, it is. Diabetes is a lifestyle thing
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77Ā Ā·Ā 3:05
They don't understand that there are many various types of diabetes other than type one and type two. And so the fact that people are so ignorant in their knowledge, it really shows in how they respond to people who are being honest and transparent about their health situation. So, yeah, we hear people say all the time, well, stop eating sweets. Well, all diabetes well, no, diabetes comes from eating sweets all by itself
Kitha Larie
@chitchatwithkkĀ Ā·Ā 4:54
And my grandparents, I think my grandfather was type one, and then I have on my dad's side and then on my mom's side, her mother was type two. So we have a lot of type twos in our family, and then we have a few type ones that are in there. But diabetes just I wrote an article, actually years ago about diabetes being my sidekick because I had to learn to live with him or her. So it become my friend
Swell Team
@SwellĀ Ā·Ā 0:15
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFiĀ Ā·Ā 3:06
Hey, I heard this earlier, but I didn't get a chance to respond. You know, I'm a diabetic too, and a type two diabetic. And what bugs me most about diabetes is they always assume that the person that has diabetes, they have to be fat, they have to be obese, they have to have a really bad diet, that they're not doing all they can in order to get their life together. That's a filthy lie
Erica Jean
@HeyItsEricaĀ Ā·Ā 0:49
She said that person literally posted that nasty comment early in the morning, which means that person took the time out of their day, their morning, just to be wicked, this world. But thank you for posting. Thank you for responding. Bye
Erica Jean
@HeyItsEricaĀ Ā·Ā 1:55
Hey, Kitha, thank you so much for responding. And like you said, anytime you put yourself out there on social media anyway, yeah, it invites the trolls, people who are upset with their lives and they just spill out whatever's in their guts about another person. They're just not happy. And yes, you and I did speak about of this before dealing with diabetes and the difference between the two. And now I'm learning that there's more than just two types
Erica Jean
@HeyItsEricaĀ Ā·Ā 2:46
And type two and type one oh my gosh. Diabetes in general is just so hard to deal with. And I know how you feel because the highlight of my days is when before I was diagnosed, my husband would surprise me with chocolates. Because I love chocolates. Even though I was never like a sweets, like a sweet sweets type of person. I mean, I've had cake with pies and stuff like that before
Becky Butler
@bc75Ā Ā·Ā 1:31
Hi, Erica. Becca here from Visions Expression, and I just really enjoyed the piece that you did of it could be you tired of the troll crap and the diabetes. I'm not taking you seriously at your offices with your doctor and Matt. I hope that changes for you. I have chronic health problems, too, and that's why I write. I have two lung diseases, crohn's disease, epilepsy. And I get through it all. I write my way through it
Erica Jean
@HeyItsEricaĀ Ā·Ā 1:37
Hi, Becky. Thank you for your warm response. And this is why I write poetry, and this is why I write essays. This is why I journal. Because the things that I experience emotionally, the things I go through mentally, a lot of people that surround me, some understand and some don't. I don't fault them because they're not in my shoes. But this is why writing is so cathartic for me, because it's why I write. It's very therapeutic