The holidays are upon us! Which for us PWDs means spending time with friends, family and coworkers, who are generally well-intentioned but often try to “help us out” with what they know from Oprah, or something they heard from the friend of a friend’s cousin who knows about diabetes from what he read while standing in the grocery store aisle. Ugh!
Yes, the “diabetes police” often come out of the woodwork during the holidays. So how do you best navigate family gatherings and holiday parties without losing your cool?
Our talented cartoonist and funny guy Mike Lawson has some hints! He’s created a video guide to help us out during these holiday times.
Please check out: The DiabetesMine Guide to Enjoying Your Holiday Meals!
Wanna share some of the most irksome comments you’ve heard during the holidays? Or tips you might have in dealing with them? Let us know…
Love this video guys, well done!
Awesome video!
Mike! You are adorably wonderful at hosting. You need your own talk show. xoxoox
Great, whimsical video!
Great video! I’m thinking about showing it as the pre-dinner entertainment
I completely agree that most people mean well and want to help but don’t have enough information to actually be helpful in any way. What I *wish* (it is the holiday season after all… I can wish right?) is that people would ask questions instead of making statements. Responding to a statement almost always sounds like you are either being defensive or argumentative. But, if someone said instead, “I’ve heard a bunch of stories about people curing their diabetes – is any of that true?” or “I want to make sure that you can enjoy the holiday dinner – is there anything in particular you need?” that would be so much easier to take.
Well said, Leslie. It’s like they don’t realize they’re making these immense statements about diabetes to a person who lives day in and day out with diabetes…and that you might actually know more about it than they do. Funny. And irritating
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