Friends
What to tell your friends.
Friends, what to tell your friends
It can be difficult for people who don't have diabetes to understand what its like. They don’t really know why you have to be careful about what and when you eat and why you have to have injections. If they don’t know that you have diabetes, it might seem a little strange to them that you have to do some things that they don’t.
If you want your friends to understand, you really ought to tell them about your diabetes. You could tell them that they can't catch diabetes from you, because it is not a contagious thing like the flu. Perhaps it would also be nice to know that sometimes it makes you act a little strange. If you act tired or annoyed, for example, it may be because you need food or insulin and not because you suddenly don’t like them.
They also need to know to call your parents or any other grown-up if you suddenly get ill.
They ought to know that you can't eat and drink the same sweet things as they can. Because you have diabetes, you have to be careful about how much sugar you eat.
Apart from this, you can play and do all the same sports that they do. In fact, the only difference between them and you is that you have to be a little more careful about a few, small things.
APP/KOL/AC 22/02/07