insulinismylife:

“Diabetics shouldn’t have kids.”

“All of that sugar is why you’re diabetic to begin with”

“Constantly giving yourself shots is a disgusting way to live." 

The "you did it to yourself by eating too much sugar” is one of the most hideous pieces of bullshit ever. 1) Shaming people for their diseases/conditions is disgusting and is, in a way, a form of victim-blaming. 2) There are are INFANTS who develop type 1 (see ten-day old with an insulin pump). I can assure you those babies have not eaten too much sugar. 3) Far, far too many other things that can be added.

Also, the one time in my life that I have literally seen red happened when, back in the days when I still thought I would someday want to carry a child or two, someone I no longer talk to online basically said, of the chance that any child I might produce might also develop diabetes, “Why would you want to do that to a child?” followed by some cutesy sad face emoticon.

It is well for both of us that we were separated by a computer screen and several hundred miles, as if she’d said that to my face I would probably have hit her as hard as I could.