Talking About Blood Sugars

The main reason that I feel uncomfortable with talking about my diabetes is because I always feel that I will be judged. As with most type one diabetics that I know, I tend to act differently when my blood sugar is either high or low. For example, if it seems like every little thing is annoying me, and I'm in a grumpy mood, this is usually a sign that my blood sugar is high. When I explain this to people, my goal is to make sure that they understand that I am not normally a grumpy person, it's just that my blood sugar is high, and I need to give insulin to correct it. In my mind, I feel like when I tell people this, they're thinking, Oh my gosh, she has no control over her diabetes, how irresponsible. And then I correct the high blood sugar but later on in the day it goes low. That's when I really feel the judging stares! In all actuality, I have no idea if these people are criticizing me, or if they are just worried for me! All I want is for everyone to understand that type one diabetics do have bad days once in a while; that's just what's to be expected. It doesn't necessarily mean that they have bad control over their diabetes. Either way, I don't feel that any non-type one diabetic has the right to negatively criticize someone with type one diabetes in a "blood sugar situation", simply because they don't fully understand what the person is going through. Because stress is a good thing for diabetics to avoid, the best thing to do if you think that someone may be acting a little judgemental in any diabetes situation is to simply ignore it. Just brush aside rude comments and such, and embrace the people who do seem to have sincere concern! That is what I'm going to work on doing. Whew. I hope that all made sense! :)