Archive for August 25th, 2006

I’m not a “diabetic”

Friday, August 25th, 2006

If you have diabetes, do you think of yourself as “a diabetic” or as “a person with diabetes”? Or maybe you prefer “pancreatically challenged”?
For years, I’ve hated the term “diabetic” when it is used as a noun. For example, “I’m a diabetic.” is a statement you’ll never hear me say. I don’t […]