My friend just got diagnosed with diabetes type 1 and is using it as an excuse for everything! What do i do?

Question

My freind recently (6 monthes ago) just got diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Me and my 2 other friends have been with her every step of of the way and have shown our sympothy; trying to understand the disease and understanding ways to help her. She has always been a drama queen but now whenever we are in a fight or she said something kinda mean and we confront her about she throws diabetes up as her sheild and uses it as her excuse. We always expect something like... "WHY DONT YALL CARE ABOUT ME! I HAVE DIABETES!, or I AM SLOWLY DIEING AND YALL DONT CARE, or THIS IS A LIFE AND DEATH DISEASE!" She keeps using these kind of excuses. We really do care and we try to talk to her about how uncomfortable we are in this situation but she just throws up another excuse about diabetes to avoid the question. Its just goten to the point where we dont want to be around her anymore, because we feel like WE are the ones having to deal with the diabetes whenever we are around her. HELP!! What do we do??

Answer 1

while this is a serious medical issue, it can kept under control and she is not dying from it, it is not AIDS. i think you and your other friends have done enough and now she is taking advantage of the situation

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

And I bet she isn't following the "rules" on how to live successfully and well with diabetes, either.

First of all, Drama Queens are not friends. They're dictators.

so who says you have to hang out with such a drama queen? Nobody. S

o go out and have fun. And when she cries that you didn't invite her - tell her - We'll, you're always going on about your diabetes so we didn't invite you. We're tired of hearing you whine. And if you're slowly dying - well, there's nothing we can do about it. So either take care of yourself and be a civil human again - or let the world pass you by. The choice is yours - but we can't be held back anymore.

That's it. Either she straightens up her act or she'll find some other person to whine to.

Answer 5

My GF will remind me that she has it too, she is borderline type 1 and type 2, but she will remind me that she has it whenever she is hungry because her sugar is too high or too low. I deal with it, but she usually only does it when she is stressing out, which doesn't help me calm her down or want to side with her.
Your friend, however, is using it to her advantage. If she was a drama queen before this, then she is using the disease for more reason to cause drama. What you can do is ask her what her sugar level is, if she can't tell you, then she doesn't care that much about checking it.
Its a bad thing to have, but, you need to confront your friend, and let her know that you are well aware of her diabetes, and you don't want it brought up all the time. Then, let her know, she will only die from it if she lets it get out of control, and her stressing about stupid stuff, like you and your friend not caring about her, that is only causing her more stress and SHE is killing herself, not you two.
Also, you can ask her if she would like to do this alone, or with friends. If she wants to do it with friends, then you need to explain to her that she needs to calm down and not throw that up in your face everytime she can, or she will be facing life alone.