[Diabetes-Talk] Can't believe what almost happened this morning.

[Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter]

Difficult to not be alert to what is happening when someone touches you,
grin. I love how if someone touched an able-bodied person without
permission, it would be considered assault. But touching a disabled person
is considered acceptable. And if we tell them no, we are ingrates and made
to feel guilty for not wanting our person touched. Smirk.

Bridgit

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Oh wow glad you were alert to what was happening.
I am glad you are safe.
Interesting that they would see that.
So my cencer is under the sleeve and I don't think that anyone sees it.

Original message:
> Oh my word! I can't believe what almost happened to me this morning. 
> My guide dog and I were happily walking through my neighborhood. It's 
> a warm day, for us anyway, and I was wearing my Occidental College tea 
> shirt. All of a sudden I heard this woman approach me from behind. 
> Insert that voice here. That female voice that sounds kind of hesitant 
> and whiny which tells us that trouble is about to strike big time. 
> It's accompanied by that petting that's almost finger nail petting, 
> like she can't quite make up her mind as to how fragile I might be. 
> "Honey, honey. Wait a minute, Honey. I have to help you. You have 
> something stuck to your arm." Well, she was right. I did have 
> something stuck to the back of my arm. At that point she reached up 
> and almost started to tug. I wish there was a way to spell the sound 
> that came out of my mouth at that point. You see, what was on the back 
> of my arm is the pod. It's part of my insulin pump, the part that 
> holds 200 units of insulin and actually injects it into my body. Had 
> she succeeded, man, I'm sure the ensuing alarms would have scared the 
> pants off of her. But I did point out to her that this was assault 
> which would have resulted in great bodily harm. I then really built up 
> the story of how type 1 diabetics will die when there's no insulin 
> being injected into the body. I didn't tell her how long it might take 
> us to die, of course. And you know that response you get, back to that 
> voice again, I didn't mean, I didn't mean..." Stammer stutter, pause. 
> Yes you did, was my reply Then she disappeared. But I bet she won't do 
> that again. Unreal! Glad nothing happened but it just never occurred to me
that someone would actually come up and do that. Have fun, those of you
wearing the Libre. <grin.> Welcome to summer!

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