The Diabetes Wars?

I have been very discouraged to discover there is a (ridiculous) conflict between some people who have Types 1 & 2 Diabetes being waged in online communities, Facebook posts, etc.

Nasty comments. Misinformation being shared as medical "fact", and a general sense of "my disease is more imporant than yours" is very much present.

Seriously?

While we may have different issues, there should be a point of solidarity in that we do all have a form of diabetes which threatens our health. I would think the desire to have proper education into the causes of all types of diabetes, the treatments available, how best to live with diabetes, etc., should take precedence over petty jibes.

Diabetes Types 1 and 2 are both prevalent in my family. Perhaps this is why I have never thought of the people who have to deal with the issues which come from these diseases (myself now included) as being in "opposing camps".

Personally, I would like to see people with diabetes stop comparing and disparaging  one another's conditions  in some kind of bizarre "mine is better than yours" contest and work together for the improvement of health (and awareness) for all.