First off...I MUST say Happy World Diabetes Day 2012!!! I know there are many of you doing some great things today and I can't wait to see/read all about them. But that's another blog post!
Today, our challenge is:
"advice for dealing with negative feedback in your community".
And boy, oh, boy...don't we have some?!?!
You all have seen it or been on the receiving end of it.
It may start with a facebook status update. Everyone who "gets it" replies with their ((hugs)) and well wishes. Then you might have one comment thrown in the mix that may come off as well meaning but then it's really not.
It is a shot at you...a dig, if you will.
Then it's a free for all. All the well wishers attack. And I use that term loosely. The DOC is just like that. You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us.
Questions, accusations and "I know better than you because I know EVERYTHING about diabetes INCLUDING how to care for your child/loved one whom I never met!" The one stand alone is truly standing alone, looking like an ass and their only counter attack is the "I thought you'd be open minded"!!
Oh, I'm very open minded UNTIL you tell me how to take care of my kid's diabetes.
So my advice for the negative feedback is to stay your ground, don't waver and call their BS. Only YOU and your kid/loved ones Doctor know whats best for them. Not your Grandma, Aunt, Cousin twice removed, the lady you meet in the grocery line or the facebook *friend*.
And if all else fails...DELETE them!! (on facebook!! NOT in real life!!!)
