For example, some described struggling with “the fact that somebody’s just told you that you’re a fat bastard and you need to do something about it” (female participant; aged 68 y; <5 y since diagnosis) or said that “I always call it the fat diabetes when I say I’ve got diabetes, it’s not insulin, it’s the fat one” (female participant; aged 56 y; >5 y since diagnosis). The gene discussed is INS; the disease is diabetes mellitus.