Yes, people judge and can say mean things, but much of it is from pure ignorance! Many people don't understand MI let alone BP and they don't want to know as well. I don't tell many people unless they are close to me, but recently I had to tell my boss and human resources, because I was out on disability for awhile. Now that I'm back to work they don't treat me any different which I appreciate.

However, lately I've had to train a new nurse and one of our patients had BP and she went on and on how she didn't want to see this "crazy" patient. I told her we are seeing her for pneumonia, why are you judging someone you haven't even seen yet? She said "I don't know?' and it ended at that. So, even the medical professionals can be ignorant.