I think the problem I have with the diabetes example is that diabetes doesn't affect anyone else. Other people may not even know you have it. Some MI is like that, some isn't. Some MI is more like having a disfiguring facial injury that makes other people avoid you.

MI doesn't make anyone a bad person. I sometimes wonder if it is helpful or harmful to have all these labels and suppose it's a bit of both. I suspect non MI individuals are actually in the minority.