AIBU to not care about her blood pressure?

[IDontNeedYourMedicalDetails]

I have a friend who lives at the other end of the country so we mostly talk online. When I ask her how she usually posts her blood pressure and often blood sugars(She has type 2 diabetes). I'm not a Dr. I neither know nor care what the numbers mean. I care about how she is but she can tell me that.

She'll just randomly post the figures in the middle of a conversation too. With no explanation. It's driving me crazy. Asking her to stop doesn't help. AIBU to stop asking her how she is?

How long has she been diagnosed op?

20 years.

I know that diabetes is utterly shit(I have long term health issues too) but I really don't need to know her blood sugar/blood pressure numbers.

I have a friend who’s focus is her bowels

You have my sympathies. I do get bowel details too sometimes but thankfully not too often.

@IDontNeedYourMedicalDetails i agree it’s 100% attention seeking and not behavior I reinforce.

Oh god, she’s one of those people who has made her illness into her hobby, isn’t she ?

Oh yes I was trying to think what you call a medical attention seeker, but hobby fits well

My Mum, now my Dad are like this and it's tiring, my Mum even managed to get my Dad de-diagnosed as Diabetic as well....she's the only diabetic in the family.

It sounds mean but they go on for hours and hours

Reply back with "no that's not the meaning of life, the meaning of life is 42." Every single time.
Bizarre my kids diabetic I wouldn't tell anyone his numbers unless it's someone who actually needs to know.

Medical hobbyist!!! YES

I would start to pretend that you are a Dr! Express some concern at her results and ask her if she is sticking to her correct eating plan. Then suggest that she make an appointment with the nurse for bloods and a take in a urine sample!

Alternatively just respond with Emojis. Either a shocked face, the disappointed face or the blushing one. I mean, as you don't know what she wants you to say, you might as well respond somewhat randomly. Each time she will either then have to write a long explanation in response if you have got it wrong, or if you have given her the correct response, that should be the end of the conversation. Respond to subsequent help conversations with similar slightly vague emojis. It doesn't matter if she doesn't 'get' your response as you don't understand her pictures either. Just put in the minimum emoji response effort.

Holy moly, has she been giving you all her stats for that long op??? I thought maybe it was her first year or so. Wow, she really is hyper focused on it isn’t she. Poor you for being constantly bombarded with it, and poor her for it apparently being the only thing in life she is seemingly interested in😔

Yeah, I'd reply with poo chart and wee shade according to the dulux paint chart.

Tell her that you’ve been meaning to say for a while that medical talk makes you feel queasy and can she stop

I had 167/105

Oops, sorry!!