I would eat two Krispy Kreme white cream filled chocolate covered donuts with a Venti Starbucks latte for breakfast, and then run around Magic Kingdom ALL day long without carrying a fanny pack full of diabetes supplies. I would enjoy NOT hearing my husband tell my groaning kids “Mom has to eat NOW!!!”
I’d jump in that little red convertible with Guy who hosts Diners, Drive Ins and Dives and I would go and EAT every greasy, gooey odd thing on the show and then later I could watch the show and remember every calorie and carb.
I would also not wear my watch ALL DAY cause I wouldn’t need to take meds and shots and test all day so who needs a watch.
I would have a big pancake breakfast with real Vermont maple syrup.
I would leave home and just keep driving, to no where special just not here.
I would love to drink a venti coffee from Starbucks that is not sugar-free.
My daughter would be able to sleep tonight without worrying about me haveing a low.
I would eat a bowl of Special K without worrying about my sugar going up (can’t eat it now).
Sweet Blood
Awesome!
Amen to that!
I’d run, bike, and hike w/o worrying about bg…and have any fruit I wanted.
I would revel in not having to check my BGs constantly and in being able to just not worry about it for the day. I don’t cut out much, if I want to have birthday cake with my father I do, if I want to go on a hike or kayaking or work in my forge all day, I do it. It would just be nice to not have to worry about my body not being able to take it and to be able to see the normal numbers in my meter without effort.
I don’t think I would overeat because I don’t really find anything fascinating about food. However, I WOULD hike a mountain just to feel the breeze without carrying extra supplies or worrying about passing out at the top. I WOULD make love for hours without worrying about what my BG is at. Then I WOULD cuddle for hours without having to get out of bed to check my BG or to inject or to eat something. I WOULD oversleep without worrying about my BG dipping. I WOULD go to the beach and just doze off and on all day without worrying about the effects the sun has on my body. I WOULD ride a roller coaster or two- to get the feeling of my BG changing, but without worrying that my BG is actually moving at all.
Then… after all of that, I would indulge in a huge vat of vegetable lasagna and steak.
I can do anything with T1D, but it would be so much easier without it.
I would run around like a crazy lady. I’d be bouncing off the walls and you wouldn’t be able to get me to shut up. Full of life and energy and I would be happy all day. I would order a badass birthday cake and eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
I would get the biggest deep dish pizza I could find and the biggest glass of Sam Adam’s I could get my hands on.
Fortunately I had over 50 years without Diabetes. I can tell you my life hasn’t changed dramatically… I still work full time, freelance on the side with graphic design and I’m also a massage practitioner. I wear the OmniPod and it’s just another task to perform. Yes, I’m a bit more fatigued and certainly don’t feel as good as I used to but I’m alive and kickin and I feel blessed every day to wear this little wonderful device that makes my life a bit easier.
I still eat what I want and compensate with insulin but I make better choices which is healthier for anyone.
Oh… your questions:
- Where would I go? Anywhere and everywhere I went before but with an extra suitcase.
- What would I eat? Anything I want, there’s no restrictions if you compensate.
- Who would I visit? I visit everyone I did before my diabetes.
- If I used to run marathons, I’d still do it or swim or hike and I still binge on popcorn as long as I know the carbs.
There’s NOTHING YOU CAN’T DO so enjoy your life.
I would sleep in late because I woulnd’t have to get up to take my pill with breakfast or test.
Big huge plate of vegan biscuits and gravy for bunch with pint of OJ and coffee,
sourdough garlic breads and big bowl super creamy potato soup,
lots of pineapple
that big fancy Halloween sucker I forget to eat and now i can’t
vegan fetticine alfredo with TONS of sauce.
Big Pint of dark ale.
crackers and big tub of popcorn
ummmm, you think you feel sick sometimes because of diabetes? You would be SO SICK if you ate all of that, even if you were the healthiest person in the world. I do understand though to be able to eat without BG problems but all that food would bring something else on a lot worse than our diabetes!!!
I would eat all the biscuits and gravy for sure but the rest of it I would just taste until I was full. Just to have it again because I could you know. Maybe i need 48 hours. I have actually eaten some of that in a 24 hour period before and didn’t get sick - I have seen people eat more than that. My “huge” portions that I used to eat are smaller than what a lot of people would consider huge. It is supposed to be a fantasy after all.
Well, I’ve eaten SO much of ALL of that, that I guess my fantasy would be No Testing, No Worrying about eating or exercise and all the other freedoms I had before I was stricken with this. Sorry if I was so literal. There is ONE place I don’t have diabetes and can do whatever I want, even FLY… that’s in my wonderful dreams.
Oh wow… I had most of that a couple of weeks ago excluding the “twizzler chaser”. lol
I gave my pod a good workout that day!!! Wouldn’t do it again anytime soon.
Peanut Butter Parfait at DQ. Sign me up twice., OK three times.
I would go to a Chinese buffet, and have an endless supply of spring rolls. lol
Ha!
I am only the MOM and what I would do is sleep, sleep, sleep! 17 year old T1 just went to bed. It is 11:35 a.m. and I am trying to decide if it is better to go to bed with an alarm for a 2 a.m. BG check, or just wait till 2 to call it a night. Some laundry is getting done at least, while I decide.
Cheryl
Yeah… sleep sounds like a fabulous idea, too… lol No more thirst, or pee, in the middle of the night!