I do not see my Diabetes as a DISABILITY…I see it as an ABILITY!
I do not take part in the Americans with Disabilities Act because I choose not to.
I am an American…I am NOT disabled!
I can do anything, anyone else can do with NO restrictions!
I am ABLE to educate people on diabetes from first hand experiences,
I am ABLE to provide valuable research information to hopefully find a cure!
I am ABLE to sympathize with my patients who also have diabetes! I am ABLE to do a lot more things because I have diabetes that non-diabetics do not get to do.
I mean who else gets to wear/carry a device that beeps, vibrates, and makes musical tones in school WITHOUT getting yelled at?
Who else gets to carry food around with them all day every day and eat whenever wherever WITHOUT getting yelled at?
Who else gets to carry syringes and vials with them for a MEDICAL purpose that WON’T get them into trouble?
Who else can say “I’m HIGH and I need a SHOT” and have it pertain to a lifesaving medication?
Top Ten Things…
I do but know I shouldn’t…
- Change my lancet only when the one I’m using doesn’t lance any longer…
- Re-Use my pump reservoir until the numbers are worn off…
- Leave my infusion set in until my reservoir has run out of insulin…
- Leave my infusion set in until it falls off…
- Leave test strips lying around everywhere…
- Throw away my capped lancets and all pump paraphernalia in the regular trash…
- Not get my vision tested every year (have not had a vision test since age 11…I grew out of my glasses wore them from 3-10 {farsighted and had a lazy eye} ) I have great sight so I figure why bother.
- Not swab the area in question with alcohol prior to testing.
- Exchange infusion sets with friends to see what theirs are like to see if I should buy some myself…
- Not exercise enough!