An awesome campaign from REI about the stigmatized “shoulds” forced upon women. What “shoulds” (or shouldn’ts) get placed upon us PWDs? Shout 'em out…
Here’s mine: “You shouldn’t feel tired”.
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You shouldn’t eat “that!”
So many thats 
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Every person with diabetes should reach for better blood sugar numbers.
You should have figured out how to control your diabetes by now
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“You should get your A1c down” – says my endo, who never tells me how one does that. (Though I’m grateful to his team of CDE nurses for their depths of knowledge.)
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YOU SHOULD BE COMPLIANT
Can I shout that any louder
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Excuse me! But to what should you be compliant?
I;m tired of being told I should eat to harm myself, lots of carbs to give me energy and high blood sugars.
You should be glad it’s not cancer.
And, closely related:
You should be glad you don’t have the bad kind.
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You should have access to CGMs and Pumps regardless of D-type at little or no cost such as a pharmacy deductible and not be pigeon-holed into ineffective treatments because you are diagnosed as Type “x, y, or z”.
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An image I made to share some of our conversation with other members of our community 
Any more additions?
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You should stop listening to doctors (and others) that talk like that and think of manageable, positive actions to take - one at a time!
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