Let me start by saying, again, how great it is to be here and be a part of this network. I’m learning so much from reading posts and blogs. I’ve had my own D-Sucks blog since I got diagnosed, but I only kept it for myself, just as a way to deal with things on a daily basis. But now, on TuDiabetes, I’m posting and getting comments sometimes! That’s so cool. Please forgive me if I’m slow on acknowledging them. I appreciate them all.
Twitter, especially, has me baffled still. I'm actually on hiatus right now from Facebook... which I liked a lot, but I needed a break. I just decided to try Twitter at the suggestion of my brother, who is Mr. Social Media. After a couple of months, I'm still playing catch-up. I'm clueless about re-tweeting, have no idea what to do when someone replies to me, and am mega-confused about the hashtags. I'm so slow that I probably seen as rude to some. My sorors are on twitter so much... they seem to be tweeting every single thought. I'm just not there yet.
I was pissed about not being able to blog on D-Blog day... which of course I learned about via Twitter. I found out about it while I was at work, but by the time I got home, I was soooo beat... work had beat me up, my levels were low, and I just wanted to lay down. I got up again a few hours later, powered up my MacBook & tried to blog... it didn't happen. I was still too out of it.
So I went back to sleep. It's so frustrating not to be able to do something because diabetes is kicking my ■■■ that day. It's so hard to accept that I have to give myself a time out and recover.
I'm a few days late, but here are my six things I would like people to know. I notice that they are very similar to what other people wrote.
1. I didn't cause diabetes. Please stop asking me how I got it and why.
2. Just because your family member...aunt, grandmother, whoever... has diabetes, you have no idea what I'm going through.
3. I take insulin because I need to, not because I want to.
4. I hate needles, but I love my life more.
5. Please stop telling me what I can eat, and how much I can eat. It's annoying... and rude.
6. Making jokes about it... saying "diabetical" might be funny in a Tyler Perry movie. But to me, it's ignorant, annoying, and just makes me want to stay away from you.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.... I'm trying to have one.
P E A C E. -Hakima