Ok so we all complain about diabetes but there is some good that comes from the bad right??
Heres what I love about diabetes…
1. I get to explain to any one that will listen that I have diabetes and that I am fine
2. I get to get a pull the “I have a low” card and eat a snack in the middle of the work day.
3. I get to explain what my pump is to any one that asks "what is that?"
4. I get to carry a GIANT purse every where I go.
5. I get to be on first name bases with all of the pharmacy workers.
I love diabetes because I have to live with it the rest of my life!!!
- The drive to be a healthy person, and a better me, so I can spend more years with my loved ones…
- That, sometimes, it’s easier for me to deny food from pushy people by simply saying “No, thanks, I have Diabetes.”
- That I have discovered, and tasted, so many new foods on my quest to find healthier alternatives that won’t spike me.
- That my control over Diabetes, and the quality of life I allow myself, has inspired my husband, entire family, and friends, to take care of themselves… or to take control of their own Diabetes.
- That, because I need to be healthy and control my Diabetes, I now know more about my body than I have ever known in my entire life… and I feel the most comfortable with it.
Great list of loves. I could also add:
I get to be curator of my very own meter museum that goes back 20 years
I get to develop a great (and dark) sense of humor, after all, how else should one look at the scene of the crime after a gusher
I get to own friendly equipment - sometimes my meter greets me by saying, “HI”
Hahaha! That’s awesome… I always say I have a very friendly meter too!
OMG!! They posted this on facebook and they are not being very nice on there… Man people take things the wrong way some times. I was meaning for it to be a nice way to share how diabetes has good effect on our lives. I am so sorry if I made any one upset by my post.
I think it’s just one person on FB that is saying mean things and I personally think that it’s a good post so you have nothing to be sorry for! Maybe she was just low and needs to treat it… lol
I know what you mean… 
I tried to lighten the mood a bit, but if people want to be gloomy, they’ll be gloomy. lol
I saw that… Thank you… I didn’t know that they take discussions from here and put them on FB…
Or maybe they are have a high…
One more thing I Love:
When I am having a crabby day I can blame my blood sugar and every one goes " oh I see"…lol
hahahahaha! lol Good one. :))
Yep! I love that when I’m around friends and I’m snappy that they just go, “oh, she’s low and just needs a snack…” I love that I have them so well trained!
It’s just a question that gets you thinking… about life… and how it’s so much more than just some disease, or another… How we have soooo much to be thankful, and grateful for… and yeah, because it is so hard to do just that, think about the good… it makes us have to admit some hard truths to ourselves, some folks don’t want to go there… They don’t want to see the good, in the middle of the bad, because maybe they somehow feel that will take away their right to feel like a victim, or to feel their complicated feelings, like anger and rage for having this illness (or a child, or loved one having it). It’s not easy to come to acceptance of anything life altering, like a chronic illness.
all this time i’ve been reading it wrong! I’m happy to have such a friendly meter, lol. That made my day
It makes the strippers say “awww, you poor thing.”
Can guys jump in on this? I never forget to leave the house without EVERYTHING since it all goes in my backpack I look to be more “on the go” than I actually am fact is sometimes I can barely put a sentence together but I can disguise it by moving around quickly with a backpack he he and often have supplies for testing others I suspect needing to be diagnosed
LMAO
jello has no carbs, right? i haven’t made jello in a while but i’m thinking of filling my belly up with it. I love all the cool gadgets, i’m waiting for my next meter to be so high tech its like a mp3 player/cell phone/pictures/movies/applications/meter all in one, that also connects to the internet! Then i could stop carrying everything else.
YES Pavlos! as she pulls you in close for a hug
I know way more than most medical professionals about T1D, and they cannot intimidate me any more.
With my meter, pump, cgm . . .
I can let my geek flag fly.
But does it save you any dollar bills?
Best laugh of the day. Thanks.