#Dblogweek: Message Monday

Day ane of #DBlogWeek in addition to it’s all close the message. And to quote Karen, the creator of #dblogweek, directly: " Message Monday: What is the most of import diabetes awareness message to you? Why is that message of import for you, in addition to what are you lot trying to orbit past times sharing it on your blog? (Thank you, Heather Gabel, for this theme suggestion.” 

Living amongst diabetes isn’t close ane thing - it’s close many things. 
The same tin move said equally to why I spider web log close diabetes in addition to the messages that are of import to me. I can’t alternative ane message or platform because at that spot are in addition to hence damn many - all important, each taking their house inward front end of the draw of piece of job on a rotating scheduled decided past times life.
Diabetes in addition to the media: I started blogging inward 2007 because I was ticked at Halle Barre in addition to her publicist’s inaccurate diabetes statements that were made inward the media. 
I was ill of the diabetes inaccuracies in addition to I needed both the populace in addition to the media to acquire diabetes right. I ever considered myself a diabetes mythbuster in addition to I started spider web log equally a agency to bust myths in addition to stereotypes broad opened upward in addition to encouraged others to produce the same. 
I desire people to purpose the proper words when it comes to diabetes because words affair in addition to words stick - accurate or not.
Humor: I’ve ever used humour equally a coping mechanism when it came to dealing amongst life - in addition to life amongst diabetes, because I felt (and however do,) that if you lot tin express joy close your diabetes, you lot tin ain your diabetes. 
I desire others to express joy in addition to acquire empowered because I know what it was similar to lose someone I loved to diabetes because they felt similar diabetes had all the power. 
Holy Crap, the DOC is AMAZING: About ii months afterwards I started blogging I realized that at that spot was this amazing community called the DOC, in addition to spell I ever knew I wasn’t the precisely ane living amongst diabetes  - I never realized until I institute my tribe that I’d been wearing an anchor of diabetes guilt around my cervix for a long fourth dimension - it was heavy in addition to I was tired. 
And I never realized that diabetes burnout was a thing in addition to that at that spot was a loneliness to living with diabetes - until I  found others inward the DOC in addition to I no longer felt alone. 
It was because of the DOC that learned to flip my diabetes bitch switch for good, non evil. 

Becoming a Diabetes Advocate because it’s ain’t close me: Finding DOC has turned me into a passionate Diabetes Advocate because it made me realize that it wasn’t close me - it's close us - every unmarried mortal inward the basis living amongst diabetes. 

We are inward this together, no affair the diabetes type or which business office of the basis nosotros live. 
#DiabetesAccessMatters for everyone - equally does stripping safely in addition to sparearose.org, in addition to DSMA and that the Blue Circle is global in addition to all encompassing. 
Through blogging when I lost the ane I loved the most. 

#IwishPeopleKnewThatDiabetes: Because of blogging, I’ve learned to non precisely cultivate my diabetes voice, I've acquire inspired past times other diabetes voices  - in addition to hopefully helping I'm paying it frontwards in addition to helping others to discovery in addition to purpose their ain d voices.

Finally, the big donkey message is: WE MATTER. Every unmarried mortal living amongst diabetes matters  - every unmarried vocalization matters - in addition to when added to the chorus of voices - mountains deed in addition to nosotros are Khaleesi type of powerful. 
And yep, you lot know afterwards final night’s Game of Thrones, I had to acquire a Daenerys Targaryan, aka Khaleesi reference in!
FLAME ON!