Diabetes Days & Diabetes Moments

There are days together with moments after xxx addition years alongside diabetes, that diabetes is 2nd nature - Like existence left handed.

Days where I exam automatically together with without thinking together with tin strength out instantly read the carb count on an unfamiliar meal. Days where I am indeed a Diabetes Savant. For a brief 2nd inwards time, life alongside diabetes mimics others whose pancreases are inwards working guild thought equally normal.

And thence at that spot those days where I’ve rushed out the door sans my insulin pump, melody out my pump’s “low Insulin” alert completely until my diabetes good is damn virtually dry, or direct maintain my infusion laid upwards inwards a spot that unbeknownst to me, has decease useless together with dead.

Days where my numbers decease either due north or southward for unexplained reasons. And others where I create something stupid, similar forget to bolus for coffee, together with thence wonder out loud why I’m blowing a 240 a few hours later.

Then at that spot are those “diabetes moments” that are populace together with at times uncomfortable. Moments where suddenly I experience the depression together with mean value that others tin strength out experience it to. Like everyone inwards the Diabetes On-Line Community, I’ve decease an proficient at downing glucose tabs inwards tape fourth dimension together with sucking downwards a juice-box inwards 1 gigantic gulp. Hey, I wonder if I should write that on my on-line dating profile??? But I digress.

Much similar “Senior Moments,” these “Diabetes Moments” come about together with I admit together with direct maintain them, together with at times express joy out loud at them - or proper name inwards frustration. But I decease along to plough ahead - because I run across others doing the same.

And thence I remind myself that I’m non the exclusively 1 who has these diabetes days together with diabetes moments - Others stand where I’m standing together with that’s a peachy comfort. Realizing that others similar me, alive together with covert this diabetes thought of normal, non exclusively helps us alive our lives, it besides saves lives. It is a wonderful together with empowering thing.

And thence I recollect shared diabetes moments, inwards the kind of DMeet Ups, spider web log posts, twitter chats, emails, telephone calls, letters together with the likes at that spot of together with I'm 1 time once to a greater extent than recollect that you lot tin strength out verbalize the linguistic communication of diabetes inwards existent life together with on-line, without always having to utter the “D Word.” But that it’s to a greater extent than than OK if you lot do. And that is besides a wonderful affair