Free Write: Diabetes Inward The Storm

I took a pause from the move I was doing because of all the thoughts swirling inward my head. So I gear upwardly the timer on my holler for 8 minutes in addition to did a complimentary write. 

Here's what I came upwardly with. 

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Four days of corking blood sugars in addition to lower insulin totals, instantly followed past times a few days of higher numbers inward both categories.

Four days where my blood sugars behaved, followed past times waiting out a 328 and changing out a newish infusion site earlier bed concluding night.  

Drinking sixteen ounces of water, peeing like Secretariat, and waiting until my blood saccharide started going earlier I could shut my eyes in addition to autumn asleep.  

The alert went off this morning and similar the mythical Phoenix, I rose from the ashes, aka,  the warmth of my bed, downed the outset of two cups of java (instead of my park 1.5,) in addition to went on amongst the draw organisation of living,working, in addition to doing.  

Here, inward the midpoint of a Nor’easter, I sit down inward my component in addition to at my computer, rain boots by the door in addition to lights flickering on in addition to off - similar a movie. 

The current of air howls, windows shaking, in addition to I'm doing my best to to larn through my listing of move  that needs to last done - in addition to thankful that I forced myself to larn to the shop earlier dinner concluding night, when I realized I was precariously some running out of juice. 

Diabetes way never running of  juice... or insulin.... or meds; pump supplies, examination strips in addition to the likes at that spot off -but ever worrying nigh all of the above. 

Diabetes In tempest or clear skies, way thinking ahead, equally good equally inward the moment. 

Diabetes forces us to convey backup amongst us, no thing where nosotros go... or how far nosotros guide to march.

Diabetes way doing; fighting, in addition to moving frontwards spell simultaneously having moments were nosotros are forced to sit down in addition to facial expression for diabetes to grab up. 

Diabetes way battles inside in addition to fighting outside forces at every turn. 

Diabetes is some the cuff in addition to our hearts, fifty-fifty when nosotros aren’t thinking nigh it. 

Diabetes is me, you, in addition to everyone who nosotros dearest - living amongst diabetes way fighting for our rights, our physical in addition to mental wellness - our lives. 

Diabetes makes us create out non to be labeled past times a illness nosotros didn't choose. 

Diabetes makes us create out for ourselves in addition to others - a silvery lining of strength in addition to solidarity inward the storm, a silvery lining that makes people amongst diabetes forces to be reckoned with, in addition to no thing the sky.