#Tbt: Honey Children & Teens Amongst Diabetes

Today's #tbt shipping service was written dorsum on October 13th, 2009 and I idea most it today for several reasons:
1. Children together with teens alongside diabetes are downward right amazing, every bit are their parents
2.The Children With Diabetes Friends For Life Conference inwards Orlando is less than two weeks together with I can't wait! 
3. Sometimes, regardless of whether nosotros are a child, teen or adult alongside diabetes - or a raise of ane together with or all of the above, nosotros ask to live on reminded how wonderful together with magnificent nosotros genuinely are
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Dear Children together with Teens alongside Diabetes:

I know you're smart together with a digital native, and I know yous know almost everything, but delight hear me out.

I’m an adult (which freaks me out to write, allow lone say) alongside t1 diabetes together with I was in ane trial inwards your shoes.

Being a kid alongside diabetes has its challenges, together with some days it sucks- I larn that - And I’ve experienced those days -still practise inwards fact.

Diabetes is a lot to grip for an adult, non to cite a kid or a teen, but you're doing a nifty job!

I know that shots tin strength out live on scary, annoying together with painful, together with I know that pumps receive got their ain fix of challenges, similar infusion site changes, doorknobs together with deadspots.

Your bravery is AWESOME.

I know yous desire to live on similar your friends, together with swallow whatever together with whenever yous want.

And that’s non e'er possible when your blood saccharide is high or the nutrient isn’t gluten free.

I know testing your blood makes the tips of your fingers sore together with freckly, together with the to a greater extent than tests yous take, the to a greater extent than stone oil together with callused your fingers become.

Diabetes doesn’t alter the fact that you’re a kid, yous just

come alongside a dissimilar fix of instructions than most of your friends.

Fitting in, regardless of the historic catamenia or circumstances, tin strength out live on challenging at times. 

All of us- Diabetes or not, receive got qualities that brand us stand upwards out.

Embrace what makes yous exceptional together with run alongside it!

You’ll live on surprised how others volition follow your lead.

And the ones who don’t honor yous together with your diabetes- receive got other issues (most probable at home,) that don’t involve yous together with D at all. Trust me on this fact!

Ignore what they nation together with focus on your existent friends.

Diabetes volition aid yous inwards other ways yous never imagined or fifty-fifty idea possible.

Your diabetes volition aid yous run into who your existent friends are.

Diabetes volition aid yous run into who your existent friends are not.

Diabetes volition allow yous to educate something called empathy.

Now snuff it on inwards mind, almost every ane has empathy- or the mightiness to lay themselves inwards other peoples shoes- but non everyone pays attending to their empathy gene.

Without a developed sense of empathy- humans snuff it selfish together with uncaring towards others thoughts together with feelings. That volition never tumble out to you.

Diabetes has given yous a unique perspective at quite a immature age. You know what it’s similar to receive got a bad Diabetes twenty-four hours because of high or depression numbers.

You, every bit a individual alongside Diabetes receive got the 2nd sight to run into when others struggle, together with know how to live on a proficient friend to anyone who needs one. Seriously- that’s a cool gift!

Diabetes volition allow yous to recognize when your high or depression – sometimes-even earlier yous test.

Teenagers, this role of the missive of the alphabet is directed mainly at you.

Look, I know that yous know everything- I practise - I KNOW THAT.

But delight give your parents some street cred when it comes to your Diabetes care.

If yous desire to a greater extent than independence regarding your Diabetes (which I intend yous should have- to a point) show your folks that your really capable of taking tending of yourself & diabetes.

Your diabetes isn’t going anywhere whether yous pick out to run alongside it or against it.

So TAKE OWNERSHIP of your Diabetes. Show your parents that your serious most managing your Diabetes together with work with them.

Do this yesteryear testing your blood sugars ix to xv times a day, (OK, sweat shooting for 8 times a day)  and write them downward inwards a log book. OK, I'm terrible at that, how most looking into a telephone app for logging blood sugars - Heck, you're on your phone all the fourth dimension anyway thence why not? 
 Keep inwards withdraw heed that testing 8 times a twenty-four hours solely turns out to live on xl seconds a day, ix times a twenty-four hours is 45 seconds a twenty-four hours together with xv times a twenty-four hours is solely 75 seconds. 
I KNOW yous receive got an extra xl to 75 seconds a day between texting, wii, texting,school, texting, work, texting, Starbucks, together with texting.

Back inwards the Diabetes Darkages, when I started testing my bloodsugars, my parents wanted me to lug THIS around inwards my knapsack-

And this is the box it came it!

And it took two minutes to tell me what my blood saccharide was.

THINGS ARE SO MUCH EASIER IN SOME WAYS TODAY!

Back inwards the day, in that place was no such matter every bit counting carbs together with ALL the "good" foods were off limits.

So receive got wages of the fact that carb counting is primal together with cypher is off limits together with bolus correctly (give your best shot together with if you're wrong, that's what a correction bolus is for) for carbs.

And together with then exam your glucose after to run into if yous reached Blood Sugar Nirvana.

Carry nutrient alongside you- ALWAYS. It’s your responsibility- no ane else’s.

Also: I know for fact that Glucose Tabs together with fruit rollups tin strength out live on discreetly carried- fifty-fifty inwards the tightest of jeans.

Take a moment together with dust off your empathy tool (which tends to larn rusty during the teen years,) together with lay yourself inwards your parents shoes every forthwith together with then.

I don’t know if you're aware of this, but when you were diagnosed, non solely was your Blue Planet turned upside down, but thence was your parents.

And if yous were diagnosed every bit a child- they’ve spent years working 24X7 to brand certain you're salubrious - Living alongside diabetes is difficult for them, too. 

And I totally larn together with tin strength out relate to wanting to a greater extent than Diabetes freedom- And freedom inwards general, thence exhibit them that yous receive got a grip on yous deserve it!

Here's the thing: Parents will e'er live on PARENTS- there's no changing that. They volition worry most yous fifty-fifty when you're good over xxx together with working a existent chore together with living on your own- And yous volition immature adult woman them terribly when they are no longer hither to worry most you. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about.

One to a greater extent than thing, THANK your parents every forthwith together with and then for all they’ve done (and vice versa parents,) because someday,when you're healthy, living on your ain together with living the life yous want, you’ll realize everything they’ve done was because they LOVE you.

Later

Kelly Kunik