I started the day strong, but after hours of a frustrating high blood sugar and seemingly bolusing saline instead of insulin (but it was insulin – I checked), I hit a big NOPE when it came to documenting the end of my #dayofdiabetes. I didn’t want to keep documenting my frustrations, not because I was ashamed of them, but because I was FRUSTRATED, you know?
I fell off on #dayofdiabetes last night due to distraction but also a lack of wanting to document everything. Yesterday was not my best day.
— Kerri / Diabetes (@sixuntilme) November 4, 2014
It didn't feel good to write down all the things that went haywire during the day. Instead, I felt crummy, viewing the #dayofdiabetes feed.
— Kerri / Diabetes (@sixuntilme) November 4, 2014
Most days with diabetes aren't ridiculous. Most often, insulin works, devices perform, and my body behaves, after a fashion. #dayofdiabetes
— Kerri / Diabetes (@sixuntilme) November 4, 2014
But the days that do suck, where efforts are made and results aren't reflective, are not fun to catalog. #dayofdiabetes #walkwithd
— Kerri / Diabetes (@sixuntilme) November 4, 2014
But that's kind of the whole thing, right? Every #dayofdiabetes is different. Some are easy, some are tough. Diabetes is fickle that way.
— Kerri / Diabetes (@sixuntilme) November 4, 2014
I was glad to have other #dayofdiabetes people to follow yesterday, proving that you can have a tougher go and still rally to keep at it.
— Kerri / Diabetes (@sixuntilme) November 4, 2014
So thanks. I raise a vial of Humalog to the entire DOC. 🙂 #dayofdiabetes
— Kerri / Diabetes (@sixuntilme) November 4, 2014
Even though there isn’t a hashtag for my day today, I’m still here. I’m still doing this diabetes thing. And despite some frustrations, I remain fine.
Doesn’t that just say it all that diabetes didn’t even have the courtesy to respect a day dedicated to it?? Sheesh. The days when you throw a bunch of insulin at the problem and it seems to have no effect are a killer. So weird. Glad you survived.
It isn’t always easy to keep it real, but it is always appreciated. Thanks for being a voice for us during the frustrations.
It’s still a #dayofdiabetes, and you still documented it in a way. Perseverance is not only necessary, but impressive some (actually, all) days.
“So thanks. I raise a vial of Humalog to the entire DOC. 🙂 ”
Made me laugh. I think it’s good to write about good and easy diabetes days, but also to write about bad not easy days.