I looked at my blood sugars in the last few weeks and my worst response was my lack of response. In reviewing the numbers, my brain only shrugged in apathy. A year or two ago, I would have looked at the dwindling number of finger sticks and the creeping trend of high numbers and been very, “Whoa. What is going…
D-Blog Week: What Brings Me Down … and Then Back Up.
Diabetes and Emotions, Diabetes Complications, Diabetes Online Community, Psychosocial Support, Real Life DiabetesDiabetes has made my body broken in ways I don’t readily admit, but I am sometimes forced to acknowledged. People talk about my daughter’s chances of developing the disease and they always give me what they think is a comforting comment – “At least it would be the devil you know,” – but that doesn’t ease my boxed-away fears and…
Talking About Diabetes Burnout.
Diabetes Advocacy, Diabetes and Emotions, Diabetes Community, Diabetes Complications, Diabetes Online Community, Diabetes Videos, Psychosocial Support, Real Life DiabetesDiabetes is every day, but burnout doesn’t have to be. You might also like: Diabetes Blog Week: Message Monday. Rewind: These Boots Were Made for Talking Type 1 Origins: Talking Comic Books with Partha Kar. Perspectives on Diabetes: Why Children with Diabetes Matters.
Filling Back Up.
Diabetes Advocacy, Diabetes and Emotions, Diabetes and Family, Diabetes Complications, Psychosocial Support, Real Life DiabetesIt whispered in my ear two January’s ago, when a low blood sugar came too close to becoming terrifying as I felt the whoosh of that bullet go by. I’d never felt anything like that before, that aftermath of fear and numbness. Then I marked twenty six years with type 1 diabetes, and I just wanted to outrun this disease,…
It was sitting in traffic on the way to Boston for an endocrinologist appointment, spending more time in the car than in the actual care of my medical team. The appointment was fine, and my A1c still holds steady in a range I’m comfortable with, and I even brought print outs of my meter results and a list of questions…