I asked some friends on Facebook if they hated diabetes, and the answers* were as varied as the folks responding: “I hate it, the hassle, and the complications but I do not hate the growth amd strength I’ve achieved or the family I’ve gained because of it.” “I don’t hate it as a thing but it does annoy me. At…
Do You Hate Diabetes?
Diabetes Advocacy, Diabetes and Emotions, Diabetes and Family, Diabetes Community, Diabetes Online Community, Mental Health, Psychosocial SupportRunning the Gamut of Emotions.
Diabetes and Emotions, Psychosocial Support, Real Life Diabetes, SUM in Other PlacesIn my diabetes life, emotions are right up there with insulin and food as influencers of blood sugar management. And I wish it wasn’t so, because stress and excitement are hard to “plan.” (Replace those actual quotation marks with finger quotes, because they fit the bill a bit better.) And the emotions that come up as a result of diabetes…
Diabetes Food Lies.
Blood Sugars, Diabetes and Emotions, Diet and Food, Psychosocial Support, Real Life DiabetesSo many rules were slapped into place immediately upon diagnosis, with diabetes feeling like a disease of “don’ts.” Don’t eat cookies, don’t forget to measure your food, don’t leave the house without your meter or insulin or glucose tabs, don’t go to bed without checking your blood sugar, don’t eat too much sugar-free candy or else you will take up…