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I absolutely love helping people understand the details of diabetes. I like to know that now there is one more person in the world who knows that carbs are more important than sugar, that it's often quite complicated, and that insulin is not a cure. Part of me wants to spread the wealth of knowledge. Part of me wants to have more join the diabetes "organization" (like the mafia).
Just the other day, a good friend and I got into a conversation about understanding the "lingo" of diabetes. You know...the differences between basal and bolus, a good A1c versus a bad A1c, how the numbers are measured. I was having so much fun explaining it all that when he said he understood it, I was disappointed. I wanted to go into more detail about it all.
Sometimes I find myself spouting off about diabetes related things and getting those perplexed "Huh?" looks in return. My friends and family don't even understand the basics of the insulin pump (continuous insulin, bolusing, and tubing). So when I start mentioning Omnipods, wireless insulin delivery, CGMS, and more, a weird hush comes over the room as if they are too afraid to ask for an explanation.
If only they knew that I appreciate the questions and that I want to explain it all. When they ask, I begin to feel like the burden is shared between my community and me. I start to think that if someone else can help me out because they know when a basal should be changed, then maybe diabetes won't "take over" my life like it so often does.
But then I remember that this simply is my disease. It isn't your diabetes, his diabetes, her diabetes, our diabetes. It's mine. And I'm the diabetes expert in this organization. Sadly, I can't recruit everyone into the diabetes mafia.
I hear you, Lindsey! Even among us d&e T2s, there's differences in trigger foods, quasi-religious attachments to diets so different that we can't understand how each other can be healthy on them, and arguments as to what our goal levels should be...
dear lindsey, I feel for you girl, Im a type 2 on insulin and have had my share of crashes. But please be glad you have so many people around you that love you,and are there for you.Ihave always been alone most of the time of mine and im always afraid i will not make it.I am married but my husband works all day,and i have no one else to depend on.Im not trying to make you feel guilty, im just envious. When I stumbled out in my front yard a year ago, my neighbor across the street came out side I looked at her and screamed coke!!!! Of course she thought i was crazy probably thinking i meant cocaine!!! The sad thing about this experince was she came over to me in my yard and told me to go in the house. Of course i could not even talk by then. I got through it but it was degrading.Now I look at this as funny! Can you tell my sugar is high now? with love and may God Bless you Karen Wilson
Im 42. Married, divorced. Ive been in the dating world for a few years now. My last BF and I gave up trying recently. There were many reasons actually. And to be honest? The older you get the more difficult it is to be flexible. But one of our big problems was that he had no interest what so ever in my diabetes. That I had to eat at certain times....shoot up...check....exercise...
He had no interest in knowing what to do during a low.
I didnt want him to be a Uber intelligent person on my disease. But for his sake? He NEEDED to know somethings.
Last week I saw my very first Diabetic Educator. Ive been T1 for 38 years but had never beenformally educated!
Anyway...towards the end she asked me, who I could teach to use my glucagon pen.
(blink - blink)
Huh? No one.
Me.
Thats it.
There is no one else. You know she said...once you get to the point of needing the pen it will be too late for you to do anything yourself....
(blink - blink)
Im sorry....NURSE....did you just talk to me as if I just got this diease???
Its me myself and me. If it ever gets to be more than that? What a nice surprise life has given me.