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I stare at the rack of magazines. The latest stars, the latest trends, the latest everything all stare back at me from glossy pages.
As a college student, I want to be in style. I want to have the latest fads and know the latest "body secrets." As a self proclaimed "fashionista", I want these magazines to tell me all that I need to dress with the world. As a diabetic, I just want a glossy paged magazine for diabetics!
A magazine that shows the latest gadgets, the latest research, the latest success stories. But I want all that to be catered towards me: the college student, the fashionista. I want hot trends in meters, new diet tips and expert advice on all my questions.
Instead of "10 Things Every Woman Should Know about Men," I want "10 Things Every Diabetic Woman Should Know about Meters and Purses." Instead of runway fashions, I want pumping fashions. Give me the five best pump cases. Have a section on diabetic etiquette (as in when to tell, when to inject and when not to care). Why can't I have "Easy Ways to Hide Your Pump" or ""The Secret Life of ________ (insert name of diabetic star)"?
Glossy pages, helpful hints, even a diabetic horoscope! If I can come up with a million ideas, why can't someone publish them already?!?!
I'm starting a new trend: a campaign for glossy pages for diabetics. They came up with insulin pumps, continuous monitors and glucose watches; they can come up with a fashionable diabetes magazine!
the only problem with the diabetes fashion magazine is there would be a big picture of me with a black bar over my eyes in the "Fashion Do's and Do-not's" section! and that's as a DO-NOT!
haha great thought, landileigh! i might end up in that section sometimes too!!!
Cute post - great ideas!
I'm with you Lindsey! I want a cool looking bag for my stuff that I have to carry all around to test and shoot. ...and a way to take shots in nasty bathrooms without contaminating myself or grossing out strangers. I also want to know where and when it's cool to shoot the insulin...I mean, I'm tired of hiding in closets or going back to the car because the bathroom is so nasty. And where in the crap do we put the pump when we have on that 'little black dress'?? I don't have enough 'you know whats' to put the pump there! Ha
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haha i definitely know what you mean! i say we stop worrying about what ppl think when we take a shot. as long as we're not contaminating anybody, why shouldn't we be allowed to do our business? and don't get me started on dresses and the pump...i bought a thigh strap but have yet to use it...it feels too funny.