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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Relationships Complications Women's Issues Men's Issues Real Life
Tags: Conference diabetes events mini-series TCOYD
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I was invited to be part of a local mini-series. How exciting! I envision my name in lights, a crowd of adoring fans, gorgeous women at my feet,.
What's that? It's not actually a TV mini-series? My mistake,. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Emotions
Tags: diabetes anniversary emotional diabetes
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Today, I have had diabetes for twenty five years. And I'm not sure exactly how I feel.
I guess, lucky - my body is free, so far, of complications.
I also feel somewhat happy and strong - I mean, I started this journey as a scared, angry little girl and I'm here now - a somewhat accomplished, otherwise healthy, happy woman.
And I feel a little sad - for the weight of diabetes is surely heavy on some days. I don't let myself think of what life might have been like if I'd never been diagnosed - because - really, what would be the point? I think more of the constant juggle and the often unavoidable failures and the sheer relentlessness of diabetes management. And yeah, that makes me sad. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Emotions
Tags: 25 years diabetes anniversary emotions
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I am dependent on insulin. But I am otherwise an incredibly independent person. I like taking risks - on my own. I enjoy the feeling of having accomplished something by my own will and my own action. I am more outgoing and more confident than I think I would have been if I'd not been diagnosed. A combination of wanting to be able to handle my disease on my own, without pity or judgment AND the experiences I had as a young woman - through the Clara Barton Camp and the ADA's Youth Congress - transformed me from a shy, albeit precocious kid, to a person who stands on her own. A person who keeps her head up and battles mightily - in the face of whatever wrong she sees and whatever challenges she faces. But would I trade my independence for a life without diabetes? I would - though again, who's to tell if something else might have brought me to this same place. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Children Food Real Life
Tags: free foods Jell-O
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I once blogged about how wonderful the world would be if only Charlie would eat Jell-O - one of the few "free" snack foods we have to work with. Back then, he would take pleasure in poking it, squashing it with a spoon or dropping it in his brother's diaper, but nothing more. He refused to eat it. (READ MORE)
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Olivia was supposed to babysit yesterday afternoon, but because we got 87 inches of snow, it was canceled. She was disappointed about not getting paid but I think a little relieved about it, too.
She was going to be babysitting another kid with diabetes (and his little sister). I'm friends with this woman, Deb, who lives in the next town - we met thru the Children With Diabetes email list. Deb thought that Olivia would make a great babysitter, since she knows all about diabetes. I think Olivia was having qualms.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Complications Real Life
Tags: co-pay costs cost of diabetes universal health care
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I refilled two prescriptions this evening. My insurance works best through mail-order prescriptions. It allows me to order 3 months of supplies for a discounted co-pay. It also adds some convenience to this disease since it delivers to my door instead of forcing me to go to the pharmacy and stand in line. I definitely enjoy using a mail-order pharmacy.
As I was refilling the prescriptions, the online mail-order system calculated my costs. It totaled my co-pays ($60 for Humalog and $90 for strips). On top of that, it showed me the total costs for both the insulin and the strips. And I have to say that I was amazed. I know that all this is expensive, but it's been awhile since I've considered what my prescriptions actually cost (not my co-pay cost).
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: high to low living alone
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Thursday night, I decided to stay up a little too late (or early, we shall say). My mother always warned me when I was younger to monitor my blood sugars closely when I threw my sleep cycle off. I never figured out why, because I always seemed to be fine. What does me being a night owl have to do with blood sugars?
But Thursday night was an extreme. I didn't get to bed until just before the sun was rising. I made sure to sleep in as long as possible (and managed 6 hours of sleep) just to make it through the day ahead of me.
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