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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Emotions In the News Women's Issues Men's Issues Real Life
Tags: going forward Inspirational books outlook on life
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I'm reading a new book now thanks to Oprah and the internet. I was cruising around the other day on MSN and I noticed a headline that caught my attention. It said something like "Oprah's Book Club takes on a new book". So I took it upon myself (I was bored and procrastinating) to check it out and it turned out to be a real eye opener. The book is called, "A NEW EARTH, Awakening to Your Life's Purpose" by Eckhart Tolle. I had never heard of this guy so I checked him out a little bit.
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There's been a lot of ta-doo around here lately about hating - or loving diabetes.
I'm a hater. In the twenty seven years I've lived with it, I have heard people say that they can't hate diabetes because it has given them so much, taught them so many lessons or because it's helped to make them the person they've become or because it's brought them some of their closest friendships, or simply because it's a part of them. That's not my view.
The lessons of patience and perserverance and balance that diabetes has taught me don't matter. The many beautiful, kind, and wonderful people I've met because I have diabetes don't matter. The parts of me that are stronger or more focused because of diabetes don't matter. I would give up all of those lessons, those friendships, those parts of me to be free of this disease.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Children Food Highs & Lows Relationships Complications Emotions In the News Fitness Women's Issues Men's Issues Real Life
Tags: attitude blood glucose positive
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This morning I made the decision to stay positive. So often I get caught up in the office drama and find myself jumping on the "bad attitude" band wagon. Not cool at all.
So far the day has been good. Each time I hear a complaint or a bad attitude I try to find something to say to brighten things up. It's funny how in almost every situation, you can find some good in it. That silver lining.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Emotions Real Life
Tags: changing the word diabetes negativity people's perceptions word association
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Diabetes: It sounds like such an ugly thing. The sound of the word diabetes makes me think something bad. When you hear the word said you're probably not thinking it is a good thing. DIABETES, I say it out loud to myself and I attempt to analyze it. The first part of the word says "Di" pronounced "die". DIABETES, I say it again. Why are you such an ugly sounding word? Can we rename you "beautiful-abetes"? That sounds a lot better. When you hear "diabetes" your mind instantly associates with bad. But, if our disease name was a word that didn't make you say "di(e)", I bet we wouldn't have as many people feeling sorry for us. How about "liveable-abetes"? I could LIVE with that!
I don't know, maybe a bunch of us could get a petition together to change the name?? I would personally take it to congress to see about getting that done!! (Just some food for thought).
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Categories: Type 1 Children Real Life
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Waiting.
Waiting for his blood sugar to come down.
Waiting for his blood sugar to come up.
Waiting for the school to call with his numbers.
Waiting for him to come out of hiding so we can get this damn thing over with.
Waiting for the bruises to heal.
Waiting for science.
Waiting for his A1c result.
Waiting for good news.
Waiting for ketones to go away.
Waiting for his test strips to be delivered.
Waiting for technology to improve.
Waiting for restrictions to be lifted.
Waiting for people to understand.
Waiting for him to get older.
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Categories: Type 2 Oral Meds Real Life
Tags: elderly finances outlook on life parents with diabetes surgery
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I don't like to post "downers" on Blogabetes unless I can turn them into cautionary morals, or calls to action (either on our own behalf, or on the behalf of all people with diabetes) -- most of us have too much negativity in our lives already. That said, life has been throwing me the sorts of curve balls that force me to think more of survival, mortality, and quality of life than I am comfortable dealing with.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Relationships Complications Emotions Real Life
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Not many people know that I've been seeing a therapist off and on since my sophomore year of college. A few of my close friends do, but I've never really expanded on why I see one or what goes on. It's something that I'm not really opposed to discuss, it just usually doesn't receive feedback the way that I want it to. So I keep it to myself unless it comes up.
Back in 2008, I started seeing a counselor to help me through some family issues that I was having. My health was the furthest topic from my mind. But when I look back, a major portion of those two things were combined. I've stopped therapy twice. Once because I didn't like the therapist and the second time because I just wasn't feeling the right kind of energy.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Relationships Complications Emotions Real Life
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While working at my previous job as a volunteer coordinator for a hospice, I thought work was sometimes too much of a reminder about diabetes. There were meetings where we discussed patients who were dealing with complications after years of living with the disease. The most frightening discussions were those that dealt with diabetics living with Alzheimer's or dementia.
That was a big reason why I decided to transition into a different field. I didn't enjoy being 22 years old and facing the realities of what this disease may or may not look like for me in forty or fifty years. With a family history of Alzheimer's, I didn't want to think about the burden I would be on my family with both diseases. I didn't want to think what it would be like to entirely forget that you needed insulin every day.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Relationships Emotions
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I feel like a real Debbie Downer these days on this blog - and in my life with diabetes. I want to lend hope, and lately, it feels like I'm just lending a whole lot of stress and negativity to those who read this blog. But I want to be honest about what I'm experiencing and in some ways it helps to get it out and share it with folks who understand. In other words, this is another kind of downer of a post and I hope you'll bear with me.
This morning was a complete cluster f**k at my house. I locked my keys in my car last night after having a great night out with an amazing guy. Slightly frustrating, and I probably should have dealt with it at the time given that I had to work this morning early-ish producing our pledge drive at work. But I'd been up since 4:45 am, I was exhausted and so was my date, and somehow my addled brain thought I could make time to fix the screw up in the morning.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Relationships Emotions Women's Issues Real Life
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It really is the little things in life that make everything worthwhile. It's a productive day at work or an awesome fasting number. It's the fact that payday is tomorrow or a movie with the boyfriend.
Sometimes I have to take a moment and remind myself of all these tiny things that make my life great and worth living. It's so easy to get pulled under with all the negativity around you. The news, work, and other people's problems. It's easy to get pulled under with my own negativity about diabetes or PCOS or whatever it is.
Today, I'm taking a moment to remind myself of these little things in my life and the moments that make me stop and smile:
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