People with diabetes, and those touched by diabetes, follow their journey with the disease through a myriad of winding emotional paths. Depression is very common for those newly diagnosed, sadness can rear its head at different stages in the game, and a little humor and humility can even find the door to expose itself from time to time. The keys for controlling those doors are littered all over the place and on W
rld Diabetes Day today, you can follow this map of internet hotspots. Expose diabetes for all that it is, good and bad, and then share it with others. Find an emotion and embrace it!
Amused- Have a good laugh at diabetes
The Diabetes Police, The Diabetes Rap, LOL Diabetes, Laughing Matters
Sad- The dispariging side of diabetes
State of Diabetes Complications, Type-1 Complications, Type-2 Complications, World Impact
Optimistic- The bright side of having diabetes
Legal Rights for Students, Diabetes Technology, Hope Blogs, Workplace Rights
Supportive- A world of friendship and love
dLife Forum, JDRF Community:Juvenation, Social Networking: TuDiabetes, Social Networking: Diabetes Daily, Blogs Galore
Generous- Support a cause
Donate In The Know, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Diabetes Hope Foundation, American Diabetes Association, Life For A Child
Alert- Know the risks of late detection
Calculate Your Risk, Pre Diabetes Risk, Fasting Glucose Test, Decoding Diabetes Risk
• Let World Diabetes Day be the day when you reach farther into your consciousness of diabetes. Find the key that helps remind you of why the world is taking notice.
I received an award along with six others from the (Japan) Eli Lilly company in Tokyo last night for having had diabetes for over 50 years! Ages of those who received awards ranged from 84 to 60 years. It was an awesome ceremony and banquet. I so wished my parents and sisters had been there! I thank God and the love and care of family and friends for my continued good health!
Young people with Type 1 diabetes, be encouraged! Diabetes has been with me for more than 53 years now. I've learned to consider it as a friend rather than an enemy. Just as you would take care of and treat someone as a friend, do the same with the diabetes.
Thank you for sharing this award! Such a small gesture of hope to the rest of us mean so much. I wholeheartedly believe that diabetes can be conquered, and you are living proof of that. Here is to your and everyone elses continued good health!
Has anyone gotten a bladder or kidney infection when going on the pump? Is this one of the side effects of the pump?
I have never heard of a bladder or kidney infection from insulin pumping. Try asking the masses over in the Diabetes Support Forum. Or ask a dLife Diabetes Expert to see if they can shed some light.