24 hours without Diabetes

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Permalink Reply by Anna Kiff (FatCatAnna) on November 8, 2009 at 8:19pm

June - you are so right - we're used to doing this 24/7, 365 days-a-year, don't know any other way of living (I've been diabetic since age of 7 - now 49 years ... young). I'm like you, think I'm healthier because of being diabetic, and my whole family is as well (no one else has diabetes in my family).

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Permalink Reply by Alisha Wilkes on November 9, 2009 at 9:16am

It's weird to think about life before diabetes. I feel like diabetes is such a big part of who I am.. can't really imagine who I'd be without it. Nice to fantasize about a free day though.

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Permalink Reply by Hollie on November 8, 2009 at 8:41pm

I would go everywhere, eat a buffet and not have to worry about shots or sugar or carbs!
I would go for a long walk, and have a nice swim and not have to worry about lows..
I would totally get a slushie or a BIG ol' milkshake...

I wouldn't have to worry about feeling funny if I was to get a low/high.. Not checking blood sugars!
It would be awesome.. but quite odd since I am so used to it now!
24 hours with no diabetes.. wow. I forgot what it was like to NOT be a diabetic.

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Permalink Reply by Ali on November 9, 2009 at 12:56am

1. I wouldn't do anything differently, I don't mind having diabetes. I like having it because I can sympathize with others who have it, participate in trials to hopefully find a cure, and it's a part of me just like having blue eyes is a part of me.

2. I'd go to the same places I always go, Diabetes never stopped me.

3. I would eat what I eat now. I eat whatever I want, all you have to do is bolus! Although for my own good I should eat a bit healthier.

4. I can't run, I have a lung condition...I love to swim but only in a pool, I love to hike but am nowhere near a mountain, I already binge on popcorn, I hate soda, I hate candy.

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Permalink Reply by Riana on November 9, 2009 at 4:07am

I will go to a coffe shop and eat the biggest Lemon Meringue!!!!
Then the movies and pigg-out on everything sweet & popcorn!!!
I will not test my blood!!
I will not excercise!!
I will not worry about my Fasting BG!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Catherine on November 9, 2009 at 12:19pm

I would not even sleep because there would be so many things I would want to do without having to poke my finger. First, I would have a piece of sour lemon meringue pie for breakfast with a real root beer for a chaser. I would then go for a long drive without stopping every 2 hours to check BS. I would wind up at the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon where I would hike the Turkey Trail and only take a bottle of water and some salted nuts instead of carrying a backpack full of food and BS supplies. I would then get back in the car and drive back home without worrying about BS. I would stop on the way home for a steak, cheese, and mushroom pizza with red sauce (sharing with husband) then have a piece of cherry pie with chocolate ice cream and a southern sweet tea with no lemon. Then we would go home and not have to worry about the rest of the 24 because we could be together with no worries about a hypo in the middle of the night if we wanted to...........................the rest of the night. That is the dream!

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Permalink Reply by MelissaM on November 9, 2009 at 4:42pm

I'd go to disneyland. have one of those churros. (love those things), and go on as many rides as I want and eat when I felt my stomach grumble for food.

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Permalink Reply by Christine on November 9, 2009 at 6:11pm

I was thinking about this today, and it's great that there's a post about it tonight!!

I would...........run 20 miles and swim 3000 meters and hike and bike and dance all night without worrying about bringing low snacks!!! It would be so liberating!!!!

I don't mind taking insulin or watching what I eat, so I wouldn't binge on sugar or anything like that; I would just feel so much better about never worrying about a low!!

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Permalink Reply by Alisha Wilkes on November 10, 2009 at 10:10am

It sounds like low blood sugars are on of our biggest concerns... the main thing we can "do" without...
interesting... :)

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Permalink Reply by diabeticidol 94 on November 11, 2009 at 5:54pm

WOW! I can only IMAGINE! Well 24hours. It would seem like my first 28 years of my life all over. First i would call my brother because if he didnt receive this DAY OF JOY! I WOULD FLY To Disney! and ask the genie if I could WISH! this Day of 24 hours to him because he never lived this DREAM!!! or whole new world like i have! So i would have to decline and still do every the same because I just could not live this DAY! knowing I would feel gulity ! Its every world wide or i just cannot imagine! LUV YA GUYS were in it to win it. So push it push it to the limit

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Permalink Reply by Katie Smith on November 13, 2009 at 8:32am

I would enjoy the fact that I could put Jude in the bath without the big ordeal of unhooking his pump. I could let him nap without checking his BG. I would let him have all the grapes he wants. He could wrestle with is brother without me yelling "watch his pump!" or "his tube is tangled around his firetruck". He could run around in the back yard with the dogs and fall down without me having to check his inset to make sure it's still in place. I wouldn't have basal rates, bolus amounts and BGS running through my mind all day. I would let him sleep ALL night without waking him to feed him.
I would sleep all night, too.

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Permalink Reply by Danny on November 13, 2009 at 10:16am

I like your response a lot Katie Smith. It's about the small things in life like "not getting his tubing tangled on a fire truck." Your reply had little to do with food, which was very refreshing to read. :)

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