What I Love about Diabetes!!
Ok so we all complain about diabetes but there is some good that comes from the bad right??
Heres what I love about diabetes..
1. I get to explain to any one that will listen that I have diabetes and that I am fine
2. I get to get a pull the "I have a low" card and eat a snack in the middle of the work day.
3. I get to explain what my pump is to any one that asks "what is that?"
4. I get to carry a GIANT purse every where I go.
5. I get to be on first name bases with all of the pharmacy workers.
I love diabetes because I have to live with it the rest of my life!!!
Heres what I love about diabetes..
1. I get to explain to any one that will listen that I have diabetes and that I am fine
2. I get to get a pull the "I have a low" card and eat a snack in the middle of the work day.
3. I get to explain what my pump is to any one that asks "what is that?"
4. I get to carry a GIANT purse every where I go.
5. I get to be on first name bases with all of the pharmacy workers.
I love diabetes because I have to live with it the rest of my life!!!
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Permalink Reply by Patty on -
Auntbala, that so funny. I thought I was the only one to call my pump "my pancreas". Whenever my pump shows through my clothes or falls off I too say" Oh No, my pancreas is showing". The looks I get are interesting enough without even hearing the comments. You gotta laugh when you have the chance because we all have the days like Judith has when we think of it as ruining our lives.
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Permalink Reply by Judith on -
I applaud each and every one of you! For me, there is nothing at all positive about coping with this Scourge. It is not an exageration to say that at age 60 now, 3-1/2years into it, The D ruined my life. I despise everything to do with it. All it has taught me is that my body hates me. But that's okay because I hate it back......
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Permalink Reply by Damon on -
These are some fun reasons to be ok with the condition!
I've lately found some other interesting perks.. a diabetic friend informed me that I count as permanently disabled as far as government student loans and universities/colleges are concerned (i never would have considered myself that.. I'm 25 and have had it for 23 years.. had a long time to adjust!). As a result, though, every year I go to post secondary school and apply for student loans, I get a $2000 grant as part of it for being disabled, meaning it's free moneys I don't have to pay back. The other year thanks to the disability office at my college I was given a Macbook Pro because I'm diabetic (they have a program where they like to give disabled people computers). This may only work if you're in Canada like me, but it was pretty cool.
A lot of my classmates were a bit jealous, to which I replied "would you rather be diabetic, or have a laptop!?" to which he replied ".... laptop." and then I realized I'd messed up talking. But he knew what I meant. I'd rather not be diabetic, but you take stuff like this where you can get it.
I also got another almost free laptop through medtronic when I restarted on the pump after mine broke out of warranty. Luckily the Ontario government introduced a program to fund insulin pumps for adults right at that time and the Medtronic lady gave me a loaner until the paperwork went through and hooked me up with a bunch of 'welcome back' deals, which included a sensor and $750 laptop for $200
Just goes to show.. it pays to check into what support mechanisms are in place for you!
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Permalink Reply by Sheila on -
I love to eat EVERYTHING I am not supposed to eat because of a "low".
I don't feel deprived !!
Sheila
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Permalink Reply by Peter on -
I get to carry a man purse. Coincidentally I started reading GQ and began sporting it correctly ;)
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Permalink Reply by Ann on -
I have a twin sister who has been type1 diabetic for 48 yrs. I usually am not a pessimistic person but being as close to her as a sister can be as I am I see absolutely nothing positive about it. From being made fun of (about weight loss, can't have birthday cake at parties, no soda in the 60's) to being so misunderstood, lack of support & medical care at the time, to job descrimination (not recognized as such back then) & now to suffer with one complication after another. Well that's how I feel.
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Permalink Reply by Sagwabetes on -
i didn't do drugs or end up pregnant at 17 like my peers.
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Permalink Reply by jpm328 on
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I get to have funny experiences like this one:
I'm walking on the beach one day with my pump on for all the world to see it, the tubing and the infuion site on my abdomen. A little boy, about 6 or 7 come right up to me and asks, "Hey Mr! What's THAT thing?" I procede to explain to him that it is a little computer that gives me medicine all day long so my body can use food the way his does all by itself. He asks, "Do youhave to wear it ALL the time?" "Pretty much, yes." Is my reply.
He goes running over to his dad, tugs his swim trunks, points over at me and says "Hey Dad! That guy over there is a CYBORG!"
You know, he was exactly right. I am a cyborg, and I love it!
Just got my 2.0 upgrade earlier this week too- MM723 + CGMS
Call me the Suganator.
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Permalink Reply by jpm328 on
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I also get to pretend that I am Batman on a daily basis. All on my belt: Pump, Check. Blackberry for work, Check. Personal cell phone, check. It's like strapping on the Bat Utility Belt. And you should see me when I go camping with my son and his Cub Scout pack! Add on a multi-tool and a flashlight!
Nana nana nana nana- Dia-Bat-Man!
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