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Santiago Jimenez
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- Bogota, DC
- Colombia
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hispanos diabeticos o ...
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Dharma D's
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Santiago Jimenez's Discussions
Making Sense of Diabetes - Compilation Video
Beautiful, I love all my D fellows !!
Tagged: MSofD
Replied Nov 12
accept diabetes ?
Diabetes made me feel more connected to life, gave me humility and opened my heart with compassion for myself and for others. It has made my life much deeper. It actually became a good friend and c...
Replied Nov 12
What do you do when you are depressed?
I think of how lucky I am to actually have a meter and to have insulin available, imagine the terrible suffering of all diabetics that never felt the relief of an insulin shot. Every day when I wak...
Replied Nov 2
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- Hometown (where you come from):
- Cali
- Do you have diabetes?
- Yes
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Date diagnosed
- September 28, 2009
- Most recent A1C (Blood Glucose Average) Value
- 6.3
- What glucose meter do you use?
- Optium Exceed
- Type of treatment you use
- Shots
- What is the address for your Facebook profile, if any?
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=597926711&ref=profile
- What is the address for your MySpace page, if any?
- http://www.myspace.com/santiagojimenezmusica
- What is the address for your Twitter profile or other web site, if any?
- http://twitter.com/santiajimenez
- What do you expect from TuDiabetes?
- Info and socializing
- How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?
- Internet
- What do you do for a living?
- Music Producer
I was having so much fun that Diabetes didn't bothered me at all, I just said to the docs "ok, so I need to inject myself, how do I do it ? Oh this is easy" Well, after a while (about a year) it hit me that Diabetes is not so easy. Even though I have really good control, ACs about 6.2, some days are just plain bad and I definitively don't feel good at all.
But I have to say that Diabetes showed me a beautiful side of life. The side that makes us aware of how incredible fragile human bodies and minds are, how there are others that go through tremendous suffering (think of all diabetics that never felt the relief of an insulin shot, now I give thanks every time I inject myself).
This experience has led me to a tremendous respect and appreciation for all life. For a sun set, for a cool breeze, for music, for seeing the smile on a stranger's face, for my friends, for my parents, for being able to cry. I have to say that Diabetes has made my life much much much much more deep and I wouldn't want to go through it being blind to that, with my heart closed up.
In short, Diabetes woke me up. And I hope it can do the same for all my fellow Ds.
Love,
Santiago
Comment Wall (11 comments)
- At 8:33pm on November 11, 2009,
Manny Hernandez said…
- SANTIAGO (asi se llama mi hijo tambien):
Aprovecho para invitarte a que te unas tambien a EsTuDiabetes.com, nuestra comunidad hermana en espannol.
Un abrazo, hermano!
- At 7:27pm on November 2, 2009,
Varena Ngai said…
- Hi Santiago, thanks for reminding me what I should be grateful for. I am really grateful that I can still afford medical care for my D. I like what you say about being compassionate to ourselves and others. You sound very Buddhistic.
- At 3:39pm on November 2, 2009,
Lisa La Nasa said…
- Hey Santiago- I read that you're going to be in Montevideo soon. It's a small world when you have common interests like D- and so many people on one site. I've been living in MVD for 9 months now. It's a little sleepy in comparison to BsAs, but it's a nice little place. I'd love to know where you're playing and when. Thx.
- At 3:13pm on November 2, 2009,
Danny said…
- Santiago! Thank you do much for joining "Traveling the World with Diabetes." I look forward to seeing/hearing about your travels.
- At 6:41am on November 2, 2009,
Marie B said… - not really. if you go to a member's page, if they are online, it will say "online now" under their picture. There is an array of member's pictures on the main page - I used to think that was a selection of online members, but that is only partly true. We have had a couple of chatrooms in the past, and we did have a Ustream channel going once, which was pretty funny, because everybody started teasing Manny, and he started blushing, which provoked more teasing. When I joined, there were only 2000 members, so a lot of things are happening now and things happen quickly!
- At 11:04am on October 31, 2009,
Marie B said…
- Santiago, I can see you are going to feel right at home here! One of our core values is expressing our creativity as a way to cope with diabetes. We are lucky to have you here! I just stopped by to tell you about the Omnipod Group. - hope you're having a good numbers day!
- At 10:35am on October 31, 2009,
Louisa said… - Happy Halloween to you too x
- At 3:09am on October 31, 2009,
Louisa said…
- Hi there, I was just going to message you, but it looks like you worked it out :o)
Wow what an incredible attitude you have
Lou x
- At 6:56pm on October 30, 2009,
Robyn said… - Hi and Welcome!
- At 3:58pm on October 30, 2009,
Louisa said…
- Hi Santiago, welcome to the community
Lou x
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