Positive Thinking
Frustration consumes me. To stop these pessimistic thoughts, I decided to make a list of the positives related to diabetes... 1. I have become wizard at mathematics. ["So, I'm eating 50 carbs, and my blood sugar is 150...I need to figure out the correction factor and bolus for what I'm eating!"] 2. Being tough- especially when it comes to needles! 3. Getting blood taken? No problem! 4. I have realized the true effects that food has on my body. 5. The special attention I get from my husband and cat when I am low or high. 6. The love my husband shows by changing my sensor because I can't reach where the site is on my back. The way he comforts me if the needle stings. That's love. 7. Knowing the doctors and receptionists so well [because I am there so often!] that all I have to say when I call is "Hi, it's Joanna." 8. Being able to speak my own diabetic language: "bolus, basal, fixed prime..." No one except a diabeti