Sweetnd Truth: There's more to me than what you see...

Prompt: "Let’s end our week on a high note and blog about our “Diabetes Hero”.  It can be anyone you’d like to recognize or admire, someone you know personally or not, someone with diabetes or maybe a Type 3.  It might be a fabulous endo or CDE.  It could be a d-celebrity or role-model.  It could be another DOC member.  It’s up to you – who is your Diabetes Hero??"  I didn't even hesitate after reading this prompt.  My diabetic hero is my husband, Kris.   Kris is my biggest supporter. He is there cheering me on when I just want to give up on this disease.  When I say, "I can't do this," he's the one reassuring me and saying, "You're not alone; we're in this together." His love gives me the strength to do my best everyday, because that's how much I deal with this disease, everyday. Kris is my lifeline during the night.  The simple light touch of his hand or arm, just to see if I'm ok--if I'm breathing, because he worries

Back for the third year, let’s show everyone what life with diabetes looks like!  With a nod to the  Diabetes 365 project , let’s grab our cameras again and share some more d-related pictures.  Post as many or as few as you’d like.  Feel free to blog your thoughts on or explanations of your pictures, or leave out the written words and let the pictures speak for themselves." My life with Type 1 Diabetes through photos... What I have to do every 3 days..                             And sometimes my kitty likes to play with my pump while I am changing infusion sites.                                                                      Patience is key when it comes to diabetes. The joy that comes when I see a beautiful number like this. Testing blood sugar doesn't have a special time or location.  Sometimes you need to sit on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial & test away. Traveling with diabetes isn't easy... a

Today let’s borrow a topic from a  #dsma chat held last September .  The tweet asked “What is one thing you would tell someone that doesn’t have diabetes about living with diabetes?”.  Let’s do a little advocating and post what we wish people knew about diabetes.  Have more than one thing you wish people knew?  Go ahead and tell us everything. The first and most important thing that I would let people know is that it's a lot harder than it looks.  People on the outside only see a sliver of what it is like.  There are only certain places where I can truly show and express my feelings with this difficult disease (like at home).   For example, no one knows the battle I have been having for weeks with low and high blood sugars in the morning.  Sure, I may have mentioned it to you in conversation...but, you weren't there when I had to deal with those shaky, sweaty lows that later turned into pounding-headache, thirst-quenching highs! I just want to punch diabetes in the face beca

Prompt: "Today let’s tackle an idea inspired by Bennet of Your Diabetes May Vary.  Tell us what your Fantasy Diabetes Device would be?  Think of your dream blood glucose checker, delivery system for insulin or other meds, magic carb counter, etc etc etc.  The sky is the limit – what would you love to see?" After reading some other posts, and loving some ideas--especially the one about a cupcake that could lower my blood sugar with every bite! (Thanks for that one, Kerri!), it occurred to me that it was going to be hard to narrow this one down.   Other than the obvious (a working pancreas!), I'd love to have some kind of "sugar" that could stream into my system when I'm having a low.  Sometimes, I just do not want to eat.   Then, there are times when your body craves that sugar and I eat too much of it, resulting in a high blood sugar!   It could give you the perfect amount to bring you back up, but not make you too high.  This seems like a simple solution

Prompt: Yesterday we gave ourselves and our loved ones a big pat on the back for one thing we are great at.  Today let’s look at the flip-side.  We probably all have one thing we could try to do better.  Why not make today the day we start working on it.  No judgments, no scolding, just sharing one small thing we can improve so the DOC can cheer us on! I'm a perfectionist.  So being diagnosed with diabetes--a completely imperfect disease did not mesh well with me.  I feel as though there's a lot in which I can improve on with this disease.  I try hard, but let's face it, you usually don't see perfect and diabetes in the same sentence! What do I want to improve on? Being more open about my disease.  I'm so afraid of being judged and of people thinking "how can she do this or that with diabetes?" I fear the criticism.  I feel as though I need to "prove" myself before I let people know this deep, dark secret about me.  And that's how I