Be a better Diabetic

well, so recently i’ve been shown just how bad my control is, and it had sort of been a wake up call. Just how i have survived over the past few months is a real mysterie, well no it isn’t its precisly that, surviving but not living, just exsisting. Anyhow got a new blood tester the other day its pink so obvioustly technology is getting more trendy lmao, i’ve suprised myself at how often my bloods are over 25, its rediculous and also doing evening insulin more, makes me feel better in the morning. Sounds simple and well pretty damn obvious but funny how after 11 years being diabetic simple bits of info fall out of your brain, (i figured this out with the help of a basic diabetic help book). Well things can only get better :D

Ok so I’ve been diabetic for 11 years (omg i didn’t realise it was so long), its type 1 and im not the only one, my brother has had it since he was 2, so 18 years under his belt. And we’ll we’re rubbish to be honest, and its worrying. I want to take control it should be easy right? Well its not, its become so easy to sweep under the cover and forget about its shocking.
God knows what my sugers are it so long since i did a blood test, and im fed up of being talked at by doctors its pants. Well now i’m going to be taking steps if only little ones. Its my life and its not going to go down the plug because i’m lazy.

I’ve had diabeties since I was 11, I rebelled against it which is pretty normal but 18 years on and I still haven’t got it under control. I hate living in fear! I try, but i’ve never been that organised and you have to be. I hate that you never get a day off and its a constant viscious circle. I get annoyed that type 1 diabetics are clumped together with type 2 diabetics when it really is a completely different ball game and the fact that there are loads of cures out there, but big cheese companies make to much money on diabetic supplies. I also hate specialists, I know they are doing their job but I hate being patronized by non-diabetics, how can they judge you when they haven’t lived with it for a day in their life? Banging on about complications….... Like we don’t know!! A diabetic pump is the best way to control it, I’d love one! but they don’t give them out on the NHS and I don’t have thousands of pounds to buy or maintain one. One more thing that bugs me is that there is no specific help available, it can be hard to keep a job or even stay on a college course when you catch every illness thats going and it affects you double!

On a more positive note, I don’t have a specific diabetic complication as yet. I just booked an appointment (first one in 5 years) I am trying to view it now as the past is the past and what I do now counts and that I don’t have a choice!

Sorry about all the ranting, i’d obviously not be this angrey or annoyed at everything if I was actually taking responsibility, seems clear now i’ve wrote it, that i’m still rebelling. At the end of the day it’s a condition, my condition and its not going anywhere! Its not just about me, i’m sure my friends and family would be a lot happier if it was better controlled, so here I go…... the quest continues…...

ive had type one diabetis since i was 11 and im almost 18 now. i never fought it, ive always accepted it, but its like i forget about it. i have an omnipod insulin pump and i love it but honestly going on my first pump after being diabetic for only a year was the worst thing i could have done. thats where everything went down hill. my A1C was so high when i went to the doctor last week. its getting scary but i still dont do anything to be better. im not ashamed of it or anything heck i let my friends give my shots [[when i was on them last summer]] and prick my finger. i just cant ever remember to give insulin or test my bloodsugar.
i have those charm bracelet things that were really popular a while back and i know these people that come to my town and sell them during the fair close enough that they often give them to me. so im thinking im gonna have one made that says “test and boulus” and maybe that will help me remember.

Im 13 and i’ve had type 1 diabetes for 3 & 1/2 years now.I used to fight it alot,but i was talking to someone who has to take a medication(im not sure of what) and he said that he used to fight it and then he finally realized that if he wants to be happier,have more energy,feel better and just be healthier he needs to not fight it.That made me realize that just because i don’t like doing it isnt a reason to not do it.I’ve been hospitalized almost every year i’ve had diabetes for not taking care of myself.So im gonna be a better diabetic.Im going to a summer camp just for kids with type 1 diabetes for my 3rd time in a few weeks.

I’m really trying but my love for coca cola classic is to great, although I have cut back quite a bit

An uneasy relationship. I try not to think about it too much and still eat ice cream once in awhile.
I don’t think it’s working out so well.
The diabetes wants more attention and I’ll just have to try that for awhile. I’d like to feel healthier and not be afraid of what the blood sugar reading will be…