The struggles of type one Diabetes

[ink-the-fxck-up-deactivated2024]

This is going to be incredibly controversial, -and I apologise if it is- possibly more likely with non-betics, but I sometimes find the “at least it isn’t *insert awful illness that results in death or horrible side effects here*!” line saddening.

Only because it invalidates the seriousness of this disease that none of us asked for.

Believe us if we could give back:

Having to constantly prick or stab ourselves with needles

Constantly seeing blood

Painful lumps and bruises from blood vessel(yes?) punctures

Stigma and uneducated (that is not anyone who says said uneducated things fault) comments

Feeling the crippling weight of constantly acting as one of the bodies most vital organs 24/7/365

Knowing we have this FOREVER

Also having knowledge of awful things that happen when we are uncontrolled

Speaking of being uncontrolled - your bg levels can be influenced but are virtually uncontrollable

Some of us even have to deal with other chronic illnesses and all are also more likely to become ill from mental health issues

We would give it up. In a heart beat.

I did not ask for this.

We - as a collective community- did not ask for this and I can almost guarantee that we want it gone.

I don’t know who else is but I am exhausted and tired. I have personal things going on as well but I am tired.. We are tired..

[buzzfeed]

A School Included This Teen’s Service Dog In The Yearbook And It’s The Purest Thing

[i-am-a-diabadass]

Am I low or tired? That is the question.

[ink-the-fxck-up-deactivated2024]

This is going to be incredibly controversial, -and I apologise if it is- possibly more likely with non-betics, but I sometimes find the “at least it isn’t *insert awful illness that results in death or horrible side effects here*!” line saddening.

Only because it invalidates the seriousness of this disease that none of us asked for.

Believe us if we could give back:

Having to constantly prick or stab ourselves with needles

Constantly seeing blood

Painful lumps and bruises from blood vessel(yes?) punctures

Stigma and uneducated (that is not anyone who says said uneducated things fault) comments

Feeling the crippling weight of constantly acting as one of the bodies most vital organs 24/7/365

Knowing we have this FOREVER

Also having knowledge of awful things that happen when we are uncontrolled

Speaking of being uncontrolled - your bg levels can be influenced but are virtually uncontrollable

Some of us even have to deal with other chronic illnesses and all are also more likely to become ill from mental health issues

We would give it up. In a heart beat.

I did not ask for this.

We - as a collective community- did not ask for this and I can almost guarantee that we want it gone.

I don’t know who else is but I am exhausted and tired. I have personal things going on as well but I am tired.. We are tired..

[mamaleh6994]

Diabetic Characters List

Hello! This post, where I asked if anyone knew of any fiction out there that had a pump user as a character, led to a couple people asking what books I had read so far that had diabetic characters in the first place! I figured I’d make a post and add to it as I find more, and y’all can reblog add to it as well. :) 

Sweetblood by Pete Hautman

“Lucy Szabo thinks she knows where the myth of vampires came from. She’s sure that that the first vampires ever were dying diabetics. And she should know. She’s diabetic herself. When she gets involved with Draco, a self-proclaimed “real” vampire she meets in a Transylvania chat room, her world starts to crash down around her. Soon, her whole life–grades, relationships and health–are spiralling dangerously out of control. Lucy needs to make some important choices to take back control of her life–but is it already too late?”

YA. T1D main character who uses injections. Her theory about vampires is one of the best things I’ve ever heard, to be honest.

Lucky Few by Kathryn Ormsbee

“Stevie Hart is homeschooled, but don’t hold that against her. Sure, she and her best (okay, only) friend, Sanger, will never be prom queens, but that’s just because the Central Austin Homeschool Cooperative doesn’t believe in proms. Or dancing. Still, Stevie and Sanger know how to create their own brand of fun. Enter Max Garza, the new boy next door. After a near-fatal accident, Max is determined to defy mortality with a checklist: 23 Ways to Fake My Death Without Dying. Dead set on carrying out fabricated demises ranging from impalement to spontaneous combustion, Max charms Stevie and Sanger into helping him with this two-month macabre mission. But as Stevie finds herself falling for Max, it becomes increasingly difficult to draw a line between his make-believe deaths and her real life.”

YA. T1D main character who uses injections. This book is so good.

And …. that’s it so far, unfortunately. Hopefully there’s more out there than I’m aware of!

[pandafrick]

Cool I didn’t need to sleep thank you

[librarydweller]

I did not choose the sick life, please don’t bill me for it.

[glucose101]

When your site loses its stickiness but you’re not ready to change it yet

[nurse9001]

Venting

It is both cheaper and easier to buy illegal drugs than it is to buy life sustaining insulin. Wtf world? Just sayn.

[amylivinglife]

As a fellow T1D, I couldn’t pass on posting this. The phrase “diabetes in a cup” REALLY grinds my gears.

[pancreasproblems]

Packing as a diabetic:

10% clothing 2% toiletries 1% chargers 87% supplies, backup supplies, low supplies, backup low supplies

[dancingbirdjane]

I was changing my insulin pump this morning when I had the realization that not everyone has to put needles in their body and inject a potentially lethal substance multiple times a day to stay alive. Like woah. What’s that even like cause I don’t remember. Not being diabetic just seems so… Strange. Idk.

[pancreasproblems]

Nick Jonas will always make my heart smile

[just-a-sinnamon-roll]

What your doctor doesn’t tell you when you’re diagnosed with diabetes: 1. There’ll be nights when you stay up crying because you can’t get your blood sugar down. 2. There’ll be nights when you wake up so disoriented you don’t know where you are because your blood sugar dropped that low. 3. Trying to not let it interfere with your school and work life is impossible. 4. There’ll be times when you’re so frustrated you’ll just want to tear everything related to the disease off your body and throw it as far away as you can. 5. You’ll always be scared.

[i-am-learning-to-fall]

[diabetesyoyo]

Failed pancreas...

No one jokes about Failed heart Failed kidney Why diabetes is a joke for some people?

[sugarfreesweettooth]