Diabetics Are Cool

Starting this blog to help my struggles with diabetes and to hopefully help others.

[diabeteshurts]

Alcohol and Diabetes

It’s veryyyyyy important as an 18 year old, about to go to college, type one diabetic to know what alcohol can do to you. One of my doctors told me that I should really only drink beers and wine, because of the carbohydrates it has cancels out the effects of what alcohol does to your system.

Alcohol makes your blood sugar spike, then bottom out. You can have seizures and other effects of really low blood sugars. You can be passed out from your diabetes, but your friends think it’s because “you had too much to drink.”

Now from others experiences they have told me that they just eat while drinking. They drink more than just beers and things. My older than 21 diabetic friends go out drinking and partying, and just eat while doing it so there blood sugars stay regulated.

If you are going to drink, PLEASEEEEEEEE MAKE SURE SOMEONE AROUND YOU KNOWS YOU HAVE DIABETES. You can be the best type one diabetic out there and drinking can really hurt you! Stay safe everyone!!!

[team1nsulindependent]

Dear All Diabetics:

I feel like this isnt talked about at all really, so im just gonna say it-

Im here for the diabetics who are not so “diabadass.” The ones who

•ask family members or friends to do their injections/sites etc for them because they cant find the courage to do it themselves

•hesitate before inserting needles into their body

•are afraid of needles or blood yet must face it multiple times a day

•get anxiety over their sugars not being “normal” or “good enough”

•get anxiety over visiting their endo

•feel as if theyre a “bad diabetic”

•feel like theyre different from or dont fit in with other people around them because of their disease

•dont like talking about diabetes

•feel like they can’t complain about their disease because someone will say the infamous “at least its not cancer etc! !1!1!!!” line

•are sick of society not understanding diabetes and constantly being compared to someone’s grandparent, a pet, or something like a cupcake (etc)

(Feel free to add to this if you’d like)

All of these things are OK. You are never alone in your fight, and just because you have diabetes, diabetes does n o t have you. You are more than your illness, and even if you are afraid sometimes, you can and will win this fight. No matter what, remember, YOU ARE A DIABADASS ♡

******P.S. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS BEING A “BAD DIABETIC” !!!! yes diabetes IS bad, but you are most definitely not bad because of it!!!!! Dont let anyone tell you otherwise. (Please message me if you need to talk, i will 1000% understand what youre going through my friend!)

[diabeteshurts]

If anyone ever wants to talk about diabetes, message me! We can do this together😊❤️

[a1cguide]

[diabeteshurts]

Diabetes sucks but at least I have a pump.