hold on i've gotta stab myself first

Colleen | 24 | type 1 diabetic since 2003 | celiac since 2012 | RN | whats it even like not having diabetes idk

[chronic-harmonic]

My favorite brand of diabetic tumblr is when someone is posting low blood sugar memes while they’re clearly fighting for their life

[needlepokes]

fun things to call your fast acting insulin shot that will sometimes make your mom mad:

• shooting up

• pregaming

• daily dose of dr banting’s juice

• coming down from a high

• doing my bastard son’s work (pancreas)

[chadbuskin]

[ifwerefree]

Thinking about how low bg is kind of a medical emergency, in the sense that if not urgently treated it is life-threatening, but it doesn't feel like a medical emergency because the treatment is like, drinking juice and waiting 20 mins then it's fine. It's just another Tuesday.

[softlydiabetic]

if youre ever going low but think "hmm i'm too lazy to go eat something maybe it'll go away in a couple minutes" dont listen. thats the devil talking

[whatevergreen]

The Lilly Insulin tweet: just a small sample of the rage.

And insulin should be free.

Musk also should be shoved in a rocket and fired into space. Along with all pharma executives.

[thestenchofcheeseandregrets]

[thestenchofcheeseandregrets]

[madronasky]

“Elon accidentally created one of the most cost effective anti capitalist tools in history.”

[conarcoin]

fyi things like insulin, hearing aids, wheelchairs, glasses costing money at all is a form of structural ableism

[conarcoin]

disabled people should not have to pay to live their lives like everyone else. and in the case of insulin, disabled people should not have to pay to Not Fucking Die

[eat-the-door-to-the-v0id-deacti]

hey shoutout to people with “embarrassing” illnesses. IBS, crohns, gastroparesis, gastrointestinal issues, digestive issues, colitis, celiacs, etc.

just because your symptoms or the part of your body that you experience symptoms is thought of as funny or weird doesnt make your illness any less valid, real, or serious.

your pain, fatigue, nausea, etc is real. and valid

[owlhari]

trying out a new coloring method + feelin’ feelings about being disabled = this! i’m proud of it :)

[annieisyourfavourite]

[image description: 2 photos of the same drawing, one with a black background, the other with a red one. A digital drawing of a light-skinned person with short brown hair looking down. They’re holding an insulin syringe in one hand up by their face, and on the other hand is a medical alert bracelet. They are also wearing a red crop top with rolled sleeves, showing a CGM and an insulin pump with curling tubing. There is a blue diamond behind them. End of description.]

[tic-loud-tic-proud]

Advanced™ Spoonie feels

“Is this physical pain or mental pain?”

what is causing this symptom????

temporary illness or new disorder?

which mobility aid should i use today?

n u m b

but am i reaaaaaaally disabled?

no. just,,,,, just cant. anything.

*random part starts hurting* this is my life now

can i get my whole body amputated

please

random nausea, all the time

which disease is causing this specific symptom

no energy to shower today. nope. just none.

new symptom or new disorder?

dissociating bc the pain is just so bad

why is my body like this

snap crackle pop thats my joints

(thank you guys so much for 300 followers, i love you all with all of my heart)

[wearingmystripes]

my body’s check engine light is on

[diabetiquette]

Damn theres really an anime out there called I Want To Eat Your Pancreas?? And the synopsis is really just describing the main characters pancreaslessness as “Fatal Pancreatic Illness”

There’s definitely a joke or something to be made here but i just can get over that phrasing and the trailers combined power to make me already want to sob in 1 minute and 43 seconds

[diabetiquette]

I would like to know exactly WHAT KIND of pancreaslessness this girl has because the DO NOT TELL YOU in the movie BUT they tell you she is terminally ill with 4 months (maybe i think??) left to live

BUT tell me WHYYYY they showed her bag with all her pills and vials and ORANGE CAP SYRINGES (important bc only orange syringes are measured in units instead of ml/cc) AND A H*CKING 530g MINIMED MEDTRONIC PUMP IN PASTEL PINK AKA THE PUMP THAT MADE ME ENVIOUS OF EVERY GIRL AT DIABETES CAMP THAT HAD IT

I means its a good movie tho dont get me wrong i would be crying already if i didnt feel my soul leave my body the second they showed the pump

[diabetiquette]

UPDATE this movie made me sob like a baby

[diabetiquette]

anyway i want you to look at me and tell me this girl isnt diabetic and THEN i want you to tell me what the fuck “pancreas disease” is bc i sure as heck dont remember learning about that in school also why does she only have 4 years left to live??

[risualto]

The answer is because type 1 is extremely poorly misunderstood in Japan.  Due to the aging population crisis (28% of Japanese citizens are age 65 or older), type 2 is slowly becoming less stigmatized as a “fat people” disease, though it is still known as 生活習慣病 (seikatsu shuukanbyou), a “lifestyle disease.”  However, since so many people are beginning to acquire type 2 through completely natural causes, people in the last decade or so are beginning to understand what it actually is, which may be part of the original author’s inspiration.

However, type 1 is still extremely uncommon–only 2 people in 100,000 are diagnosed with it every year in Japan.  Adult incidence rates are increasing slightly, but it’s not enough for the disease to be well understood.

As a result, I suspect that the entire premise of 君の膵臓を食べたい (”I Want to/Let Me Eat Your Pancreas”), which, by the way, was originally a web novel and was made into a live action movie, is based on the author’s misunderstanding of what type 1 diabetes is.  The illness, of course, is really just a plot device for a story about friendship, impermanence, letting go of hatred, and healing.

Tl;dr the girl is probably supposed to be diabetic, but it’s diabetes written by someone who has no idea what diabetes is.

[diabetiquette]

Damn theres really an anime out there called I Want To Eat Your Pancreas?? And the synopsis is really just describing the main characters pancreaslessness as “Fatal Pancreatic Illness”

There’s definitely a joke or something to be made here but i just can get over that phrasing and the trailers combined power to make me already want to sob in 1 minute and 43 seconds

[diabetiquette]

I would like to know exactly WHAT KIND of pancreaslessness this girl has because the DO NOT TELL YOU in the movie BUT they tell you she is terminally ill with 4 months (maybe i think??) left to live

BUT tell me WHYYYY they showed her bag with all her pills and vials and ORANGE CAP SYRINGES (important bc only orange syringes are measured in units instead of ml/cc) AND A H*CKING 530g MINIMED MEDTRONIC PUMP IN PASTEL PINK AKA THE PUMP THAT MADE ME ENVIOUS OF EVERY GIRL AT DIABETES CAMP THAT HAD IT

I means its a good movie tho dont get me wrong i would be crying already if i didnt feel my soul leave my body the second they showed the pump

[diabetiquette]

UPDATE this movie made me sob like a baby

[diabetiquette]

anyway i want you to look at me and tell me this girl isnt diabetic and THEN i want you to tell me what the fuck “pancreas disease” is bc i sure as heck dont remember learning about that in school also why does she only have 4 years left to live??

[diabetiquette]

Damn theres really an anime out there called I Want To Eat Your Pancreas?? And the synopsis is really just describing the main characters pancreaslessness as “Fatal Pancreatic Illness”

There’s definitely a joke or something to be made here but i just can get over that phrasing and the trailers combined power to make me already want to sob in 1 minute and 43 seconds

[diabetiquette]

I would like to know exactly WHAT KIND of pancreaslessness this girl has because the DO NOT TELL YOU in the movie BUT they tell you she is terminally ill with 4 months (maybe i think??) left to live

BUT tell me WHYYYY they showed her bag with all her pills and vials and ORANGE CAP SYRINGES (important bc only orange syringes are measured in units instead of ml/cc) AND A H*CKING 530g MINIMED MEDTRONIC PUMP IN PASTEL PINK AKA THE PUMP THAT MADE ME ENVIOUS OF EVERY GIRL AT DIABETES CAMP THAT HAD IT

I means its a good movie tho dont get me wrong i would be crying already if i didnt feel my soul leave my body the second they showed the pump

[diabetiquette]

UPDATE this movie made me sob like a baby

[diabetiquette]

Damn theres really an anime out there called I Want To Eat Your Pancreas?? And the synopsis is really just describing the main characters pancreaslessness as “Fatal Pancreatic Illness”

There’s definitely a joke or something to be made here but i just can get over that phrasing and the trailers combined power to make me already want to sob in 1 minute and 43 seconds

[diabetiquette]

I would like to know exactly WHAT KIND of pancreaslessness this girl has because the DO NOT TELL YOU in the movie BUT they tell you she is terminally ill with 4 months (maybe i think??) left to live

BUT tell me WHYYYY they showed her bag with all her pills and vials and ORANGE CAP SYRINGES (important bc only orange syringes are measured in units instead of ml/cc) AND A H*CKING 530g MINIMED MEDTRONIC PUMP IN PASTEL PINK AKA THE PUMP THAT MADE ME ENVIOUS OF EVERY GIRL AT DIABETES CAMP THAT HAD IT

I means its a good movie tho dont get me wrong i would be crying already if i didnt feel my soul leave my body the second they showed the pump

[redhoodiehearts-deactivated2016]

To all the Tumblr users who tend to use tags very liberally:

[thejadedkiwano]

Let’s play a game. Type the following words into your tags box, then post the first automatic tag that comes up. you, also, what, when, why, how, look, because, never

[suspiciouslyheterosexualbehavior]

oh comE ON

[diabetiquette]

Damn theres really an anime out there called I Want To Eat Your Pancreas?? And the synopsis is really just describing the main characters pancreaslessness as “Fatal Pancreatic Illness”

There’s definitely a joke or something to be made here but i just can get over that phrasing and the trailers combined power to make me already want to sob in 1 minute and 43 seconds