Am I Even Still Alive?

16 year old Type 1 Diabetic diagnosed 09/24/14 (she/her)

[blairdiggory]

Friendly reminder from a type one diabetic to NOT use the “OMG I’M GONNA GET DIABEETUS” jokes as a response to anything (pictures of unhealthy food, favorite fanfictions, etc.) because: 1) It’s pretty offensive. I’m not overly offended personally because this joke doesn’t Target type one diabetes, but type two (and type one) diabetes imposes serious health risks. It’s not ok to make fun of that. 2) It spreads misinformation. Type one and type two diabetes are very different, but you don’t get either type from one unhealthy meal. Furthermore, I don’t need people who only know the diabeetus meme telling me “You can’t eat that! You’re diabetic!”. I promise I understand how my disease works. 3) It’s 2017. The joke has died out, I promise!

[annieisyourfavourite]

diabetes jokes i desperately crave: test strips are everywhere, no one changes their lancet, we all lie to the endo and they know it, the “cures” people send us, “diabetes bingo”

diabetes jokes that need to be kept 8000 feet away from me: “lol food it’s diabetes”, “so sweet i got diabetes”, “if john had 30 candy bars and he ate 25…″, diabeetus

[noping-out-deactivated20241117]

“Wait, that’s not normal?” will be chiseled into my headstone.

[gendernewtral]

Me, injecting insulin like a Normal Diabetic: oh golly do I love Living

Some random fuck: OH MY GOD I H A T E NEEDLES GO AWAY WITH THAT

[annieisyourfavourite]

i can’t find anything on here about this, but the ADA has started a petition to make insulin available to all diabetics at affordable rates. if you’ve been paying attention, there’s been a lot in the news about the astounding rise in insulin prices, and this is part of the kickback.

you can sign the petition at www.makeinsulinaffordable.org

[blipblorpsnork]

Do yourself and disabled folks everywhere a favor

Never tell a disabled person you wish you could spend all day in bed

Never tell a disabled person you wish you could spend all day doing nothing

We know that we’re severely limited by our disabilities. It affects us every single day of our lives. We KNOW society sees us as useless fuckarounds. Don’t rub your damn privilege in. It’s extremely harmful, EXTREMELY dismissive of our very real disabilities, and extremely ableist. Do. Not. Do it.

[whoneedsapancreasanyway]

“Nobody make any sudden movements, My blood sugar levels are currently really reasonable and I don’t want to fuck it up by pissing my diabetes off.”

[whoneedsapancreasanyway]

Nurse: So, how have you been coping with your diabetes recently?

Me: it’s been okay.

Nurse:

[whoneedsapancreasanyway]

Me: I’d just like to feel normal for a little while, like everyone else…

My Diabetes:

[whoneedsapancreasanyway]

Hello, I’d like to cancel tomorrow’s clinic appointment.

Why?…

Shame.

[liv-abetic]

Insulin Pump: You have 5.0 units remaining

Me: That will surely last me the rest of the day! I don’t need to change it!

Narrator: She had never been more wrong…

[djosph-keery]

*wakes up with insanely high sugars*

*takes correction dose*

*sugars drop almost immediately*

what the fuck

[diabeticallyhere]

love it when you go really really high and you still feel like you’re really really high like, 8 hours later, even though your number is only a little high

it’s like jet lag but for my body responding to insulin

[swolerbear]

*me taking my meds*: Carrie Fisher would want me to

[swolerbear]

listen, if you’re ever having a hard time and you just want to give up, think about space mom and how proud she would be of you just for fighting

[explorerrowan]

Carrie Fisher definitely wants you to stay alive to tell the world to fuck off one more time. If spite keeps you alive, embrace it.

[strawberriesnoatmeal-deactivate]

“If your so poor why don’t you get a sugar daddy?”

First of all I’m a diabetic

[thelairdecyfarwydd-blog]

Shout out to my diabetic people!

Have you tested today? Have you taken insulin when you needed too? I love you. Don’t let your numbers determine your self worth

[genericlottery]

5/26/2016- Chronic Illness

Blergh.

[krspt1d]

#thefeels