"Diabetes Isn't Even That Bad"
Hey type 1 diabetic here. Let me tell you why the statement above is a load of bullshit.
1. Our bodies are waging war against themselves
2. It takes us longer to heal when we get hurt and it takes us longer to recover from illnesses because our immune system is jacked
3. We could die at any moment without warning
4. Low blood sugars feel like you’re going through drug withdrawals
5. High blood sugars feel like your body is drying out like a fucking raisin
6. Afraid of needles? Well tough titties! We need to prick our fingers 3+ times a day, and either pierce yourself every 3 days for a pump site change or take 4+ injections everyday
7. Our organs are slowly failing
8. We have a high chance of going blind
9. We could lose our feet and legs
10. Insulin is expensive as fuck
11. Testing strips are expensive as fuck
12. The constant highs and lows drain us
13. We can’t just eat food right away. We need need to calculate how many grams of carbohydrates are in our food, test our blood sugar, configure in a correction if need be, dose, and by the time we take our first bite; everyone else have already finished
14. Doctors are expensive as fuck
15. Pumps, Meters, and CGMs are expensive as fuck
16. No one ever takes our illness seriously
17. Having children is VERY risky for lady diabetics
18. The constant fear we have when we go to sleep knowing that we might not ever wake up due to low blood sugars at night
19. The bruises and scars all over our body from YEARS of injections, site changes, and finger pricks
20. How our feet and hands are always freezing due to our poor fucking circulation
So tell me again how our suffering “isn’t that bad”
Make another joke about the worst thing that has probably ever happened to us
Laugh again when you say “All of this food is going to give me di-ah-beet-us”
Just know that you sound like a huge asshole to us actual diabetics.
