#diabetic stuff

[ibuprofdean]

all day. ALL DAY. i have been having high blood sugar symptoms. and yet. my blood sugar is not high! i even got out my meter and tested manually! and yet i am very dehydrated and peeing every hour and i have a headache and i'm lethargic and basically everything that i feel when i'm stupid high. but i'm not. AGHHHHH

[labelleizzy]

Once again, I had to disasterize what might've been a normal mild discussion with my spouse because he phone-shamed me while I was HANGRY.

I'm eating lunch and now I'm just sad instead of

Set the world on fire 🔥 (& myself too)

Mode...

Sigh.

[blackkat15]

Diabetic Things ✨️

Having people assume that I'm type 2 and that I can't have an icecream after going for a swim at the beach

Having teachers assume you're okay to do exams after not being able to do revision and after being dead for two weeks

Having your friends do their own research and panic all the damn time. They mean well but I can look after myself

Waking up at 1am from a low glucose alarm

Having a case of minor brain damage from my brain being in an acid bath for four years. I now have trouble pronouncing things and it takes longer to remember things (Wheatley was right)

Having to find out the correct amount of carbs for calculating at restaurants but all they have are calories. MacDonald's of all places have the carbs on their website and I am so damn grateful to them

Feeling icky whenever my blood suagr is high and then realising that's what I've been feeling for the past four years

Being a healthy weight after many years

Not feeling cold all the time after many years

Pancreas not paying rent

Immune system sucking ass for giving me shit allergies, a dead pancreas and malfunctioning lungs

Being able to drive again without nearly crashing the car

Feeling more confident in my appearance because I don't look like a skeleton

Less anxiety and depression

Realising the medical system in Australia is a load of bullshit. Nobody gets paid enough, they're so worried about COVID they've forgotten that more deadly things exist, the medical staff are taught differently than how they were before and are more snobbish

Having the National Diabetes Service Scheme only cut the costs of the cheap ass needles and not the expensive ass insulin and sensors

Getting scars more easily because diabetics don't heal as fast as other people

Getting a good night sleep where I don't have to get up every thirty minutes to pee

Being able to be alive instead of being half dead

Learning I can't have alcohol because it can mess up my blood sugar and if I wanna have sex I have to make sure my sugars are okay (Wtf)

Having teachers say I'm very resilient and that even if I was dead and in hospital I did all my work and was ahead of everyone

Karen's judging me for living my damn life

[neverbleedmynose]

My grandmother is diabetic.

[indiebitez]

Acquired a fancy new insulin pump today. Feelin pretty swanky.

[alightlover]

Such good words. So relevant for where I am currently.

[apnourry]

diabetes is like some sitcom mom-on-the-phone scene with the least favorite child wanting attention to ask something where death is timmy the least favorite child and you're the mom with the "not right now mommy's busy" and incessant taps on the leg or what have you and you turn around again and again with quickly diminishing patience levels being supplemented by growing frustration and exhaustion "not rIGHT NOW TIMMY GO PLAY" "DAMMIT TIMMY I SAID NOT NOW" and somehow you can feel yourself aging as you stand there and repeatedly put off this inevitable reality

[apnourry]

woke up thinking oh i've gotta be high bc i felt slow and awful and when i checked....it was 79....go figure