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Peter Solarz
Stranger Things
pixel skylines
titsay
JVL
he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
DEAR READER
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Andulka
Cosmic Funnies
taylor price
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Product Placement
blake kathryn
we're not kids anymore.
Love Begins
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@thegayt1d
“My HbA1c is 5.9%. My doc keeps saying that I’m very good in managing my T1, but the truth is: every time I am eating something, I’m not calculating the right insulin dosis… I’m guessing it. Every time!”
— Share Your Secret | These Resources May Help
“When I’m feeling very depressed about something, I sometimes think about how easy it would be to just overdose on insulin before going to bed, especially because I live alone and don’t have people checking up on me often. The only thing that keeps me from doing it is knowing how my family would react.”
— Share Your Secret | These Resources May Help
That's some really heavy shiz right there but it's also the reality of the daily struggle of fighting to live a semblance of a normal life on the daily.
adding diabetes to the meme bandwagon
We all know the struggle of that last one
My personal take on this meme
I’ve come to the conclusion that having a low blood sugar in the middle of the night is 100% like having lycanthropy
Like, Sometimes, you wake up, and your eyes snap open and you’re aware immediately. Other times, you wake up slowly and confused, with this vague dreamlike feeling of unease because you KNOW something is wrong and you KNOW you’re somehow uncomfortable, but you can’t put your finger on it because you’re still half asleep and your brain is underfueled. But then it DAWNS on you all of a sudden and you’re like “oh shit I’m low here”.
But then you stand up and shamble down the stairs, operating half on autopilot. You know its coming and you can’t get to the kitchen fast enough.
And then you’re in the kitchen.
And then, going on autopilot and motivated by that weak starving low feeling, you just sorta Eat everything And then you shamble back to bed and sleep like nothing happened.
And I’d totally like to think that someone with lycanthropy would experience the same thing before the actual transformations. Like, “oh fuck, the moon’s a waxing gibbous, looks like I gotta lock the fridge tonight”
Low Blood Sugar = Being a Werewolf
Throwback sketch I did of a happy little lancet!
Me @ diabetes: You suck
Diabetes: .....
Me: ......
Diabetes: *tries to kill me*
Insulin street art-spotted in Chelsea, NY
Found in a diabetic Facebook group earlier today.
Seen the cost of diabetes lately?
Me when someone says I shouldn't have something because I'm diabetic
House Speaker Paul Ryan is the new face of ablesplaining. Pass it on.
Oh wow. Perfect.
Customer is DESPERATE for a syringe but their profile shows no insulin prescriptions...or any diabetic prescriptions
My low blood sugar
Spelling a word wrong, knowing that it’s wrong, but not knowing why.
A sudden drop then being jerked awake into cold sweats in the middle of the night.
A forgotten blip in time; what are you doing, where are you, who are you, why are you?
Ravenous nausea.
Weak. Can’t make a fist. Shaking. Can’t sleep. Why can’t I sleep? I just want to sleep.
Crying. Frustrated. Why can’t I just… I just want… please.
Heart beats sound in my ears.
I can feel foot steps on the other side of the building. Too many foot steps.
Apologies. I can’t do this right now. Can you repeat yourself. I didn’t mean what i said. I was just…
I was just… low.
SWEET JESUS WHO IS THE OP? I AM FOLLOWING YU NOW. THIS IS MY LIFE
Hello :)
Diabetes convo
*me putting sugar in my coffee*
A type 2 diabetic: you can't have any sugar in your coffee! You have diabetes!
Me: ehh yeah I can! As long as I get enough insulin
A type 2 diabetic: if you go on like that, you're gonna lose a leg
Me: eehhh no?
A type 2 diabetic: yea! I can't have it, so you can't have it too
Me: ok. Whatever
Diabulimia is an eating disorder seen in type 1 diabetics. It tends to start in adolescence and is more likely to occur in women than men.
Signs to look out for, apart from behavioral changes are: - many unexplainable spikes in HbA1c - weight loss - lack of marks from fingerpricks - lack of prescription refills for insulin - records that do not match the HbA1c - symptoms of uncontrolled diabetes.
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This doesn’t get talked about enough.
AWARENESS!!! I did this also when I was younger while trying to fit the “gay stereotype” of having to be ultra skinny and lean. Not okay and def not healthy. Still paying for those mistakes today.
