diabetic life

type 1 diabetic, amputee, insulin dependent

[type1thais]

Haven't posted in a while. I'm still around and kicking ass. Getting in some reps on the heavy bag

[urlocalllama]

Diabetes isnt the 'ate too many sweets disease'. It just fucking is not. It's your body slowly losing an integral function needed to nuture and energize it. Its your pancreas shutting down, its your blood cells rejecting your attempts to feed itself, its not enough insulin to go around. Its you slowly getting colder and weaker, gorging yourself with healthy food and getting next to no benefit, its being so exhausted you cant sleep. Diabetes used to kill, straight-up KILL. So no, I don't think I will be laughing at your diabetes joke.

[type1thais]

I wish more people understood this

[chronicillnesshumor-deactivated]

[zurko48]

Diabetes is such a joke of a disease wdym I just got woken up in the dead of night basically on my deathbed and to not die I have to eat a little snack? a little treat is gonna save my life? save me vanilla icing, vanilla icing SAVE ME. like what is even going on what are we DOING 😭

[small-strong-bookish-butch]

Staying alive with diabetes truly is a Sisyphian task 🪨

[type1thais]

Doing my daily yoga. I do yoga to de-stress and it's adaptable to do with or without my prosthesis.

[type1thais]

Walking the mall and a lady sees my CGM and prosthesis and asks if I'm diabetic. I answer yes and she starts praying for me. One word for this: annoying and embarrassing (actually 2 words)

[type1thais]

[type1thais]

The extent of my New Year's partying....sitting on the couch

[type1thais]

Insulin time

[type1thais]

hi, I’d love to be your friend. I’m type two diabetic and I lost the front part of my foot. It’s not to the same extent you did but I can identify with your situation and I understand. I hope you’ll answer me. I also think that you’re quite beautiful and would love to get to know you better

Hi

[type1thais]

Loving my little dog. She's just a pet and not a service dog

[gayandlovableperidot]

There are so many things wrong with calling disabled people terms like “specially able” but I really think the biggest issue is that it implies there is something wrong with the word disabled. It implies there’s something so wrong with our every day existence that it would be bad to even use the term to describe it. It implies disabilities aren’t something to be talked about. It implies shame.

[type1thais]

Disabled isn't a bad word

[mxmorbidmidnight]

Being disabled in public is crazy because I never know when people are gonna shove me in front of an audience and make me give an “inspirational speech” hoe please let me buy my fucking cheese and tomatoes in peace.

[evp3playr]

does anyone else have the urge to leave your phone at home or shut it down for the day only to remember you need your cgm app to like,,, live?

[type1thais]

Unfortunately I need my phone to survive or else leaving it at home wouldn't be the worst thing

[type1thais]

[type1thais]

Something that I don't miss: fingersticks to test my glucose. Amen for CGM and results go straight to my phone and alert me if it's too low or too high