Type 1 Diabetic

Sometimes I'm not sure what I'm even doing...

[mylazypancreas]

Yep… 😂

[pancreasproblems]

does it ever randomly hit you that you have diabetes and other people have pancreases that work and they don’t have to think about insulin dosage and carb ratios and scar tissue preventing insulin absorption because same

[doughnuts-and-music]

If you wanna be my lover…

You gotta know how to give me glucagon

[dykabetik]

Diabetes is a 24/7 job. It’s like having a baby. Except it’s a surprise killer baby that you never asked for. And when the baby is hungry, it tries to kill you. So you feed it, but you accidentally overfeed it, so it tries to kill you. And then you subdue it with drugs, and you think it’s okay until suddenly it mutates and attacks you when you’re trying to take a break. And basically your life becomes trying to function normally while fending off a killer baby.

[chronicallyinlove]

Guys, do you know/use this type of insulin? Your experience? I’m switching from Lantus and I’m not sure what to expect.

[yellowducksareyellow]

I’m in love with it!!! Ever since I’ve started (about 8 months ago) I’ve had more consistent control over my sugars! Also there’s a prescription coupon card you can get so it’s only a $15 copay! It’s so legit! I believe it works for 36 hours instead of the usual 12-18 which is why I’m so hard core in love with it!!!

[chronicallyinlove]

Whoa, that sounds like good news to me :D Thanks! My endo told me it’s “new and try out” but apparently my country is far behind the rest of the world haha.

[yellowducksareyellow]

Lol its new for us too but my endo is really up to date on new t1d stuffs because she's a t1d herself!

[chronicallyinlove]

Guys, do you know/use this type of insulin? Your experience? I’m switching from Lantus and I’m not sure what to expect.

[yellowducksareyellow]

I'm in love with it!!! Ever since I've started (about 8 months ago) I've had more consistent control over my sugars! Also there's a prescription coupon card you can get so it's only a $15 copay! It's so legit! I believe it works for 36 hours instead of the usual 12-18 which is why I'm so hard core in love with it!!! <3

[sixpenceee]

The worn marble steps at the Leaning Tower of Pisa. This is the result of 500 years of walking. 

[yellowducksareyellow]

Just once,

I’d like the luxury of being dick without worrying about my goddammed blood sugar. 

I’m done with this shit. I want to drink orange juice and eat fruit because its the only thing that makes me feel better when I’m sick. 

[s-s-i-i-c-c-k-k]

Does stress make your sugar spike? How do you manage it? :( 

[yellowducksareyellow]

Yes yes and yes. My doctor and I worked out a correction rate to add for stress, PMS, and illness. I did NOT know this was a thing until I got my new glucometer that helps me count carbs and calculate. :)

[yellowducksareyellow]

High BG

Is anyone else STARVING when their BG is high??? I’ve been riding a rough high all day, and its still around 300… and I’m just CRAVING ALL THE FOOD. 

[paradisa]

YES OH MY GOD

[yellowducksareyellow]

Thank god. So glad it's not just me. I'm literally starving when high and food is revolting when I'm low.

[yellowducksareyellow]

High BG

Is anyone else STARVING when their BG is high??? I’ve been riding a rough high all day, and its still around 300... and I’m just CRAVING ALL THE FOOD. 

[durinsdaughters]

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[a-world-of-rain]

Diabetics & Love

So a thought I have had since I was diagnosed back when I was nine has started playing on my mind again lately.

“It would be unfair to let someone fall in love with me with this condition”

To know that one day that person will likely have to end up caring for you rather than being with you, to know that you are limiting them from things that they could be doing with someone else.

Knowing that there are times where you aren’t even yourself.

Why would anyone want to put someone else through that?

Should we just stay single forever? And spare others the inconvenience that is us and our illness?

[yellowducksareyellow]

I get that. I get that alot. And I used to think about that alot when I was first diagnosed. I was 21, and had never had a steady boyfriend. And then one day...

I met this most perfect human being. The most supportive and caring individual. He gets that this is MY disease. It’s MY control over it that matters. In the first year of our relationship I was so uncontrolled. He’d ask every once in a while if I was testing or if I should take some insulin but never harped on me about it. I was still shame spiraling about it then. I felt isolated and alone and like I couldn’t talk about it with him. 

And then one morning I woke up at his place, threw up and asked him to take me to the hospital where he visited me every day (of the week I was there) and just looked at me with these so helpless eyes. That is the week I realized that he WANTS to be in this with me. He wants to know how to help and how to support me. After that, I’ve been so much better. So much more control, so much more of me caring for myself. 

He wants to be right there with me. Through every high and every low, and I couldn’t love him more if I tried. 

PSA to fellow type 1′s: you’ll find that person. You’ll find someone that sees past your condition, and will love and support you no matter what. 

[yellowducksareyellow]

Hey guys! I saw this link on Facebook for a child of a friend I went to high school with and my heart is breaking. As a recently diagnosed T1D who has the means to support myself I want to do anything to help them. Please donate whatever you can or signal boost if you've got the tumbletic following to do so. This community is amazing and can accomplish anything. <3

[yellowducksareyellow]

hungry but im not hungry...

to eat or not to eat...

the ultimate question.

[squats-socks-shamrocks-deactiva]

To anyone that hasn’t had their first kiss yet, or has never been asked out on a date, or asked anyone on a date, or hasn’t had a significant other yet: please don’t worry about reaching an age and not checking these things off. There’s nothing wrong with being 20 and not having been kissed. There’s nothing wrong with starting college never having had a boyfriend/girlfriend/romantic partner. You aren’t weird or an outcast because you haven’t been on a date by a socially constructed time frame.

[jewsquats]

This is so important

[yellowducksareyellow]

I wish I had known this four years ago. I wish that I knew that there are men out there that won’t judge you for being 22 and an all around virgin. 

I pressured myself into all of my firsts because I was comparing my personal timeline to those of my female friends. I was tired of not having experiences to share and I forced myself into very uncomfortable situations. 

I wish I had known the man I’d be with today wouldn’t have judged me for him being my first kiss, my first everything and that I could have had all of these experiences so organically and not in the fucked up way I did it. 

I don’t have many regrets, and even the situations I put myself in I don’t regret them. But sometimes I wish I would have had every first with someone that loved and cared for both my soul and my body. 

[zodiacale]

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