Diabetic Recipes
1. I have no issues wearing my pump where everyone can see. I typically wear Toohey on my waistband or on my front pocket. I'm also not a wearer of dresses, so I have yet to encounter a situation where I didn't have a place to put my pump. It's my undergarments I've had to adjust. I've had to stock my unmentionables drawer with heavier fabrics to support Toohey at night. I don't like my pump roaming around in bed; I much prefer to clip it to my undies. Which means that the finer fabrics The Mr. prefers have made their way to the back of
my drawer.
2. At dinner, my family is always waiting on me. No, they don't serve me; they're waiting for me to check my sugar and take my meds. No matter if I'm the cook or simply a meal participant, I rarely find the right balance of time to either get the meal on the table or to sit down at the table without having to put my meter and my meds on the table, too. And without having most people be well into their meal
before I even start.
3. Site change day usually means a morning of highs. Nearly the entire day yesterday I was gobbling up extra carbs and fast sugar. Why? A morning shopping trip to an outlet mall with my mom and No. 1 and No. 2 meant a lot of walking. A lot of walking meant lower blood sugars. I can't even go shopping without fighting the possibility of a low.
4. The size of my purse has moved up from "decent" to "luggage." Carrying a meter, fast sugar, an emergency site change and a QuickSerter requires more space than "cute" allows.
Michelle,I have been a diabetic 41 years, and I can very well understand how the "abnormality" of what we have to do to survive and thrive as type 1 diabetics. You have expressed what we have to deal with on a daily basis,and only other diabetics could commiserate: Our friends, family , though they love us, just have not experienced the mutible extra steps that are necessary to make it through the day.
However, I do not consider the diabetic lifestyle a "ruination" of normalcy. It is just my life, and it does feel "normal".The steps we take ARE sometimes excessive and always time-consuming if you compare them to a non-diabetic life, but it is normal. It is my life and I am glad to get up every morning. I don't dwell on the occasional highs and lows , I treat them and keep going. If I see a disturbing pattern, I look back and can usually see what the breakdown is . For example, This past week I sometimes ":guessed rather than tested", and ended up over- or underbolussing.
But the diabetic life IS my life at the moment. Please don't let it sress you about how "abnormal" it is. You have shown yourself to be a champion in your multiple life roles . Keep Your chin and the blogging up: It really helps us all.
God Bless
I hear ya sister on the purse problem. Just the meter and fast sugar put me from luggage to wheelbarrow. They don't make too many cute wheelbarrows.