Welcome! I'd like to talk to you for a few minutes about diabeetus. Actually, about diabeetus and how it has affected me in my life. I'll start when I was first diagnosed. I was scared to death, I was experiencing symptoms that were... Strange, and unfamiliar to me, for instance I had an unquestionable thirst and my tongue felt like a horseshoe. I was losing my vision, I was losing my energy, I was getting up fifteen or twenty minutes all through the night. So I wasn't getting any rest. And as a result of all these things, I lost all my energy. I'm surrounded by people who love me, and I was... I was scared. Girl doesn't like to admit she was scared, but I truly was, I wasn't afraid to die; I knew that was coming to all of us. But, what I was afraid of was diabeetus.
So, this blog is here for us to help each other. Diabetes can make you feel terrible, and we don't need to be like that.
So forget your troubles, c'mon, get happy. I have done things I shouldn't do. Do the best you can with what you've got and I would encourage all of you.
Get the code!
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I can’t see a reason why not, unfortunately. If you need anyone to talk to, if you’re worried about anything, my personal’s here.
Advice for teens with diabetes.
Diabetic Barbie? Oh yeah.
A couple of weeks ago, my 7 year old type 1 diabetic daughter asked me why there wasn’t a diabetic Barbie. She had heard about a Barbie being made recently with no hair for a little girl battling cancer and was thinking that it would be nice to also have a diabetic Barbie out there! I actually went so far as to contact Mattel and ask them about this, because I think it is a fantastic idea…so many little girls are diagnosed at prime Barbie playing age and I think that it would make them feel special to have a Barbie out that is just like them. When I asked Mattel about this, they flat out told me that they do not accept unsolicited suggestions about their dolls. I find this very unfortunate. SO, I created this page in the hopes of starting a petition or something to see if they would be willing to change their minds. I think that if they put out these dolls, that sales would be through the roof personally. I appreciate any and all of your feedback. Please be kind in your comments about my Barbie pump making skills…lol…it was my first attempt.
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Type one diabetes, motherfucker.
Hey guys, wanna see something cool?
The company my dad works at is developing glucose monitors that let you monitor your glucose levels without taking blood samples. That’s right; diabetics never have to prick their fingers again. The monitor uses light to test blood sugar level. You can even buy the monitor and connect it to your smartphone, and view your health stats from there.
The best part? It’s already been tested, and it works. Fuck yeah.
Monitors will be commercially available in Europe in June, and they’re taking reservations now. They’ll be available in America once the device gets FDA approved.
Seriously though, this is so cool. It’s the holy grail of medical technology. I’m not diabetic, but I know a lot of people who are and this is just a really really cool product.
Remember, you’re never the only one.
You’re not the only one who has to suffer those embarrassing little things that come with your illness. You’re not the only one who doesn’t want to talk about it, either. But just knowing that someone else has to go through the same pain, or humiliation, or grieving as you do can help.
“Diabetes is that one where you can’t have sugar, right?”
No. It’s that one where your pancreas is a bitch, where you have to count the carbs in your food so you can give yourself the right injection so you don’t get ill, where you have to check your blood sugar multiple times a day, where you end up with depression and diabulimia, where you end up hating yourself for being a burden, where you end up with bladder problems and memory loss and a constant cold and a crappy immune system and days where you just want to curl up into a ball and forget than anything exists and where no matter what people say to you, they can never really help because they can never really understand it.
This is why I’m so glad I’ve become part of the diabetic community on tumblr - it is a constant reminder that I’m not the only person going through this, and there is always someone there to talk to.
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Being a diabetic really is one of my biggest insecurities
I’m always afraid people are judging me for it.
Especially when an adult or teacher tries to treat me like some fragile child.
