Jan 12
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Living with Diabetes
2012 Another year with Diabetes, unfortunately
What do diabetics want? Many things of course like a lot of other people. But, if it were one thing, it might be to live without Diabetes. Then, we could have peace with ourselves and our lives. No constant worrying, checking, responsibility (of the disease), or the other harsh effects of it.
If you are not a diabetic, feel lucky and grateful that your pancreas works. Don’t take it for granted nor the rest of your body. Keep yourself healthy as you can. Because for a diabetic, our pancreas just sits in our body doing nothing. Should we take it out or will that cause more problems or should we give it a shake and electric shock to reboot it?
Take care of and have tight control of your Diabetes? Isn’t that telling and asking a lot? Yes.
All I know is that it’s constantly annoying, demanding, challenging, and difficult among many other adjectives.
As a diabetic, your life is constantly revolved around, or it’s supposed to be, Diabetes and the life you want to live. We have to be conceited, selfish, and concerned only about ourselves in order to “stay in range” and be healthy all the time.
Do you know how hard this is? No, a non-diabetic doesn’t.
Yet, don’t be angry or take your frustration out on others. It’s not their fault or yours. It’s just the way things are and natures way, genetics, mutations, and evolution’s way of choosing some to have disease(s) and not others. Look at others who don’t have to struggle and be happy with their happiness and the fact they have to face less hardship. Feel good knowing as much as it sucks to have a disease such as Diabetes, you are trying to do the best you can while staying positive and healthy as long as you can. Because if you don’t already know, Diabetes can be very damaging mentally-psychologically and physically. So when you meet, talk to, hear, or see another person without Diabetes, feel happy for them that they don’t have to struggle with it like you. Don’t make them feel like they should feel guilty and don’t make them think you want them to feel bad for you, just think to yourself (or say very nicely, honestly, and openly) that you have what it takes to succeed to battle this disease and live a healthy life while others may not whether with this disease, another disease, or not one at all. Cause the moment you stop believing this, you’ll be gone or going down the tubes faster than you think.
How are people to understand us if they have no clue about what we go through every minute of everyday? They won’t and don’t. We are alone with each other. But, like I said, don’t be mean to others just because you have something they don’t. Love the ones who are in your life, let them care for you, and you care for them.
All you Diabetics, stay strong and battle. Live your life the best you can with Diabetes while trying to have fun, be happy, and be all that you can be.