It’s Thursday, day four of Diabetes Blog Week. Today we vent.
Ten Eleven things I hate about diabetes:
- Carrying extra crap. Because I got the ‘betes, I don’t get to travel light. And I don’t get to wear running shorts without pockets, because I gotta have place on the long runs for the pump, glucose tablets, meter, and energy gels.
- Being woken up in the middle of the night (more than
oncethrice) because my BG is high, I’m going low, or my pump is lonely and will not be ignored. - Not being 100% confident that I’ll get the chance to let my BAMFness express itself fully when I’m racing.
- That tiny, hissing, malevolent voice in the back of my head that says every choice has a downside and that I might not be making the best choices to bring my A1c down or to hold off complications.
- Spending money on test strips, insulin, glucose tablets, copays, and so on.
- Orange glucose tablets.
- Not being able to eat something delicious when I’m hungry because my BG is high.
- The concern that I cause I other people.
- Not being free to exercise anytime I want.
- How difficult it is to figure out anything that involves more than one variable (such as balancing nutrition, active insulin, and exercise).
- Gushers:
But since I don’t really like focusing on the negatives, let’s balance this post out by listing ten eleven of my favorite films:
- Casablanca
- Dr. Strangelove
- Hero
- In The Mood for Love
- Joint Security Area
- Lady Vengeance
- Lilo and Stitch
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- Sling Blade
- Some Like It Hot
- Unforgiven
ORANGE GLUCOSE TABLETS!!
yuck!!!!!!!!!!!! This was a very comprehensive list, almost makes me want to go back and change my own.
While I rarely have the gushers that those who are a pump and/or CGM, I mentioned blood today, too…
Concerning others is a huge one, absolutely.
Nice visual with the gusher materials! Like how you describe each item, particularly the one where the pump wakes you up “just because it’s lonely and needs attention.” So true.
Number four totally bums me out.
Orange glucose tabs – I have to agree with you on that one. Caleb doesn’t mind them though.
I like that you ended on a positive note. Fun.
Thanks for the positive balance! I actually think it’s hilarious when the blood squirts across the room from my finger and leaves those pretty little drops everywhere.
Gushers, I hate those too.
As a runner myself, I can relate to many of your list entries!
Nice post Jeff
The only concern you cause me is the delay before we meet in person…..that and the omission of “Ordinary People” and “Good Will Hunting” from your movie list…