Diabetes is Not A Doughnut
Nov. 12th, 2017 06:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
diabetesdiaryDiabetes is not a doughnut.
It is sitting on your bedroom floor at 12:30 AM, eating a third granola bar, hoping your blood sugar will come up soon, hoping you can get some sleep before you have to be up for work in 6 hours.
Diabetes is not a candy bar.
It is looking at a candy bar and thinking, "This probably has at least 30 carbs in it. That's at least 2 units of insulin. How will eating this make me feel later? What's my blood sugar? Do I really want to bolus for this candy? Is it worth it?"
Diabetes is not a piece of pie.
It is a constant balancing act with constant math equations, blood sugar readings, insulin injections, and constantly monitoring how you're feeling.
Diabetes is not a cookie.
It is sitting on your bathroom floor at 4 AM, feeling like you might toss your cookies because your blood sugar is over 400.
Diabetes is not chocolate.
It is at least 5 finger pricks with a needle every day. It's insulin injections. It's thinking about everything you eat based primarily on carbohydrate content.
Diabetes is not a piece of cake.
It's making decisions every day, knowing that each decision you make is literally keeping you alive. You are keeping yourself alive every day!
Diabetes is not a doughnut.
Because Diabetes is not sweet, nor is it a joke.
It is sitting on your bedroom floor at 12:30 AM, eating a third granola bar, hoping your blood sugar will come up soon, hoping you can get some sleep before you have to be up for work in 6 hours.
Diabetes is not a candy bar.
It is looking at a candy bar and thinking, "This probably has at least 30 carbs in it. That's at least 2 units of insulin. How will eating this make me feel later? What's my blood sugar? Do I really want to bolus for this candy? Is it worth it?"
Diabetes is not a piece of pie.
It is a constant balancing act with constant math equations, blood sugar readings, insulin injections, and constantly monitoring how you're feeling.
Diabetes is not a cookie.
It is sitting on your bathroom floor at 4 AM, feeling like you might toss your cookies because your blood sugar is over 400.
Diabetes is not chocolate.
It is at least 5 finger pricks with a needle every day. It's insulin injections. It's thinking about everything you eat based primarily on carbohydrate content.
Diabetes is not a piece of cake.
It's making decisions every day, knowing that each decision you make is literally keeping you alive. You are keeping yourself alive every day!
Diabetes is not a doughnut.
Because Diabetes is not sweet, nor is it a joke.
