I Am More Than Just A Broken Pancreas & A Human Pincushion...

Never assume......

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I am more than just a broken pancreas and a human pincushion

More than my insurance card's membership I.D. and group number .

Don't base my worth on my last a1c and don't make assumptions when you see high or low numbers in my blood sugar log.

Every one of my numbers tells a story - and most time it's not so cut and dry.

Maybe my 335 is based on a dead spot or a rebound from a low.

Perhaps that 220 number was a much needed heads up to an unseen infection.

Same goes for the lows.

That 3 a.m 40 might be because of a pizza bolus miscalculation,

or because my day was crazy hectic and I was more active than normal.

Other times, it's just because diabetes feels like it.

Don't even get me started on the hormone/Adrenaline factors!

And don't you dare assume that I brought diabetes on myself!

And for your own good, don't let me here you blaming others for their diabetes.

If you blame my mother - LOOK OUT.

I am not a diabetes myth or stereotype

I am a diabetes reality.

A real live person who is living their diabetes life 24X7.

A life filled with the good, the bad, and the diabetesalicious of it all.

NEWSFLASH: No one with diabetes is a myth or a stereotype -

We are people.