As of late I’ve encountered new people in my life, which for the most part, is a pretty wonderful thing.
BUT, (and damn if there isn’t almost always a but) I’ve heard similar phrasing from several new folks and....the terminology pisses me off.
Almost ever time a new person (s) finds out about my and D, I inevitably hear the following phrase:
NO, REALLY? I mean you look good, ESPECIALLY for a being a diabetic.
WTF???
Look, I’m no Super Model, I’ve never claimed to be and I’ve never been mistaken for one, not even it the person was REALLY inebriated. I’m not writing this post so you’ll ‘wax poetic about my looks,” I don’t care if you think I’m a 1 or a 10. I’m just really annoyed about the statement as a whole.
SERIOUSLY, what the F^ck do you mean I look good for being a diabetic?
How would you like it if I said:
Your pretty smart for being such a f-ing Dumb Ass?
Or what if I told you:
But you seem so normal....Who knew that you were a complete and utter IDIOT!?
How's about:
Your OK looking for someone whose butt ugly?
Or,
You have High Cholesterol? BUT you look SO normal….
DAMN, you have Colitis? WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME? Had you not told me, I never would have guessed! No wonder you passed on the bean dip!
YOU’RE ALLERGIC TO TOMATOES? My God..., you look so healthy!
I mean who the hell carved in stone that diabetics (type 1 or 2) must be tragic 24X7?
Like most people,we strive to live good lives and occasionally have moments of fabulousness.
We D folk are an impressive bunch damn it!! We are a strong, tenacious group with imperfect pancreases and the likes there of.
We are people that pull ourselves up from by our bootstraps daily because we must.
Granted, some days (weeks) are harder than others, but we hang in there like it or not, Diabetes has made us tougher individuals as a whole
We educate ourselves and others regarding our diabetes because we own our disease - and thanks to the media’s constantly bombarding the airwaves with false diabetes imaging (did you see The Panic Room?) it’s up to use to clear up all inaccuracies regarding diabetes and diabetics
We have big hearts, love laughter, and we live our lives, just like everyone else.
Why be shocked if we clean up well on occasion and continue on life’s course every single day regardless how rocky the road gets sometimes?
We are the few, we are the proud, and we - every single one of us in dblogville and beyond, are the face of Diabetes.
GET USED TO US.
Diabetes Blog Week, Day 3: Diabetes Bloopers - As In, HELL YEAH!
The third day Of Diabetes Blog Week is all about bloopers, as in Diabetes Bloopers, and the truth be told, I have more diabetes bloopers than I can count - And it's hard to pick just one.
I have so many moretic moves (moron diabetic moves) that sometimes I call myself, "Molly Moretic the Moron Diabetic" just for shits and giggles!
I mean there were days when I was on MDI and I used to shoot my insulin through my clothes (don't judge, my doctor was more than fine with it) whenever I didn't feel like getting up from a table full of friends and family and hauling my MDI gear
off to the rest room.
I could fill up my needle and inject with out anyone seeing with no problem.
Murphy's law and diabetes would always come into play when I was wearing light colored clothing, which seemed to be the only time I'd hit a gusher!
There was the time in college when I was waitress at a back bay South Jersey shore seafood restaurant that is long since gone, and was taking my dinner insulin in the lone restroom in the joint.
I forgot to lock the door and a woman walked in and saw me flicking the air bubbles in my needle under a sole light bulb hanging from the ceiling sans fixture.
Yeah, it totally look kind of shady - but still!
So it was not a surprise that said chick turned around and ran out, ASAP!
Cut to me going to wait on my next table and seeing my customer was that very same woman.
Me: I'm not a drug addict - well not technically. I have diabetes, which makes me an insulin addict.
Her: OHHHHHHHHhhhhh, OK. Thanks for clearing that up.
There was the time I left my insulin pump at the chiropractors in NJ, ( I had to take it off to get adjusted) and drove 18 miles back home to Philadelphia.
Cut to me getting a phone call from the office 40 minutes before they closed and me literally
having to cross state lines during rush hour to pick it up!
The whole universal issue of Doorknobs literally and figuratively having centrifugal forces regarding their attraction to my insulin pump is legendary and I've written about it often.
Had cameras actually been rolling during one of those doorknob/insulin pump centrifugal reactions, I would have one America's Funniest Home Videos at least 17 different times by
now.
Back to the blood spatter. Gushers and light colored clothing are not something that happened to me with MDI. See the following pic that was taken after a doorknob/ pump tango.
Favorite Dove Gray fitted shirt getting "Muphy's Law tricked out diabetes style!"
Image courtesy of Kelly's iPhone ~
Nor is blood splatter limited to CSI or doorknobs, pumps and or MDI. This pic was taken after testing my blood sugar and then getting back to the business of typing!
There was the time I was going to a diabetes meet up and wanted to make sure my breathe fresh before I walked into the bar, and this is what I saw when I opened up my Starbucks container of mints!
Actual Aeriel footage of "Two, two, two test-strips in one!"
Image courtesy of kelly's iPhone ~
Diabetes Bloopers? Yeah, I got a million of them!
Diabetes Blog Week Day 2: Making The Low Head Towards Canada
One of my Favorite Ways To Treat A Low~
Pic Courtesy of my iPhone~
My favorite way to make a low go north? Do I have to pick just one? I can't because I'm a huge fan of options in my life. Plus, I’m one of those people who eat the same thing for a while and then get totally bored and have to switch things up.
Any who, per Karen’s Diabetes Bog Week Assignment, here are a few options I use to treat those damn diabetes lows!
I love 1/2 a banana with smear of peanut butter and some vanilla soymilk.
I'm a HUGE fan of SweetTarts and a firm believer that you are what you eat - So yeah, they work for me ;)
I hit the Dollar Tree and buy a box of SweeTarts to leave in my car. That way, I have something on hand when I'm driving & start to feel that feeling. And honestly, these tasty treats remind me of being little.
The fact that I can leave them in my car and they won't melt in the sun is a definite plus!
When I'm working or working out, I use Larabars to treat lows. They travel well, taste delicious, are a perfect combo of carbs, protein and fiber, and they don’t cause too much of a disruption. Sidebar: The Banana, Coconut Cookie, Cinnamon Role, & Key Lime flavors are off the hook!
I’ve been known to do the juice thing, especially at night.
I tend to mix up the whole juice box thing so boredom doesn't set in. On occasion I buy Gerber Organic Juice Packs. Each little bottle has 14 grams of carbs and they don't need to be refrigerated, so I can keep a few bottles on my nightstand for middle of the night lows. Another benefit is that they don't crush and leak all your work bag,(and work in said bag) on the day that you decide it might be good idea to take a juice box or two with you to work.
But my absolute favorite way to send a low packing to Canada (and one of my absolute favorite guilty pleasures) is Nutella & Peanut Butter on spoon. Seriously, it's one of my food obsessions and one of my favorite snacks.
However, I tend to go overboard with it and have been trying to steer clear of it as of late. Girlfriend is trying to lose a few lbs and Nutella and Peanut Butter on a spoon not only stick to my ribs, but my belly as well.
I’m always looking for new tricks in the arena of treating lows – and more importantly, preventing them~
