Have you ever thought how life with diabetes can be positive?
Now, if you are sleep deprived at the moment due to a late night fighting blood sugars then you most likely think I'm crazy and will click off this post. I don't blame you...please do and come back to it when you get some rest.
For some, you may be thinking how can diabetes be positive? I would've never thought that almost ten years ago after my first daughter was diagnosed at the age of four. I felt like my life had flipped upside down and inside out.
However, after a few months...make that years...when I felt like we had things under control and I'm not talking blood sugar numbers, I'm talking life with diabetes, I started to take notice of the positives.
My daughter was able to:
- recognize when her blood sugars where either high or low
- administer insulin via syringe, insulin pen and eventually the pump
- advocate on her behalf with teachers, peers and congressmen
- find a group of friends with T1D who were just like her and knew what she was going through
- know the effects of different foods and what it does to her blood sugars and how it makes her feel
- develop a soft heart for those with invisible illnesses
- recognize how her personality changed due to high and low blood sugars
- become an honorary nurse...too bad I'm not a licensed nurse...but then I have a terrible bedside manner! :)
- advocate for others who are unable to advocated for diabetes with school, peers and congressmen
- find D Moms and D Dads who understand why my hair is crazier looking (more than normal) and I have bags under my eyes
- S.W.A.G. like a BOSS!!!
- develop a soft heart for others with invisible diseases
