Diabetis

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I get so frustrated that most reports are on Type 2 diabetes!
As a Type 1 diabetic, this is an effort to raise awareness and a reminder that there is NO CURE!
 
It's not yellow or pink. It's notsexy or cute t-shirts. It's not signs of support posted all over town. Diabetes is waking up every morning! ...
 
...It's SURVIVING EVERY Day and EVERY Night!
 
...It's waking up at 3 a.m. in acold sweat, wondering how you're gonna peel yourself outta bed to correct your dangerously low blood sugar.
 
...It's finally making it to the kitchen to correct your "low" only to eat everything inyour path, your hands shaking so badly you can barely hold the spoonful of peanut butter!
 
...It's sitting on the bench outside the Picture Studio at Walmart, in a cold sweat, eating a bag ofM&M's you swipped off the candy asile, in an effort to correct your "low".
 
...It's perscription drugs and the smell of insulin filled syringes.
 
...It's six to eight finger pricks a day and sorefinger tips. 
 
...It's infections and fear of the common cold.
 
...It's not being able to feel the grass between your toes for fear of stepping on something that may cut your feet!
 
...It'snot healing quickly.
 
...It's loosing or gaining weight overnight depending on your blood sugar level.
 
...It's trips to the ER and time spent in the ICU.
 
...It's carb counting and mealplanning.
 
...It's trying to explain to your two small children that you can't make their snack right now b/c your blood sugar is so high that you can barely function.
 
...It's having a "cottonmouth" and not being able to get enough to drink.
 
...It's not being able to muster the strength to nudge your spouse during the middle of the night to ask for help when suffering a night time "low".
 ...It's having to miss work b/c your blood sugar is so high you can't breath or even move.
 
...It's something that effects your mood, emotions and behavior.
 
...It's anger and frustration....
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