Did you wake up and and check your blood sugar today? I did. As well as 246 million people worldwide.
How in the world can you not feel the desperate need for a cure for this disease that affects so many of us? This epidemic has 246 million people dealing with the daily injections, blood sugar tests, doctor appointments, carb counting and everything that comes along with this wretched disease. I feel their pain (literally) when it comes to just the constant nagging voice in the back of your mind saying things to themselves like “I wonder what my blood sugars are” or “why am I so thirsty?” It’s exhausting.
The weird thing about it is, that this nagging voice doesn’t just speak to people in English. It also nags diabetic children and adults in French, Italian, Japanese and Spanish just to name a few. It may be a different language, but the feelings are still the same. Whether it be that your insides feel like they are caving in because of a low blood sugar or your skin is crawling because of a high blood sugar. It is all the same and it is a universal feeling.
Today is World Diabetes Day and blue is the representative color, hence the reason the text of this post is all in blue. Sorry, the hyperlinks don’t stand out for you, but they are still underlined and still highly encouraged that you click on them to find out more. So whether it is a dollar, euro, peso or yen…donate it to our cause and help us find a cure for this disease that much faster.
hi,
My name is Elsa and I have a son with type 1 diabetes. he is 3 and a half years old. In his case I can add another language, baby language. He doesnt talk yet and it is extremely difficult to know what his blood sugar levels are. I therefor test him about 6 – 8 times a day. I definitely agree that with all the medical break throughs, it’s amazing that they havnt come up with a cure for type 1 diabetes! We are fortunate that he is on an insulin pump and this definitely helps a lot!
Good luck with your daily struggles with this awful disease!
you can check out my blog at diabeteschat.wordpress.com
Comment by diabeteschat — November 17, 2008 @ 7:30 am
Thanks Elsa! I never thought about the language being in “baby talk”. I feel for you and your son. I think you are an amazing Mom for taking such good care of him. Thanks for your link to your blog, I will check it out and add it to my feed reader.
Comment by Jessica Hickok — November 17, 2008 @ 8:35 am
hi elsa,
sorry to hear about your son. i had a friend who suffer a diabetes level 1 and he can live until now at the age of 20 by insulin pump two or three times a day. so i think your son can survive as he does.
Comment by diabetes sufferer — April 25, 2009 @ 10:35 pm