Today’s Assignment: Ten things I hate about you, Diabetes – Thursday 5/12: Having a positive attitude is important . . . but let’s face it, diabetes isn’t all sunshine and roses (or glitter and unicorns, for that matter). So today let’s vent by listing ten things about diabetes that we hate. Make them funny, make them sarcastic, make them serious, make them anything you want them to be!!
- Interruptions – I hate when I have to stop what I’m doing to deal with a diabetes related issue.
- Messing up plans – Life is busy. When I have a day where I can go play basketball, only to have my bloodsugar not cooperate, it really frustrates me.
- Lost time – Sometimes I feel so dang tired that I can’t do anything. There is also the time lost waiting for low blood sugars to come up, or high blood sugars to come down.
- Cost – Living well with diabetes is expensive.
- Unpredictability – Even when I do things exactly the same from day to day, diabetes doesn’t respond the same from day to day.
- Seeing people I care about hurting, physically and/or mentally
- Having to be so damn prepared for everything – my mind is always calculating “what if” scenarios. Always.
- Food – diabetes has made food become something different than just food.
- Counting, figuring, factoring – I can’t remember three digit numbers (like a parking space) because my head is overflowing with random diabetes related numbers.
- Stuff that hurts – pokes, blood, stuff sticking into me, wires and cables hanging off me. So unnatural.
On one hand, it was hard to come up with ten items. But on the other hand, I feel like I could go on forever listing things I don’t like about diabetes.
I found this article by searching for “I hate being diabetic”. I hate feeling different, having to go to the doctor’s office ( I hate medical settings in general), being a needle cushion, having to eat regularly even if I’m not hungry at all and just want to skip a meal now and then, not being able to just get a sugary goodness whenever I want, watching new drinks and treats coming out and not being able to try as many as I would like to, injecting insulin in public (I usually try to get over with it in the… Read more »
Hey Scott,
Have you checked our version? We asked 82 people what they hate about diabetes and we got some great answers, not sure if you got our share but here it is http://www.thediabetescouncil.com/what-do-you-hate-most-about-diabetes/
Bridget
I also found your list when I typed “I hate diabetes” into the google search bar. My son has had T1D for six years. I nodded at every point on your list. Thank you, it was therapeutic. We try to keep a very positive attitude about diabetes, but sometimes acknowledging reality is important too. 🙁
low blood sugars make me fat!
Well as a 17 years old patient I totally catch you on there, but it’s almost like I don’t really suffer from it anymore, just once in a while I play with the thought I’m actually diabetes and yes.. it so does take mental force to freaking get over these things. Sue hit the nail on it’s head, people that think they know stuff about diabetes even though they don’t… although, some of them don’t have bad intentions, it still pisses me off at times. However, not Diabetes is a main cause of misery to my life, I’ve learned to… Read more »