Find out what Diabetes Blog Week is all about. Check out the topics for each day’s posts, and even see a list of this year’s participants. Thank you, Karen!
The question I’m answering today? What aspects of diabetes do I choose to keep private from the internet?
My friend Bennet says that your diabetes may vary, and I agree 100%. With that in mind, I work very hard to keep clear of personal dosing, ratios, factors, rates, calculations, or any other sort of things that sometimes work for me, but might be dangerous for other people.
I am blessed to know a lot of people living with diabetes, and I’ve seen that we all manage in very different ways. It’s amazing, really. And sometimes it sheds some light on why we might collectively drive the endocrine society crazy.
But it’s also really beautiful, and I’m really beginning to appreciate that.
Thank you, Bennet, for giving us all such an easy way to describe such a very difficult idea.
This is part of Diabetes Blog Week, where a standard set of prompts encourages a ton of really great blog posts from around the community. Here’s today’s prompt: “Many of us share lots of aspects of our diabetes lives online for the world to see. What are some of the aspects of diabetes that you choose to keep private from the internet? Or from your family and friends? Why is it important to keep it to yourself? (This is not an attempt to get you out of your comfort zone. There is no need to elaborate or tell personal stories related to these aspects. Simply let us know what kinds of stories we will never hear you tell, and why you won’t tell them.) (Thank you Scott E of Rolling in the D for this topic.)”
