This might be controversial but I don’t care. I have to let this out somehow.
I know some of us are more easily managed than others, but this disease is considered a disability for a reason. It’s disabling. It hinders my ability to do things and sometimes keeps me from doing them altogether because it either wouldn’t be worth it due to the blood sugar problems it would cause me or I am physically unable to do it at all any more. We have to live our lives differently than other people and it does limit us sometimes.
I’m actually getting really tired of everyone acting like diabetes makes you just like everybody else except you take insulin, because it’s not true for most of us, especially those of us with hormonal influences or imbalances that interfere with it even further. God forbid you have any other cooccurring illnesses on top of the diabetes, that can make it even worse.
No, I don’t want to be ostracized because I’m chronically ill, but I also don’t want people who don’t understand the challenges and ramifications of this disease thinking that I can do anything I want and throw caution to the wind but choose not to, or for them to think that I’m overreacting or something. Plus it makes me feel like I have to push through whatever diabetes is throwing at me to do whatever thing I wanted to do, which then makes it feel like I’m giving up if I stop/can’t do the thing and have to take care of myself.
I’m not trying to be a downer or anything but this specifically is really starting to wear me down.
This might be controversial but I don’t care. I have to let this out somehow. I know some of us are more easily managed than others, but this disease is considered a disability for a reason. It’s disabling. It hinders my ability to do things and sometimes keeps me from doing them altogether because it either wouldn’t be worth it due to the blood sugar problems it would cause me or I am physically unable to do it at all any more. We have to live our lives differently than other people and it does limit us sometimes.I’m actually getting really tired of everyone acting like diabetes makes you just like everybody else except you take insulin, because it’s not true for most of us, especially those of us with hormonal influences or imbalances that interfere with it even further. God forbid you have any other cooccurring illnesses on top of the diabetes, that can make it even worse. No, I don’t want to be ostracized because I’m chronically ill, but I also don’t want people who don’t understand the challenges and ramifications of this disease thinking that I can do anything I want and throw caution to the wind but choose not to, or for them to think that I’m overreacting or something. Plus it makes me feel like I have to push through whatever diabetes is throwing at me to do whatever thing I wanted to do, which then makes it feel like I’m giving up if I stop/can’t do the thing and have to take care of myself.I’m not trying to be a downer or anything but this specifically is really starting to wear me down. https://ift.tt/q8QhDNI https://ift.tt/BnlQiZt
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