It is here...NOVEMBER
A very important and really, truly a FUN time within the diabetes community and the DOC.
This is our chance to TRY to help people understand the truth about type 1 diabetes.
It's a very positive time.
It's a time when everyone comes together and you don't feel so alone and misunderstood.
Cara loves NOVEMBER not only because it is her birthday month but she loves diabetes month and so does the rest of our Clan. They have a wonderful time helping people understand diabetes. They love going BLUE. They love being involved in the diabetes community because it makes them feel like they are helping Cara in a round about way and I love watching that interaction take place.
BUT this NOVEMBER it is taking it's toll on me already, it's not because of November but the reality of this damn disease.
I'm having trouble with the fact that there is no cure for type 1 diabetes, I'm having trouble with the fact that my daughter must be hooked up to a tiny machine that infuses insulin into her body to keep her alive, I'm having trouble that in the middle of the night I stand completely still and pause before checking Cara's blood sugar to make sure her chest is still rising. I'm having trouble with the fact that NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES we say type 1 diabetes is not caused by eating too much sugar, that people with type 1 diabetes will not grow out of this horrible disease, that diabetes is a very serious and life treating disease, that YES Cara can eat that people will still not get it and all the misleading and false statements will follow my daughter and all others with T1D for their whole lives. I'm having trouble with the fact that as hard as I try she will not have a "normal" life. There will be fights, there will be losses, there will be breakdowns and there will be pain. I'm having trouble that most people that are not affected by type 1 diabetes will not give a damn.
I fell like I'm continuously preaching to the choir.
I'm kinda stuck in a BLUE negative mood and I need to break free or everyone in my family is going to miss out on all the FUN.
And there is A LOT going on this month...
Here is something that made me smile today "MEET MEG" and help her give type 1 diabetes the finger. Thank you "Meg" and JDRF because giving type 1 diabetes the finger is what I love to do the most.
Please take a little time to surf the web, read the blogs and get involved for diabetes awareness month.
And don't worry about me, I will turn this frown upside down for this NOVEMBER
9 comments:
I'm sorry you're blue --
Always remember ---
I love you!
SW Forever!
I just found your blog .. through another blog in the DOC. I feel the same way as you! Hoping we both get out of this funk soon!
I'm sorry you're blue, Wendy.
The way I look at it, though: I DO have a normal life.
Even without D, there'd always be fights and losses and struggles and everything. But the D in my life has made me stronger, it's taught me how to fight for what's needed, and it has brought an incredibly life-changing community of friends together.
That helps me get through some of those blue days, when the reality continues that there is not yet a cure.
Here's sending some good vibes your way, for November and just life in general.
Ok.. and WHY I said Wendy in that last one... WHO KNOWS. Sorry, Nicole! My bad. A casualty of the ever-expanding DOC that brings so many great people together!
I think picking the color blue for WDD wasn't an accident. I have my blue days, heck...my blue months too. One day at a time, it will pass and one day you'll wake up ready to fight, and fight hard! Hugs!
Ahhh the blue funk! No worries, a few days and it will be gone. Come and join the party where everyone understands, everyone wants a cure and we all get it. Maybe there will be confetti. Confetti always makes me happy :0)
that video is so funny...thanks for sharing it, I'm feeling a bit blue about this whole going blue bit, too...but darn it I am going to get through, right?! It's going to be awesome...it will it will :)
We all have blue days. We have been living this road for a number of years and I see that my focus changes a bit. You learn to pick your fights and to educate those who will listen and work with those who can't be bothered. Take heart in the fact that times have changed a LOT in the past 11+years and they will continue to change a lot for your daughter. A pump is a constant reminder of an illness but it also offers them a life that they would not have had 30 years ago. (((hugs)))
Oh Nic! Let me help you turn that frown around. :( <----> :) Love you girl!
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