Write a letter to your diabetes!

[ShyGirl]

[))Denise((]

You've been through a lot recently Shy Girl so I'm sending you some )))hugs(((, it won't make your diabetes better but I feel for you.

[GraceK]

Dear Pancreas, Liver and Diabetes Type 2 ...

We've only recently really got to know each other after living together for many years without even noticing each other. I wish I'd discovered you sooner because if I had I'd have been eating better, enjoying my food a lot more and my quality of life would have been much better too. This 'late onset' thing is a myth. You and I both know that we don't discover each other overnight, it's the diagnosis that is 'late in coming' is what the medicals really mean and it's also the pancreas and liver which need the help so I'm writing to them too. Pancreas and Liver, I'm sorry you're having a hard time supplying the insulin I need to deal with my carbs, and I hope you recover soon when you've had a good rest which the Metformin is allowing.

I'd love a fully functioning pancreas and liver that can handle carbs without a problem so that the goodness from the food I eat and the drinks I drink actually makes its way into my organs and muscles and every fibre of my body where they're needed. It's no fun walking around in an energy starved body. I'm sure if my pancreas managed to take a rest and heal itself, we'd be quite happy to wave each other goodbye. I know you don't mean me any harm, in fact, you're doing your best to let me know what to eat under the circumstances.

Also, I hope the pancreas and liver of my children and grandchildren are and stay in, excellent working order for their whole lives but I'm still encouraging them to watch their carb intake and how their bodies are behaving and to check their blood glucose regularly, just in case. So thank you for alertin me in time to pass that information on to them. That means a lot to me.

[borofergie]

Dear Pancreas, Liver, and the rest of my body,

Quit this diabetes nosense or I'll make you do another half-marathon.

Love and kisses

Stephen

[xyzzy]

Dear Diabetes

GIVE IN YET?

[borofergie]

Dear Diabetes

GIVE IN YET?

Dear Xyzzy's diabetes,

Don't quit so easily. A couple of packs of Chocolate Hobnobs and he'll be done for.

Love and Kisses

Borofergie

[Pneu]

Dear Diabetes

GIVE IN YET?

Dear Xyzzy's diabetes,

Don't quit so easily. A couple of packs of Chocolate Hobnobs and he'll be done for.

Love and Kisses

Borofergie

I just spat my coffee all over my screen... His diabetes has actually been a help for myself! It's nice to have someone in the family that is sort of experiencing the same thing and now is as understanding of the subject.

[xyzzy]

Dear Diabetes

GIVE IN YET?

Dear Xyzzy's diabetes,

Don't quit so easily. A couple of packs of Chocolate Hobnobs and he'll be done for.

Love and Kisses

Borofergie

I just spat my coffee all over my screen... His diabetes has actually been a help for myself! It's nice to have someone in the family that is sort of experiencing the same thing and now is as understanding of the subject.

Yes just noticed you gave a T1 version of my basic T2 advice on another thread or is it that I give a T2 version of your T1 advice?

Whatever, they both work!

[cavs]

Dear Affliction,

You have always been a challenge but still, even with PSC, Colitis and a couple of other auto immune conditions I am kickng your ass.
After a year of nothing but steriods, anti-biotics and other sugar spiralling drugs I come back with a HbA1c of 7.6!
Suck that Type 1!!!

You'll never beat me but you'll always be a part of me!
X

[anna29]

Dear my diabete's ...
How I sometimes 'wish' that I could put you in my handbag thus seperating you from
me and your mischief to keep springing suprises on me.
You are sometimes soooo unpredictable and just do your own thing without rhyme or
reason !!!
Despite my own best efforts to work with you and get along well with you.
When I think I have you sussed - I am flummoxed even more to find that I haven't
With you in my handbag 'detatched' from me - I would have the chance to get a break/rest/holiday
from you...
Never going to "happen" this I know - but I can wish eh ...
I have you on board now for the rest of my life and have to accept this is how it will 'always be'
Cant we walk,talk,share together without the mysteries of the how? why? things change with you....
All I can work with is the foods I eat,stress,illness,antibiotics,flu/cortisol injections,dental treatment
or an bug,virus or infection brewing as a possible reason(s).
My meter tells me what is happening, as you remain ever silent , this is the hardest thing with you
your "silence" I know you're there but never know what you are up to...
You can worry and stress me at times - I wish you didnt - but you do !!!
You are a major part of me now and we have each day to share .
So lets just walk in one set of footprints and trust we can get it right together. x
Anna.