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June_C

June_C

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Is there anyone else out there who longs for bedtime? I wish my evenings away so that I can slide under the duvet and forget about diabetes. Feeling a bit bogged down at the moment, although I'm managing my BG levels well.
 
Tomorrows another day June, amazing what a good nights rest can do.

Me, I'm always ready for my bed :)
 
Thank you for that cheery note. I have a smile on my face now.
 
Yes I do too. But that in itself is wonderful because I used not to be able to sleep and I used to dread bedtime. I also spent a while being in too much pain to sleep so the fact that I now look forward to it is a real plus. :)
 
I love my bed, not because I need to forget about diabetes, but because it is warm, cosy and comfy. I always look forward to bedtime.

Its easy to get bogged down with information and trying to control this disease. We just have to learn how to control it and not let it control us.
 
I treat every second of the late evening like a precious resource.
I'm off upstairs in... 3 mins, having left it as late as possible.
Then I will time turning the light out to the minute.

And all because when I go to bed, I have to sleep, and that means today will be over, and another day will start...

Work day mornings are not so great, but evenings and weekends... It's like trying to catch water in your fingers. Wonderful, slippery, elusive. :happy:
 
There is a theory I remember reading about it once ...the links we have with our bed ...eg the begining of life ...often starts in bed ,.....etc
We are deeply connected to our beds it can be said ...sorry no links all from memory ....

When I go to bed it is as late as possible ...then I love to read ...
In the mornings it's the radio on and a cosy time just relaxing , I sort of love my bed more in the mornings ....I have to make myself get up ...
I love my sofa during the evening though , with my blanket ...wonder if there is a connection ...
 
June_C said:
Is there anyone else out there who longs for bedtime? I wish my evenings away so that I can slide under the duvet and forget about diabetes. Feeling a bit bogged down at the moment, although I'm managing my BG levels well.
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Sorry you are feeling bogged down, bed is cosy you can escape, but watching a nice film in bed is also a good feel good factor ;)
 
Hello and welcome June.
I like my bed when I am tired,but not to get away from diabetes,because we cant get away from it ,but we can control it and thats good as there is a lot of illness we cant control.
I was in bed for 7 weeks three years ago with legionears picked up on holiday.I couldnt wait to get out of that bed and learn to walk again.
I now value each day.
but I think we all have down days,hope things get better for you.
 
Patricia21 said:
Hello and welcome June.
I like my bed when I am tired,but not to get away from diabetes,because we cant get away from it ,but we can control it and thats good as there is a lot of illness we cant control.
I was in bed for 7 weeks three years ago with legionears picked up on holiday.I couldnt wait to get out of that bed and learn to walk again.
I now value each day.
but I think we all have down days,hope things get better for you.
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I appreciate we can't get away from it, but at least sleep gives me respite from getting my head round the fact that I have diabetes. I was only diagnosed 4 months ago.
 
June stick with the forum,there is lots of help and support.
Now I have got my BS levels down,I dont realy give it much thought,It is a shock at first I know,I have been diagnosed for a year now,and realy feel fine.
A lot of people on the forum have had it for years.
We all help each other.
 
Patricia21 said:
June stick with the forum,there is lots of help and support.
Now I have got my BS levels down,I dont realy give it much thought,It is a shock at first I know,I have been diagnosed for a year now,and realy feel fine.
A lot of people on the forum have had it for years.
We all help each other.
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Don't worry, I have every intention of staying here. I have learned a lot and it's very comforting to know there are thousands of us. After all we don't go around with 'Diabetic' stencilled on our foreheads, so I've probably met a lot of people who are diabetic, but I didn't know it.
As I'm a widow, live on my own and don't want to burden my children too much, I find the forum very helpful. There's always someone out there who'll listen, give help and advice and be generally supportive. I try to take the view that someone has thrown a hurdle in my path and it's up to me to get over it. I'm doing my best and I intend to manage the condition as well as I possibly can. I've succeeded in getting my BS levels within the normal range, but mentally trying to accept that an Insulin pen is keeping me alive is hard to handle. Perhaps there are other people like me or maybe I'm an oddity ;)
 
June_C said:
Don't worry, I have every intention of staying here. I have learned a lot and it's very comforting to know there are thousands of us. After all we don't go around with 'Diabetic' stencilled on our foreheads, so I've probably met a lot of people who are diabetic, but I didn't know it.
As I'm a widow, live on my own and don't want to burden my children too much, I find the forum very helpful. There's always someone out there who'll listen, give help and advice and be generally supportive. I try to take the view that someone has thrown a hurdle in my path and it's up to me to get over it. I'm doing my best and I intend to manage the condition as well as I possibly can. I've succeeded in getting my BS levels within the normal range, but mentally trying to accept that an Insulin pen is keeping me alive is hard to handle. Perhaps there are other people like me or maybe I'm an oddity ;)
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You are not alone june , when I first joined here ,i was a bit obsessed with all the health threads reading and reading now two years later I enjoy the social threads and fun threads ...a great diversion ...meeting great people and often having a great laugh ...keeps us going ...
 
Kat100 said:
You are not alone june , when I first joined here ,i was a bit obsessed with all the health threads reading and reading now two years later I enjoy the social threads and fun threads ...a great diversion ...meeting great people and often having a great laugh ...keeps us going ...
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Thank you. I feel as though I've acquired a whole new family :)
 
I like to wring as much as I can out of every day even if I'm sat on my bum ...I spend loads of time on here learning things and no longer feel isolated like I did the early days of being diagnosed less than 3 months ago. But especially in this winter I can't deny there's nothing better than snuggling into a warm bed:) I'm 2 stones down through low-carbing and look forward to getting up and putting new clothes on in smaller sizes - so some good has come out of this wretched condition !
 
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