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Anyone ever want a day off or break from their diabetes ?

anna29

anna29

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The hardest thing I have found with my own diabetes regime and routine .
Is it is impossible to have a day off or a break from it .

It is with us 24/7 never allows us a holiday or vacation from it !
Its the little things - like cant go out for the day without my handbag
or car full of kit , meter etc .
Making gap or stop in the day to test/check my BG levels .
Do my insulin shots and tweak things around when ill , other things impact etc
Watch all eat and plan/shop meals ahead .

Can still recall the sense of freedom I used to have .

How do you adapt with a sense of frustration or weariness from it all ?
Am interested to hear about .
 
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Yes and I haven't been diagnosed for that long I think it is just dawning on me that Diabetes is for live not just for Christmas.

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anna29 said:
The hardest thing I have found with my own diabetes regime and routine .
Is it is impossible to have a day off or a break from it .

It is with us 24/7 never allows us a holiday or vacation from it !
Its the little things - like cant go out for the day without my handbag
or car full of kit , meter etc .
Making gap or stop in the day to test/check my BG levels .
Do my insulin shots and tweak things around when ill , other things impact etc
Watch all eat and plan/shop meals ahead .

Can still recall the sense of freedom I used to have .

How do you adapt with a sense of frustration or weariness from it all ?
Am interested to hear about .
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anna, couldn't you of used another word other than break :eek::p I'm going off to find one.........................

RRB :)
 
With other ailments and conditions we can get told take it easy or
take a break from it all etc
Forget things and take time out etc

Diabetes ? No chance .
Its there 24/7 doing its own 'thing' isn't it ?

Often wish science could work out a switch the insulin
supply circuit back on again magic cure for all types of diabetic persons .

solution
 
Robinredbreast said:
anna, couldn't you of used another word other than break :eek::p I'm going off to find one.........................

RRB :)
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Ha ha - know what you mean :oops:
You have certainly had more than your fair share of breaks eh :wacky:
(broke your arm recently)
 
anna29 said:
Ha ha - know what you mean :oops:
You have certainly had more than your fair share of breaks eh :wacky:
(broke your arm recently)
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Seriously though, I was thinking today about the Christmas period, when non diabetics can just pick at the Roses and Quality street, eat as many as they like, open the Pringles, have a drink (or a few)o_O no testing, no injections, or hypo's or hypers, just one day off from the madness of diabetes would be a wonderful Christmas present.
Might ask Santa next year, as I think I've left it too late now :oops: :p

RRB
 
i will struggle over christmas with not being able to eat all the nice goodies:arghh:
 
Few diabetics 'do' actually have a couple of days off .
Xmas Day and Boxing Day going hyper ranges easily .
Understandable as only human and wish to have a treat etc.

We did have a discussion on this yonks ago .
It will be in pile of old posts/threads .
Will have a rummage and see if can find it .
 
I do find Christmas difficult - all those special foods advertised and in shops - desserts to die for (sadly literally in diabetes case - brave but warped attempt at humour :) ).Specialty coffees and hot chocolate - while i attempt to substitute with fruit infused unsweeted tea and low fat greek yoghurt with blueberries or raspberries - very nice just as it is 345 days a year ha!ha! Actually i cope well most of the time! Once in a while i think to h**l with it i pick up choc chip muffin - but my conscience makes me put it back again (untouched by human hand i hasten to add )! Yes, that's me, recovering chocoholic :)
 
ExChocoholic said:
I do find Christmas difficult - all those special foods advertised and in shops - desserts to die for (sadly literally in diabetes case - brave but warped attempt at humour :) ).Specialty coffees and hot chocolate - while i attempt to substitute with fruit infused unsweeted tea and low fat greek yoghurt with blueberries or raspberries - very nice just as it is 345 days a year ha!ha! Actually i cope well most of the time! Once in a while i think to h**l with it i pick up choc chip muffin - but my conscience makes me put it back again (untouched by human hand i hasten to add )! Yes, that's me, recovering chocoholic :)
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Well done you ..
It isn't always easy to do either .

Totally get where you are coming from .
We get it all pushed in our faces at xmas time .
Even on TV adverts every night .
 
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I'd merrily pack my diabetes away in a package wrapped in brown paper and string ( I sound like Julie Andrews) and stick it under the Christmas tree so I could have a few glasses of wine without risking hypos and have a few mindless nibbley things without working out the carb value and deciding whether I need to bolus for them or not.

The thought of having to consider everything I eat just puts me off bothering with snacks or chocolates, I always think "is it really worth the insulin" and the majority of the time the answer is a definite no. I bet I'd still be carb counting in my head on a day off after all the years I've had it !
 
Flowerpot said:
I'd merrily pack my diabetes away in a package wrapped in brown paper and string ( I sound like Julie Andrews) and stick it under the Christmas tree so I could have a few glasses of wine without risking hypos and have a few mindless nibbley things without working out the carb value and deciding whether I need to bolus for them or not.

The thought of having to consider everything I eat just puts me off bothering with snacks or chocolates, I always think "is it really worth the insulin" and the majority of the time the answer is a definite no. I bet I'd still be carb counting in my head on a day off after all the years I've had it !
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A bit like a marriage, that's it, you've had enough :mad: with a possible trial separation ? :rolleyes:

RRB
 
Make a rule to never let diabetes get me down, but the idea of a day off sounds great.................if only :(
 
Robinredbreast said:
That's what day dreaming if for.................. :)
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I do think the day is fast approaching where we will get more than one day off, the research into stem cell therapy is gathering momentum and the outlook looks promising:)
 
noblehead said:
I do think the day is fast approaching where we will get more than one day off, the research into stem cell therapy is gathering momentum and the outlook looks promising:)
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Always hopeful noblehead. Wouldn't it be great if we woke up on Christmas morning, and there in our stocking, was the cure that would end all diabetes :joyful: :happy:
 
Robinredbreast said:
Always hopeful noblehead. Wouldn't it be great if we woke up on Christmas morning, and there in our stocking, was the cure that would end all diabetes :joyful: :happy:
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It would be the best present ever, when you've had the condition for a long time you do forget what life was like before.
 
I think everyone deserves a day off sometimes just to have a little treat but probably more difficult for T1's Hopefully we will all have a day off on Christmas Day
 
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