Our charity partner, Diabetes Research Institute, sent us this blog post that they found. We thought it was important to share, to show just how hard it is living with diabetes and why we are so tired of it!
This is from Sara Knicks’ blog on Diabetes Daily:
This has been one of the hardest posts for me to write, and I have been writing it and deleting it for a few days now because I can’t figure out what I want to say.
Basically it comes down to this:
I am tired of diabetes. I am tired of writing about it. I am tired of reading about it. I am tired of answering questions. I am tired of carb counting. I am tired of changing my pump sites. I am tired of refilling my insulin pump. I am tired of knowing that the routine I am so tired of will never change.
I don’t want anyone to think that I am not taking care of myself. I am. I might not be checking my blood sugar 8-12 times a day like I used to - but I am still checking. I am taking my insulin with every meal. I am doing the bottom line tasks that are required of me. I almost feel like I should tell you my averages (I actually wrote them here and deleted them), but the numbers really don’t matter. And I know my family who reads this will freak out, but I wanted to be honest with everyone, let you know how I am feeling and why I have been so absent.
I don’t know what this means. I don’t know what I will write next. I don’t know when I will write next. I just know I am so tired of this.
You can help put an end to diabetes by purchasing the I’m Tired of Diabetes bracelets. We give half of every bracelet you buy to Diabetes Research Institute. Together, we can cure diabetes!
