Another diabetic like me
I came across a comment this morning from someone who has a medical alert tattoo and after reading his About on his blog I can relate to his story. I use to live a life just like he did. My college days were just like his, almost to a T. I had the juice up, drink up mentality.
This paragraph rang true to me:
As I reached to college, it was time for me to live life on my own. This is something that I didn’t give a second thought to and moved on to college just like any other 18 year old kid did. The one thing that did change was my attention to my Diabetes. While at home, I had a structured routine and my mother and father to make sure that I tested my blood before each meal and at bed, but once I college arrived, that all flew out the window. I would rarely, if ever, test my blood. I would give myself my insulin before each meal and at bedtime but I would actually base the amount of insulin on what I was eating and how I felt. If I was eating a bunch of food like pasta or pizza (which were 2 of my favorites) I would give myself more insulin. If I was having a smaller meal, I would give myself less. There was absolutely no accuracy or method to my madness. While this was not a good way of managing my Diabetes, I made it through my college and post college days without every falling into a Diabetic episode. This was 100% luck because if I were to do that today, I would not be here to write this.
This is how I used to live. I assume thousands of college students live in the same way. I guess these are the years to live like this. If I was only more educated at the time…
I am now using this blog and the Internet to better myself.
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Thanks for the shout out. I am sure thatmany of us can all relate. It’s also good to see that many of us are also getting wiser with age. Glad to have found your blog. Keep up the good work.