I’ve been through several years of diabetic burnout now. I’ve getting better, but I’m still missing some finger sticks – last night was a good example – why finger stick, I know my blood sugar is too high, I don’t really want to correct as I’m away from home, only have Dulce to help me, and I don’t want to go low in the night.
Lots of those scripts go through my head.
Sometimes I just get really busy. I’m going through a normal teaching day and I’m too lazy to pull the meter out of my bag.
Sometimes I forget to put the meter in my bag.
Sometimes I forget to put extra test strips in my bag and run out.
But the real reason really has to do with a lot of denial, a lot of depression, and a lot of resignation.
BEING DIABETIC isn’t fun. In fact, it can be painful, it can be awkward and it just isn’t a fun lifestyle at all.
Training and traveling with Dulce is helping me get a handle on it, but I’m not perfect.
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