Happy Independence Day, my American friends. One day I hope those of us living with and loving someone with Diabetes can celebrate our own Independence Day. Imagine…
- Freedom from having to test your blood sugar multiple times per day.
- Freedom from worrying about the carbs in your meal and feeling guilty if you go over your recommended threshold.
- Freedom from injections or wearing an insulin pump.
- Freedom from bruises on your belly, arms, butt…
- Freedom from being nervous to exercise.
- Freedom to wear a dress without having to figure out where to put your pump.
- Freedom from the “Can you eat that?”, “My uncle had diabetes and his foot fell off” comments.
- Freedom from having to go over a company’s medical benefits with a fine tooth comb before accepting an offer.
- Freedom from having to budget your monthly medical costs.
- Freedom from 900 million doctors appointments every year.
- Freedom from having to plan your pregnancy years before you want to actually get pregnant.
- Freedom from wearing gadgets and robot parts.
- Freedom from these robot parts beeping and vibrating at the most inopportune times.
- Freedom from turning down or not initiating intimacy because you feel sick.
- Freedom from second guessing your decisions regarding your meal choices, insulin dosage, activity level…
- Freedom from guilt when your blood sugar is higher than you’d like.
- Freedom from having to lug around all the diabetes crap everywhere you go.
- Freedom from smelling like band aids.
- Freedom from wondering if every tummy ache or head ache is related to your blood sugar.
- Freedom from pump tubing getting caught on doorknobs.
- Freedom from that “I feel sorry for you” look when someone finds out you have diabetes.
- Freedom from glucose tablets.
- Freedom from having to pack half a suitcase of diabetes supplies for a weekend trip.
- Freedom from middle of the night low blood sugars that leave you feeling the “low hangover” the following day.
- Freedom from having to take a moment to treat a low.
- Freedom from your medical alert bracelet getting in your way.
Here’s to our hopeful future freedom! Happy Independence Day!
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Beautifully written.
Amen.
Wouldn’t it be nice?!
I can’t even imagine freedom like that – but I hope we all have it some day!!