You Know You Are A Diabetic When…

This post has been inspired by our member Richard157 who started the orginal thread here:

• You get excited about blood test meters/pumps etc and the different functions that they have
• You say that you feel ‘high’ in public and then wonder why people around you give you weird looks
• You think non diet coke tastes completely disgusting
• You notice a friend has been drinking and peeing a lot and you want to test their BG level as you automatically assume they must be an undiagnosed diabetic
• You know what the terms HbA1C, diabetic ketoacidosis, glucagon, basal/bolus, and endocrinologist mean
• You know the amount of carbohydrates in pretty much every food available
• You have a favorite flavor of glucose tablets
• You get annoyed when you are in a bad mood and someone tells you to test your sugar
• You get fed up of explaining to people that you are allowed to eat things with sugar in as long as you eat them in moderation and correctly bolus for them
• Your parents ask how you’re doing and you tell them your blood sugar
• You find test strips in really random places (how do they get everywhere anyway…I’m sure they have legs )
• You think it’s funny seeing the look on people’s faces when you test or inject in public
• you know your diabetic when your 3 yr old takes a medicine syringe and sits on the couch and “pretends” to give himself his insulin cause he has diabetes like mommy..
• you know your diabetic when your kids know that you have to test before every meal and make a “exit” to the bathroom to insulin up!!
• You know your a diabetic when you have to pack up more supplies in your little cooler than there is junk in your purse…
• You know your diabetic when you are “nagging” at your boyfriend/girlfriend and
  they think it is cause your sugar not cause your serious! lol
• When you go to someones house and consider it torture for them to have a candy dish out full of reese’s peanut butter cups and snickers..

Related posts:

1. A Day as a Diabetic

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