It’s been another long period in-between my blog posts, but man, it’s been worth it, ha. As some of you may know, Amanda and I recently got a new puppy last weekend. A 9 week old Cavalier King Charles that we named Ruby. You can see her cute self below. This dog has kept me busy like no other over the last week and a half. The first few days it was just non-stop following her around the house. She was just peeing and pooping everywhere and chewing anything and everything she can get her hands on. After a while she has calmed down, plays by herself for periods of time, and has managed to go pee and poop on the pads in the area that we have designated. It was a huge change to our normal lives. Learning a lot of new things about dogs, our patience, and took ourselves to the extreme of wondering if this was something that we can handle.
Then it got me thinking. Re-read that last paragraph and change the subject of it from a 9 week old puppy to diabetes. It was a shock and a complete change up of how I knew and lived life. I did not choose diabetes however, like we chose the dog, (well, after we saw it, we didn’t really have a choice, I mean, could you have said no to this face). 
But, it really did make me think about learning about diabetes and adapting my life to be able to manage diabetes and control it. The second night we had Ruby, she would not sleep at all and Amanda and I had to go to work the next day. I remember telling Amanda, “if I can get through a diabetes diagnosis, I can get through handling a new puppy.” And so far, so good. It has been getting better and getting easier, but as soon as you let your guard down for a second, she makes you pay for it, but chewing on wood…. or how diabetes hits ya with a 400+ blood sugar.
I continue to see and think about comparisons between the new dog and my diagnosis of diabetes. Which leads me to ask you, was there something in your life that happened that you can compare to your diabetes diagnosis? I think this would be interesting to hear.
Please comment and share because, well, isn’t that what the DOC is all about?
Very interesting and great post, Chris. The only thing that comes to my mind immediately is when I witnessed our cat being very thirsty and urinating frequently, and I thought she was a Sugar Cat… kept going through comparisons in my mind, and it freaked me out! Turned out to not be the case and was something else, but still brought that sense of uncertain comparison that you spoke of. Anyhow, love the new pups and hope it all balances out before long!
I didn’t know where you were going to go with this when I saw the title, but I certainly see what you mean! Such a cutie.
Chris, I just stumbled across your article and it made me smile! I’m a T1 diabetic and I’ve been wanting a Cav King Charles as a companion for years! Unfortunately, I’m not at a point in my life where I have time to care for a dog, so this will have to wait.
P.S. I’m a big Hello Kitty AND leopard-print fan, so your picture is especially endearing to me! 😉