If you have been reading my blog frequently over the last 3-4 years or have spoken to me in person, then you will know that I speak frequently about “living normal with diabetes.” What does “normal” mean? I don’t know, but on the opposite end, what does not normal mean? Normal to me is the average. So, the average person does not have to worry about diabetes. So, when I say that I live normal with diabetes this is what I mean.
If I want to eat a piece of cheesecake, I will. It’s still normal because I just hit a few buttons on my “pager” and next thing ya know my body is receiving insulin just like a normal person. Now that I wear a Dexcom CGM, it makes me feel even more normal, but I had to check my blood sugar multiple times a day. That may seem un-normal, which is fair to say. But, I only did that in order to maintain my normalcy.
I exercise like a normal person. I eat like a normal person. I have ups and downs like a normal person. I do everything that a normal person does. I just have a few additional things that I have to do. Because of this, I get upset and happy over “normal people” things. I don’t get upset about diabetes. I get upset about my Philadelphia Eagles having a horrible season, like a normal person would (although some would say my state of depression from a 4-8 season is not normal).
There is one main thing that does not make me normal. And that is the fact that I have 1,000 friends that I’ve never met before. I have the DOC, and normal people can’t say that!