The other day somebody was talking to me about my blog and I mentioned that it’s a blog about how I live normally with diabetes. They then asked me, what does that mean? What does living normally with diabetes mean? Well, I had never been asked that question before, but I thought about it and here is my answer. This is how I live normally with type 1 diabetes.
I’ve spoken about my life before diabetes on here a few times, but it’s 99.9% about my life now, which obviously includes being a diabetic. When I was diagnosed 6 years ago, I knew my life would change, but I wasn’t sure how, and I didn’t know how much. Living normally with diabetes means to me that I live a normal life, just like anybody else, except that I have diabetes. This means that I have some additional things that I must do. For instance, I go to the gym, well try to, just like anybody else, except I must test my blood sugar before, during, and after. I go out to dinner just like anybody else, except I pull out my insulin pump, count my carbs, and intake some insulin.
Insulin pumps, testing strips, blood glucose meters, IV preps, lancets, lancing devices, reservoirs, infusion sets, this is normal to me. Therefore, I’m living a normal life with diabetes.