I missed our 2 month anniversary (which was 4/22)
Eh, not a day I really want to remember over and over anyway! However, looking at it differently - we have survived 2 months! 2 months? It feels like a lifetime. It feels like 2 years some days. I'm starting to feel like an old hat "Oh, you want shrimp, ok, if you take the breading off like normal, it's about 2-3 carbs" (Allowing for leftover breading on them). "Oh, you want a PBJ? 26 for the bread, 3 for the jelly, 5ish for the PB". Then other days he eats a donut and ends up sky high. The doctors and nurses said we'd get it. We'd just become carb counting experts and 'know' it. I laughed - remember MORE numbers? Ha! But they were right. It did come, we did realize what to do and how to do it and when to panic and when to relax. Now, if only I could find the missing medic alert necklace I'd be feeling better!
Switching gears...here's some facts about Type 1 Diabetes:
It is NOT caused by what you eat.
It is NOT preventable.
It IS autoimmune - your body attacks itself for a reason that is unknown.
Insulin is NOT a cure - it's a treatment until a cure can be found.
Please think twice before 1) asking if a diabetic can eat something and 2) saying that your sugary treat is going to cause you diabetes. I've only been confronted by these a few times, and normally it's not hateful. But really, don't think that witholding that cupcake from your kid is going to prevent diabetes. Heck- Ollie ate a cake ball earlier today!
