Diabetes Symptoms Weblog

HI MY NAME IS JULIE AND I AM 31 YRS OLD. I HAVE
BEEN INSULIN DEPEN. FOR OVER 6 YRS NOW. I AM IN GREAT
NEED OF SUPPORT, I HAVE NO SELF CONTROL WHEN IT COMES
TO MY DIABETES…I EAT WHAT EVER I WANT WHEN I WANT
IT, I DONT TEST MY BLOOD SUGAR, AND I DONT EXERCISE.
I KNOW THAT IN THE FUTURE I WILL PAY FOR THESE BAD
CHOICES. I HAVE A 6YR OLD SON AND I WANT TO BE HEALTHY SO
THAT I AM HERE FOR HIM YET I HAVE NO SELF CONTROL..AT
ALL. I AM ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THIS AND TELL MY SELF
I NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BUT THEN THE NEXT
DAY COMES AND ITS LIKE I FORGOT ALL ABOUT “STARTING
OVER” I HATE THIS ABOUT MYSELF. AND I DO WANT TO
CHANGE. HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER GONE THROUGH THIS? MY PLAN
NOW IS THAT STARTING SATURDAY I AM GONNA “START OVER”
AGAIN, I PLAN ON GETTING UP AND STARTING THE DAY OFF BY
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Most people have a fixed idea about having to get
a needle. The innoculation needles given during
childhood and the flu shot brings up an scary picture of
having to take needles all the time.<br
strange but when I go for my flu shot<br
idea to some degree. Yet I think nothing of taking 6
needles per day for diabetes.<br
cares……most of the time you will not notice any pain or
discomfort, except for the occational time when you happen to
inject right into the middle of a nerve. That makes you
sit up and pay attention. But that being soooo seldom
it should not get the attention it gets.<br
reason I’m not on the pump is of course the $ 5000. cost
but also because the needles don’t bother me. I’m
told that the only time I will really know the
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