wow!!! you said it!!!
[quote user="Paul Glantzman"]
1. You get pulled over by a police officer and have to explain the syringes on the floor of your car.
2. All your relatives and friends ask you to test their blood sugars.
5. You tell your friends you're lucky because diabetes has taught you to eat healthier.
6. You purposely overdose on insulin so you have an excuse for eating that hot fudge sundae.
7. You can blame the extra 10 or 20 pounds on your diabetes.
11. You try cramming for your next A1c by laying off your favorite foods and testing 20 times a day for a week.
12. You know how to to successfully fake all the symptoms of hypoglycemia when you want to
get out of something you don't want to do or have someone feel real sorry for you.
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i like these!!!
7: love this one!!!!
11: im guilty of doing that. haha.
You know you're a diabetic when you test your blood sugar in the presence of a family member or friend, and then when they ask you "how is it?"..., you lie. Or, this variation: When they ask you "how high is it?" you reply with some vague answer like "It's... high," or "It's on the high side," or "It's pretty high."
definently giulty of number 11 for sure!!!
Way back when, as in, right when those newfangled meters came out with the memory...
you know you are a diabetic when you figure out how to hack into your BG meter with an old strip and a meter charger and delete the bad numbers from your file...
you know you are a diabetic when you get really, inexplicably annoyed at the commercials for the meters with the white headed man saying, "You know what this is....................it's your..........life line" OR "now you don't have to PrIK your fingers....any more!!!" Yaaay.
OMG!!!!! I thought I was the only one that did this!!!! I have several meters in my stash. If I know I've been poorly I end up finding an excuse to reschedule my appt.....or I "accidentally" forget my logbook when I go to the doctor. They can tell the numbers aren't good if you'r a1c goes up but some days I just don't have it in me to hear the lecture from the doc when he looks at the logbook. I don't use a logbook anymore though - just download my pump. I struggle with seeing my bg numbers as a measure of self-worth. I know it's totally wrong to think that but when you get to the point where you're doing everything you can and follow all the rules and your bg still aren't good then it's easy to blame yourself - too much of a people pleaser I guess!
Haha! They all apply to me! lol. They are so true. I mean all of them.
You know you're a diabetic when......
you use the pads of your fingertips?! Ow. I use the outside edges, but they still look gnarly.
[quote user="Paul Glantzman"]
You know you're a "professional" Type 1 when...
You have TWO glucose meters: One for your usual testing, results and averages and another identical one (unusally hidden away in a secret drawer) which you use to test when you're pretty sure the result will be "too bad" to show your parents or endocrinologist, and also don't want to ruin you're pump average. Of course, you know that you can't do anything about your A1c, so if you have a lot of these you postpone your endocrinologist appointment for another month and try again :) LOL
[/quote]Ummmm, what does it say when a newby has THREE meters, and two are still sealed in their original packaging? I think our endo can't bear to let us leave the office without a consolation gift :)
Mo
[quote user="Emily Layne"]
- Instead of butter in the butter compartment of your refrigerator, there's insulin
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Where else would you keep insulin if not in the butter compartment?!? So, I'm not the only one? :)
William got really excited when our endo gave him a new color skin for his tester. He now has three colors to choose from :)
Mo
[quote user="Paul Glantzman"]
9. You actually like the Jonas Brothers and think Nick Jonas is God.
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haha that's totally me!
[quote user="FreeHappyHolly"]
If I know I've been poorly I end up finding an excuse to reschedule my appt.....or I "accidentally" forget my logbook when I go to the doctor.
[/quote]Our endo has been around too long. If you show up without your log sheet, you don't see the dr, but you do get charged for the appointment. Something tells me "cheating" with Dr. A is something that just does not happen very often :)
Mo
[quote user="Paul Glantzman"]
9. You actually like the Jonas Brothers and think Nick Jonas is God.
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sooo not true for me. i hate those little buggers. such annoying music. the fact someone has diabetes in no way effects whether i like or dislike them. it just means we have something in common.
[quote user="Monique H"]
[quote user="Paul Glantzman"]
You know you're a "professional" Type 1 when...
You have TWO glucose meters: One for your usual testing, results and averages and another identical one (unusally hidden away in a secret drawer) which you use to test when you're pretty sure the result will be "too bad" to show your parents or endocrinologist, and also don't want to ruin you're pump average. Of course, you know that you can't do anything about your A1c, so if you have a lot of these you postpone your endocrinologist appointment for another month and try again :) LOL
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Ummmm, what does it say when a newby has THREE meters, and two are still sealed in their original packaging? I think our endo can't bear to let us leave the office without a consolation gift :)
Mo
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that's the best! i have four meters. three onetouch ultra smarts and a freestyle. one of the ultrasmarts is at my moms(tho no test strips and unopened), one ultrasmart on me at all times, and the 3rd ultrasmart and the freestyle are at home in my diabetic drawer in my dresser.
they hand them out for free at the store, and that's how we wound up with so many!
[quote user="Paul Glantzman"]
You know you're a diabetic when you test your blood sugar in the presence of a family member or friend, and then when they ask you "how is it"
[/quote]You know you're a diabetic family when:
- After every BS test everyone asks "What's his number?", everyone does high-fives when it's on target, and everyone (including the four-year old) knows what the "target" is.
- The 10-year old knows which foods are "free", and asks how many carbs are being served for dinner.
- You pass off glucose tabs as candy to the neighbor kid who keeps showing up for free meals. (yes, I know I'm evil)
Mo
[quote user="Suzanne"]
...you say you need to "shoot up"... and realize you're in public.
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...or, you tell your 8-year old, "Go shoot up, honey" in the middle of a restaurant.
Mo
Paul, if those are your fingernails, I now have a completely different picture of you as an individual :)
Mo
Om my God! I love all of these! I posted them on my facebook page...how awesome! Thanks for such a funny post!
[quote user="Monique H"]
Paul, if those are your fingernails, I now have a completely different picture of you as an individual :)
Mo
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Even my wife wonders why HER nails don't look like that. Two reasons, I believe:
1. It's from all the Jell-o (gelatin) I eat.
2. I don't bite them!