to decide I don't need to check my blood sugar,
to "unlike" a diabetes page or group on Facebook,
to scroll past the diabetes related posts and tweets.
to "unlike" a diabetes page or group on Facebook,
to scroll past the diabetes related posts and tweets.
And it only takes a minute,
to decide I don't need my insulin for that dinner,
to forget to change my site, even when it's on its fourth or fifth day,
to forget to refill my many prescriptions I need to survive.
to forget to change my site, even when it's on its fourth or fifth day,
to forget to refill my many prescriptions I need to survive.
And it only takes five minutes,
to convince my family and friends that diabetes is still under control,
to convince myself that yeah, it's okay to eat more without insulin,
to let rude comments about diabetes slide, even thought I should have been advocating and informing.
to convince myself that yeah, it's okay to eat more without insulin,
to let rude comments about diabetes slide, even thought I should have been advocating and informing.
It only takes an hour,
to waste my time doing something else instead of connecting with the DOC,
to do homework instead of write blog posts,
to talk to my family about anything other than diabetes and sickness.
But it also only takes seconds, minutes, and hours to make changes, to improve, to heal, once again.
I think I can, I think I can.
to waste my time doing something else instead of connecting with the DOC,
to do homework instead of write blog posts,
to talk to my family about anything other than diabetes and sickness.
But it also only takes seconds, minutes, and hours to make changes, to improve, to heal, once again.
I think I can, I think I can.
I can understand and relate to so much of this. There's one part I don't agree with though, and that is "should have been advocating and informing. "
ReplyDeleteAdvocating, to me, is a choice - not an obligation. It's all about your current state-of-mind. You may choose to be on the "receiving" end rather than the "giving" end...or both...or neither.
That said, this is very poetic, and I like how it ends.I think you can, too.
Hi-- just catching up. Being the best you can be is a form of advocacy in itself. The DOC will be here for you, whenever you're ready, with no judgements... only happiness that you're back. You don't have to worry about that.
ReplyDeleteHope everything else is great!