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Kel: What's It Actually Similar To Accept Diabetes?

I received an electronic mail from a rattling practiced friend concluding calendar week that was one judgement inwards length in addition to fully loaded at the same time.
Her question: Kel - What's it actually similar to convey diabetes?
And when I clicked "Reply,"my current of consciousness responded earlier I did.
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 Dear L:
Good question, here's your answer.

 Living with diabetes is never ending, because diabetes is ever in that place -  fifty-fifty when I'm non thinking nearly it.
Diabetes is amongst me at work; at home, when I'm amongst my describe of piece of occupation solid unit of measurement in addition to friends,traveling on a plane, on the beach, during a spa twenty-four sixty minutes menstruum or when I'm out on a date.
Diabetes is my shadow fifty-fifty on the most cloudy of days: My sister, my begetter in addition to my mother's funeral - And stood amongst me equally I gave their eulogies.
Diabetes is my constant companion in addition to diabetes is never the same illness ii days inwards a row.
Diabetes is my conscience in addition to tempter all rolled into one.
Diabetes makes me do things that I don't desire to do, or experience similar doing. 
Annoying things like exam my blood sugars, count my carbs in addition to larn to doctors appointments. But inwards club to larn the upper manus on diabetes - or at to the lowest degree remain on a marking playing field, I DO THEM.
Diabetes makes me intend nearly my mortality; my future, my genetics, my introduce in addition to my by - H5N1 LOT.
There convey been moments when diabetes has made me express joy out loud in addition to in that place convey been enough of times when diabetes has made me cry.
Diabetes has made me both diligent in addition to go-with-the-flow all rolled into ane - in addition to that is a practiced thing.
How? Diabetes has taught me fourth dimension in addition to ane time to a greater extent than that my reaction to diabetes shenanigans (code give-and-take for shit) plays a purpose inwards who gets the concluding express joy amongst said diabetes shenanigans.
Diabetes has made me braver than I ever realized I was... or could ever be. 
Ironically, diabetes requires me to survive both a fighter in addition to a peacemaker - at to the lowest degree when it comes to me, my body and my pancreas.
Diabetes has taught me never to quit in addition to to proceed going fifty-fifty when I intend I can't.
Diabetes has made me utilization my vocalisation in addition to verbalize upwardly - Even if  I was afraid.
And diabetes has given me a community, a passion in addition to a mission in life, in addition to has proven time in addition to ane time to a greater extent than that fifty-fifty amongst the bad, in that place is an amazing sum of practiced to survive constitute inwards this life in addition to inwards myself.
P.S. Ask me the same query tomorrow in addition to there's a 50% direct chances I mightiness convey a unlike answer!
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