I am feeling particularly inspired this week by one of my favorite blogs/web projects, PostSecret. If you've never read PostSecret before, it's basically a communal art project where people decorate one side of a postcard and send it, anonymously, to a PO Box in Maryland.
Seriously, go click the link and see the kinds of secrets people are sending in. I am impressed each week by the things that we all keep private. Some of the things are hilarious, some heartbreaking, some completely mundane. I find the phenomenon of anonymous secrets to be fascinating, and most likely therapeutic. I generally see a little of myself in each weekly post somewhere or other.
So today I got an idea.
Many of us blog several times a week, and it seems like everything about our lives with diabetes is out there for all to see. But there are a ton of anonymous lurkers out there, or readers who never give their real names. I think we all have secrets about our lives with diabetes that we never share.
I think it's a good week to put them out in the open. So here is my challenge to you, readers.
Share your diabetes secrets with everyone. Put an anonymous comment on this post. I will not publish the comments, but rather I will screen them, and then display them all in a bigger post on Friday. No names will be attached. Just a list of diabetes secrets. And please, for brevity's sake, try to limit it to two sentences at the most.
I hope this is a good experiment. Remember, be anonymous. On Friday, the secrets will go out to the world.
Got something you can't tell anyone else about your diabetes or diabetes in general? I hope we'll hear it here.
I sometimes think I make a bigger deal about my diabetes then I should.
ReplyDeleteWhile I pity them, I'm really annoyed when parents of kids with diabetes worry that their kids will never find a partner in life. Then your kids will end up blaming their terrible love lives on diabetes, even if that's not the cause! Great job, Mom & Dad!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I'm a very healthy person with diabetes, I feel certain that my disease will somehow cause me to die before my husband. This secret feeling fills me with guilt because of the heartbreak I will eventually cause the love of my life.
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ReplyDeleteFirst, let me say I LOVE LOVE LOVE your blog. In fact, you have inspired me to start my own from a link you listed (I think it was you!) to cgmscentral.com Please take a look and, if you like it, link me! The blog is called "The battle begins", my user name iamdiabetes. As far as my secret, it is that I feel as if my life is more difficult than anyone elses. Living with diabetes affects every second of every minute of every day..no breaks. I have a secret list of things in m y head that would be worse than diabetes, which include paraplegic,quadraplegic,/brain cancer/cystic fibrosis/muscular dystrophy/ALS/ (Of course, some of these are age dependant. If I got them in my late 60s, I may trade them for a life without diabetes!) Wow, the list is longer than I thought! Maybe I am not so bad off!
I have used diabetes as an excuse to get out of classes and tests that were too hard for me.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes use ice-skating rules when giving my blood sugar range: I kick out the highest and the lowest numbers to make thing seem a little more in control.
ReplyDeletei was diagnosed as a young adult, and have had a hard time telling people about my diabetes from the beginning - most people who know me (even good friends) do not know that i have diabetes...i wish i felt more proud, and less 'ashamed' to talk about my diabetes.
ReplyDeleteI am really afraid that my ex may take better care of my daughter's D then I do...and it breaks my heart for some weird reason!
ReplyDelete(even though she is in great health and has the perfect A1C for her age! - I just think I am weird!)
I can not stand when other Type 1's complain about taking "huge" amounts of insulin, when compared to others insulin usage it isn't even significant. It makes a person who requires a lot of insulin to manage their Diabetes feel like they are doing something terribly wrong.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid that, even after working so hard to control this disease, that it will take me while I sleep.
ReplyDeletei know what i need to do, so where the heck is my motivation to do it?
ReplyDeleteSometimes, I think taking care of my diabetes might not be "worth it." The fact that even people in excellent control get complications infuriates me - and gives me a perfect excuse when I want to do something I KNOW will cause a spike or a dip in bloodsugar. I'm ashamed of that.
ReplyDeletesometimes i skip shots or take less insulin to lose weight... i know i am killing myself, but i can't help it.
ReplyDeleteI resent it when family and close friends say to me, "I wish I knew more about diabetes, but I hardly know anything!" These are the people who are supposed to be my support system. LEARN SOMETHING. But I just tell them,"It's OK, you're not the one with diabetes."
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