Thursday, May 21, 2015

Take This Diabetes and Shove It

An Ad, to Be Placed on Freecycle or the Giveaway Section of Craigslist

Free to a Good [or Bad] Home - Type 1 Diabetes (Philadelphia or Anywhere)

The beta cells in my pancreas quit working after 8 short years. My immune system attacked them, and instead of going back to doing their f**king job, they decided to just sit and panhandle around the Islets of Langerhans, like that's some kind of vacation for them. I've tried to give diabetes a chance for 25 years, but you know what? I'm done.

Surely there is some soul out there who would like to adopt my diabetes and give it a good home. Or maybe you know an unsuspecting Men's Rights Activist right-wing homophobic politician asshat that you want to teach a lesson. Either way, please come to this address [Hannah's House or Place of Employment] and help yourself.

Type 1 Diabetes has been a challenge to love. Most recently, an insulin pump site of mine got pulled off in the middle of the night, so I woke up around 6:30am with a raging "HI" staring deep into my soul from my glucose meter. Through gritted teeth I said, "Hello yourself" to the screen and injected a buttload of Novolog as I replaced my infusion set, drank two giant cups of water and went back to sleep, nauseous. A few hours later, at work, that buttload of Novolog kicked in all at once, so while my blood glucose clocked in at 200, my body was trying to tell me I was a solid 65 with shakiness and a case of the woozies.

Diabetes is sometimes a gentle nuisance, and other times it makes me want to cry, scream, and throw things across the room. That's not a terribly healthy behavior, so obvious my Diabetes would do much better if it were rehomed.

Please stop by this weekend. Type 1 Diabetes can be yours for the exclusive price of FREE-NINETY-NINE! I will even throw in all the fancy gadgets and tropical fruit punch glucose tabs!

I can also just leave it on the curb. Come grab it, as I only have this one case of Type 1 Diabetes to give away. If you're also interested, I will set out some plantar fasciitis, macular edema (right eye only), and arthritis of the lower back, also free.

It's a whole new kind of summer fun!

2 comments:

  1. The best thing anyone can do is find a healthy diet you know you can stick to and combine it with a good exercise regime.

    These are two prime ways to fight/prevent/and maybe even cure Diabetes once you begin to incorporate them properly. I was diagnosed one year ago but I've been off Metformin and Insulin for months through this method – all naturally.

    The beauty about realizing this is that you can completely take your diabetes condition into your own hands, and there are so many resources to help you realize what you have to do to in order to beat the chronic disease. I have written about one of my favorite "beating diabetes" guides here: http://hastenedevolution.com/big-diabetes-lie-review

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  2. Wow. what an idiot. ;) I hope you don't get that alot!!
    Fun ad, though. Keep laughing...it's the best medicine. [it too might cure diabetes! haha. jk] We all get tired of it. Need to break out and find something to do besides think about it. Hope you're feeling better soon.
    Beth

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