The Nicest Thing - 30 Health Posts in 30 Days

I'm a pretty independent person.  I don't usually tell people when my blood sugar levels are high or when they are low.  I pretty much just deal with it, because a lot of the time, they can't tell anyway.  After getting diabetes, my parents let me take care of when I tested my blood sugar or how much I ate and how much insulin I took.  My mom even forced me to take on the responsibilities of dealing with making my doctors appointments, prescriptions and insurance issues...this was probably a good thing seeing as though as soon as I got kicked off my parents insurance, I could deal with my own insurance and new doctors like a pro!  But sometimes you do need a little help...One Christmas my family went up to Tahoe for a family getaway.  The evening after we got there, I went to check my blood sugar and my tester was no where to be found.  PANIC.  The rest of my family was either watching a movie or playing a game and I went around asking if anyone had seen my tester.  Everyone mumbled a no and went back to what they were doing except for my sister, Jennifer.  She got up and helped me look for it until we found it.  I'm not sure exactly why I remember this incident so clearly, probably because I was so grateful for someone to help me in my time of need and panic.  Granted this was the same sister who offered to give me a shot of insulin in my butt the first week I was diagnosed..I still haven't taken her up on that...

I feel like most diabetics like to do things for themselves, but when this situation came up and I wanted some help, help came, even if it was as small as helping me find my blood tester.

P.S.  This is also the only biological sister that does not have diabetes...we're not sure exactly how she lucked out and was the one out of three to not get it!  She sometimes gets jealous and wants to test her blood sugar whenever she's around her diabetic sisters...we indulge her on that one :)

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