I realized yesterday that blogging is tiring. Do I have to keep blogging for the rest of my life? What if I don’t have anything to say? It seems unlikely, but it could happen. What if I just don’t feel like writing one time (or more)?
Then I realized that this is exactly how people feel about diabetes. It doesn’t end. We just have to keep managing it every day for the rest of our lives. How tiring is that? I will admit that I really don’t think about that very often. When I forced myself to think about it, I had to wonder if I don’t think about it because diabetes is a way of life for me, because I’m a freak of nature, or because I don’t LET myself think about it.
Maybe it’s a combination of the three.
Recently I blogged about what I would do with a diabetes-free day. I was thinking about that again today, and how not having to plan for diabetes while traveling or being active really would be nice. Another thing that happened today is that I cleaned the house. I find it extremely annoying when I’m on a roll, cleaning away and then my blood glucose is 49 and I lose all that energy and motivation. So being able to clean without going low would also be nice. Yes, I realize that, in effect, I just wished to trade diabetes for cleaning, but oh well.
I’m curious – what are you the most tired of, when it comes to diabetes?