Pin cushion??

Not many people know what it's like to be a pin cushion. Me? I know what it's like, I have known what a pin cushion is like since I was 3 1/2. Yep I was dx'ed with type one diabetes than. From day one I have had shot's, finger drawn blood and once a year blood work, oh and don't forget about pump site change every 3 days.

There are day's I wish I just wish I could switch lives with someone for a day! I dislike diabetes and everything that comes with it!! Some days one site change or one shot is just not enough, when your high and can't come down than you need a site change and a shot sometimes. And having both done at the same time makes you feel like you really are a pin cushion.

When I was born, my parents never though their only daughter would be dx'ed with type one diabetes at a young age. They never though that I would just about become a pin cushion. I hate that everyday I have to get checked or think about what I eat or what I am before I eat! Its it fair? No, but it's life and till there is a cure, this is life for diabetics.

Before I was 10 I was getting 3 shots a day, sometimes more. And bring on the shot is feel like your worse than a pin cushion. I used to cry when I had to have a shot. But than again what kid don't cry when they get a shot or sometime. When I was 10 I got the pump which is just about like shot but better. I only have to change it every 3 days and you don't have to get a shot every time I want to eat.

There are some day's when I feel like I want to give up like not do anything any more, no check no shots no nothing but I know if I do that I might not live long and I want to live a long a healthy life!

Hopefully one day there WILL be a cure so no diabetic will ever have to feel like a pin cushion like I do sometimes and I'm sure other diabetics feel the same way.

Till next time
~Jaimie~