Today is the last day of Diabetes Blog Week, the wonderful idea of Karen from Bitter-Sweet Diabetes Blog. Today's topic: Sunday 5/16 - Dream a little dream - life after a cure. To wrap up Diabetes Blog Week, let’s pretend a cure has been found. We are all given a tiny little pill to swallow and *poof* our pancreases are back in working order. No side effects. No more insulin resistance. No more diabetes. Tell us what your life is now like. Or take us through your first day celebrating life without the Big D.
If there was an instant cure... wow. I honestly sat here looking at a blank screen for a bit because I haven't allowed myself to think about a cure too much. We have insulin to treat the problem, and technology to help us do the work of her malfunctioning pancreas... but an actual cure would be a miracle!
I think we'd take her (DD, age 7, Type I) out to eat and let her get ANYTHING she wanted. Seconds and desserts mandatory. She'd love that. And we would not have to scope out the menu ahead of time... we would not have to hide under the table or in the restroom to poke her finger... I wouldn't look like I was doing algebra on a restaurant napkin... we would not have to pack ice packs and insulin and glucose tabs... we would just go and eat and enjoy.
I'd sleep. And sleep. And wake up out of habit for night-time checks, and then go back to sleep some more. And then I would learn how to not wake up every morning praying that she's ok and mentally reviewing the events of the previous night. I'd just tuck the kids in at night, sleep all night, and wake up the next morning like a "normal" family... no middle of the night visits, no force-feeding a dazed child, no blood spotted sheets. Dare I dream?
I'd be doing a lot of praying and thanking God for this miracle cure, too. And until this dream cure happens, I'll keep being an advocate for Juvenile Diabetes... and you can, too!
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If there was an instant cure... wow. I honestly sat here looking at a blank screen for a bit because I haven't allowed myself to think about a cure too much. We have insulin to treat the problem, and technology to help us do the work of her malfunctioning pancreas... but an actual cure would be a miracle!
I think we'd take her (DD, age 7, Type I) out to eat and let her get ANYTHING she wanted. Seconds and desserts mandatory. She'd love that. And we would not have to scope out the menu ahead of time... we would not have to hide under the table or in the restroom to poke her finger... I wouldn't look like I was doing algebra on a restaurant napkin... we would not have to pack ice packs and insulin and glucose tabs... we would just go and eat and enjoy.
I'd sleep. And sleep. And wake up out of habit for night-time checks, and then go back to sleep some more. And then I would learn how to not wake up every morning praying that she's ok and mentally reviewing the events of the previous night. I'd just tuck the kids in at night, sleep all night, and wake up the next morning like a "normal" family... no middle of the night visits, no force-feeding a dazed child, no blood spotted sheets. Dare I dream?
I'd be doing a lot of praying and thanking God for this miracle cure, too. And until this dream cure happens, I'll keep being an advocate for Juvenile Diabetes... and you can, too!
This post may contain sponsored reviews or affiliate links. You can read my policy here. I always provide my honest opinions. 
You brought up something in this post that I hadn't thought about- I wonder how long it would take to shake all the habits of living with diabetes, or being a parent of a child with diabetes. Those habits are so ingrained!
ReplyDeleteYou brought up something in this post that I hadn't thought about- I wonder how long it would take to shake all the habits of living with diabetes, or being a parent of a child with diabetes. Those habits are so ingrained!
ReplyDeleteOh hon, I do hope and pray and hope some more that a cure really is in the making. Indeed it would transform ALL our lives ;) And I would love your DD to be able to experience such normal 'kid stuff'. Such a small thing to ask for.
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