Living with Diabetes

A key thing I have learned in the past decade of living with the awesomeness of Diabetes is the need for balance. My life was surely not balanced, and not in perfect balance right now. I learnt to Balance: My food intake My physical movements My mental stress My anxious thoughts My sleep My reading I still need to learn to Balance: My friendships My relationships My INSULIN ...... My learning

I used to love playing ping pong as I was growing up. I loved a rally where the ball was bounding between the two sides for a long rally. These days I see myself being the little ball that is being bounced around between a stressed out life and a relaxed one. I can see my diabetes as the table and my life as the ball. I keep getting pushed from the life being stressed emotionally not able to control myself, depressed, in the dark, manipulating, fighting all on one side. And the other side is a nice happy person who can take anything that comes his way and is confident and reliable. The amount of sugar in my bloodstream sure messes up the way I respond to emotions. I recently learnt that feelings are just our ways to adjust to needs that are not fulfilled. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense. But it just is so hard to remember it when your brain and body are in a high sugar moment :-) So my dear readers, what do you do when your sugars have their highs and your emo...