Home
You can view the current or previous issues of Diabetes Health online, in their entirety, anytime you want.
Click Here To View
See if you qualify for our free healthcare professional magazines. Click here to start your application for Pre-Diabetes Health, Diabetes Health Pharmacist and Diabetes Health Professional.
Latest Diabetes Health Magazine Articles
Popular Diabetes Health Magazine Articles
Highly Recommended Diabetes Health Magazine Articles
Email to a Friend
Send a link to this page to your friends and colleagues.
Seize the Day, But Don’t Forget About Tomorrow
Meagan Esler
I was recently talking with my mom about my retirement plan: to be specific, about my worrisome lack of preparation for retirement. She consoled me by saying that I am still young and have a lot of time left to plan and save. It was then that I had a moment of total panic, as I realized that this is true only if my body continues to work. What if I develop complications from my type 1 diabetes?
Diabetes does that to you. It scares you and makes you ask yourself tough questions. Questions like: Why didn’t I take better care of myself after my diagnosis 18 years ago? The adult in me answers, “Because I was 18 years old, that’s why.” Kids don’t always make the smartest choices as they enter adulthood. Throw an unruly chronic and life-threatening illness into the mix, and things just aren’t going to go perfectly smoothly. Most kids that age are feeling invincible. They don’t worry about what might happen 20 years into the future. I sure didn’t: I was out seizing the day.
Now, though, I find myself worrying about that day long ago when I passed out for some unexplained reason. What exactly happened in my brain that day? I worry about all those years when I barely tested my blood sugars. Thankfully, I woke up one day and decided to change. I hope and pray that it wasn’t too late.
Now I’m old enough to know better, but that doesn’t mean I want to stop living life to the fullest, even with diabetes. I’m still young enough to want to have some fun and not let diabetes totally rule my days. Still, fun requires balance, and I need to keep my eyes on the prize: the years of good health I have left. I come away with the determination that I’ll do the best I can to have as many of those years as possible.
I can’t give up. I can’t worry relentlessly about all the “what if’s” that push into my mind. I’m going to do my best to live a long and healthy life despite my colossal screw-ups when I was younger.
In life you never know what’s just around the corner. Seize the day, but take the time to test those blood sugars, because tomorrow just might be even more amazing, and you’ll want to be there to find out.
Categories: Blood Sugar, Diabetes, Diabetes Health, Diabetes Health Magazine, Diabetic, Healthy Lifestyle, Parenting
You May Also Be Interested In...
-
Diabetes Health
Diabetes Health is the essential resource for people living with diabetes- both newly diagnosed and experienced as well as the professionals who care for them. We provide balanced expert news and information on living healthfully with diabetes. Each issue includes cutting-edge editorial coverage of new products, research, treatment options, and meaningful lifestyle issues.
-
Topics
- Diabetic / Diabetes Health
- Type 1 / 1.5 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Blood Glucose / Sugar
- High/Low Blood Sugar / Fast Acting Glucose
- Insulin- Pumps, Pens & Syringes
- Continuous Glucose Monitors, CGM, Infusion Sets
- Type 2 Medications
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypoglycemia
Comments
Add your comments about this article below. You can add comments as a registered user or anonymously. If you choose to post anonymously your comments will be sent to our moderator for approval before they appear on this page. If you choose to post as a registered user your comments will appear instantly.
When voicing your views via the comment feature, please respect the Diabetes Health community by refraining from comments that could be considered offensive to other people. Diabetes Health reserves the right to remove comments when necessary to maintain the cordial voice of the diabetes community.
For your privacy and protection, we ask that you do not include personal details such as address or telephone number in any comments posted.
Don't have your Diabetes Health Username? Register now and add your comments to all our content.
Register...
Register your Diabetes Health Username here.
Have Your Say...