#why not the LITERAL diabetic

[theinfinitedivides]

he's an absolute idiot in love but ykw he's her idiot in love so it's fine

#tv: king the land #king the land #lee junho #junho 2pm #im yoona #girls generation yoona #yoona snsd #kdrama #local gay watches KTL (and gets diabetes in the process).txt #local gay watches k-dramas.txt #this post was brought to you by Won's lovesick ass in ep 5 of KTL. she's literally the only thing he's looking at that man is disgusting #bought matching couple outfits and they weren't even dating. jumped off a cliff for her. insane insane insane #Junho how do you play men that are just so thoroughly whipped for women who upend their entire value system and why #does it work so f*cking well #he has no thoughts in his head whenever she's around except her name bouncing around like an old Microsoft screensaver #every cliche in the book they are throwing at me and i am eating that sh*t up like it's a 2016/2017 drama #has the golden age returned? is that what's happening?

[mandalhoerian]

🎀 show what your OC would be like if they never went through that one defining traumatic event they did, and then show what becomes of them after that trauma (basically the un-traumatize your oc trend on tiktok). the picrew. tagging: @lucky-peenut @shadowsofrose @the-resident-vampire @mishwanders @winksasleeplesseye (and everyone who would like to do it!)

1. Raccoon City Outbreak never happened, and Vera remained as a private investigator with a peculiar skillset. This is the “somehow Umbrella disappeared” ending lmao

2. No Time To Die events.

3. Post-NTTD. No comment.

4. bonus: if she remained in turkey and never ended up in america at all — studying engineering in boğaziçi university at 21. She would eventually pass away during the 17 August Earthquake at age 22 before her last year in uni could even start.

#oc: vera kaplan #the nttd one literally has a thousand yard stare omg #she is SO CUTE IN THE LAST ONE THOUGH 😭 completely pastel pink core. so soft #of course i had to doom her #if she wouldnt have died from the earthquake her diabetes would have killed her. 90s healthcare system in turkey sucks ass #so. i guess its back to doomed by the narrative #its quite interesting to think she was saved by what shouldnt have happened to her #maybe thats why she wouldnt be able to live in a normal au #kinda depressing ngl #shai.txt

[pinkcadaver]

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#it's fucjing bullshit that my brother can't get the insulin he needs in time and winds up sick and throwing up and collapsing. #i hate this why are they making it so hard for diabetic people to have what they need to literally live?? im so fuckin tired of this shit

[smilesrobotlover]

Put in the Dexcom by myself this time. It went a lot better than the Libre that’s for sure… and the Dexcom 4

Ok story time. I used to use the old school G4 Dexcom which I HATED. It was uncomfortable, it was loud, and I used this big mp3 player looking thing that vibrated so loud. It hurt my arm whenever I swam and I hated it. I honestly stopped putting it in (well I would always have my mom do it cuz the way you put it in was very intimidating. You pushed down on a giant plunger and the Dexcom would go in). And I moved on to the Libre. The Libre is much smaller and you use your phone to scan it. It doesn’t warn you about your blood sugar, so no alarms, it lasted two weeks, and it gave me serious rashes, but gosh it was soooo much better than the Dexcom. The alarms were unbearable with the Dexcom and it was nice to have a break. But I always had my mom put it in cuz when I did try to put it in myself it was midnight and I was crying 😭😭😭 luckily diabetes camp gave me the courage to do it myself and I never had issues with putting it in since (I believe all type 1 diabetics should go to camp, or even volunteer if you’re too old. It’s truly incredible). I did try out the Libre 2 and 3, and those did have alarms, but you still had to scan it to see your blood sugar which, at that point you might as well not use the Libre cuz it now has alarms and you can’t just see where you’re at. But still, the Libre never gave me issues with movement. Now it did fall off a lot, but a major improvement from the G4 Dexcom.

Now I’m new to the g6 Dexcom but it’s ten billion times better than the G4. Where it was on my arm for some reason hurt for a week tho idk why, but I didn’t work out cuz of it. But I was def scared to put it in myself just cuz it’s new. But luckily putting in the new dexcoms are MUCH better than the G4. Just look at these pictures:

Look at the thing that you use to put it in. It was big. You stuck it on and pushed down on a giant plunger. It was clunky are very scary for little ol me. And then here’s the g6

I use my phone so I don’t have the receiver, but the thing is still a little big, but you just push a button to get it in. Nice and easy and less scary. Plus having a phone instead of the receiver is so much nicer. Plus it’s even an improvement from the libres. You stick the thing on you and THEN you push the button in to insert the needle. Plus the button is super easy. Easier than the Libre I’d say. Tho there will probably be moments when it will jam. I can tell. And just for fun here are the libres:

The Libre 1 and 2 looked the same, but the Libre 2 had alarms while 1 didn’t. It’s hard to see the size but you can look it all up on google if you want to see it compared to a person, but the applicator was much nicer than the g4. You just put in on you and push down. It was more like a giant button than a giant needle. The libres however don’t stick onto you before the needles go in like the dexcoms do. So you can’t stick it on and then push down, you have to have it in the right position before you push down. And here’s the Libre 3 size difference.

Ignore the text and the markings but the Libre three is TINY. Which is nice since it means less rash areas. Very comfy too. For reason I always had the sensors and pumps that gave me rashes lol. But yeah. Idk why I went on a super long tangent about cgms lol. Hope it was educational at least?

#there’s a reason why I’m wanting to be a diabetes educator instead of an illustrator lol #anyways the Dexcom has actually been really nice #especially with the omnipod 5 automated system. the alarms aren’t as often cuz the pump deals with the blood sugars most of the time #it makes it soooo worth it #smiles rambles #needles #just in case #needs are apart of my life unfortunately #I hate it when someone is like ‘oh you’d think you’d get used to it!’ #yeah you’d think #except it’s still intimidating sometimes :(( #sometimes I put the needle in a bad spot and it hurts #so the fear of whether or not I have it in a bad spot is there #but I do have to suck it up anyways tho cuz my life literally depends on it #much nicer than actual needles tho

[jimmy-wilson]

You know. I'm really starting to understand why they guess lupus in every fucking episode bc every single time some weird medical thing pops up i look it up and the cause is always Always Fucking Lupus

#personal #teddy talks #seriously tho its ridiculous #i literally have Symptom Disease #the weirdest thing i figured out is actually fucking mental (which. psychosis is also a symptom bc why tf not?) #but ive had hearing problems since i was a kid. ive also worn glasses for a good decade or so. both of those are because of lupus #and its super commonly misdiagnosed just bc its so vast #it has nearly all the same symptoms as diabetes but no blood sugar problems #also the same symptoms as narcolepsy including seizure activity #and pcos #and schizophrenia #and fibromyalgia #and aids #literally name a big scary disease and ill bet $100 that lupus can present with the same symptoms #this time im mad bc sometimes i get this thing where the roof of my mouth hurts too much to eat. wanna guess why? #also as im typing this im getting the fucking shakes bc....you guessed it! lupus. #thats probably the most and least realistic part of the show #most bc its could literally cause any problem on the face of the fucking earth practically #least bc its never diagnosed like ever. i only have a half hand-wavy 'probably' bc my moms entire side of the family has it or similar #autoimmune stuff and i have the rashes on my face and hands #but like. i camt get treated bc i cant get diagnosed bc it can only be diagnosed by one particular test #thats fucking stupid expensive and comes bqck inconclusive over 70% of the time unless youre dying or over 45 #dont quote me on that stat thats just what my gp said years ago #which i barely remember bc lupus fucks w your memory #also! also. they say theres all these diseases that 'mimic' lupus right like sjorgens and hashimotos and rheumatoid arthritis but like #you know what also can appear as secondary disorders (might i say symptoms) with lupus?? sjorgens and hashimotos and rheumatoid arthritis #every single disease that 'mimics' lupus can also be ACTUAL SYMPTOMS OF LUPUS #theyre not even comorbid at this point theyre straight up symptoms #even other diseases that arent lupus ARE STILL LUPUS #edit: the stat is actually that it reports a whopping 30% chance of a false positive. but its also much more conclusive after 35 y/o

[every-captain]

I also found out I have pretty pretty high cholesterol. This wasn't something my doctor flagged for me just 4 years ago when I last had labs, meaning it's a pretty new issue. That checks out since I've always had good cholesterol.

In good news I'm not even in the ballpark of at risk for diabetes which is the one everyone's worried about for me constantly cuz im fat.

Made an appointment with a psych but I can't get in till May. But once I get my vitamin D under control and get on some kind of mental health pills/assistance and get some energy back it'll be a lot easier to exercise. Until then I'm just gonna focus on eating meat and dairy a little more discerningly and drinking more water cuz my labs came back dehydrated too >_>;

I really wish my doctor had given me some more specific instructions than just "go on a diet and exercise" without even asking me about my diet or activity levels but what can you do. Once you're over 300 pounds you're not really a person to a doctor until you've lost half that.

#diet tw #weight #nice to know I don't really need to worry about sugar #i keep getting tested for diabetes cuz everyone wrings their hands at me about it and its literally never been a concern according to tests #its not in my family which is like 80% of it or some crazy number #high cholesterol is in my family but heart attacks arent really #my mom's side is pretty healthy just riddled with addiction which is why i dont fuck around with substances besides a touch of the maryjane #dont know a lot about my bio fathers side except theyre very mentally ill and also very fat #my mom says i look just like my paternal grandmother but i never met her #kind of scary to only know about one side of family history but what can you do #anyway enough with the rambling i have to be up in like 6 hours...

[bigboymoozz]

Every time o research things to learn abt my brothers new type one diabetes diagnosis I have vivid flashbacks to how he looked when we were loading him into the car to go to the er and I start having a panic attack

#mark says #t1d #t1diabetic #and then i feel guilty bc i need to learn to help as much as i can #but i wanna puke bc my brains telling me hes gonna go into dka and almost die again #and wtf do you do overnight?? do yiu just load up on insulin and hope nothing crazy happens? #why cant he be type two like my grandmas. #like its still diabetes yes but its at least pill controlled (sometimes) #im literally on a t2d medication for my pcos (metformin) and it makes me shit my brains out. my grandma is too. also makes her shit her #brains out #but at least it isnt insulin #chop chop find a cure docs and sciences #hope he can get a pump #did expensive reserch on pancreatic transplant bc before i knew it was dead donors only i was fully abt to #give him half lf mine like a kidney 💀 #but yeah hes in the icu.

[annieisyourfavourite]

non-disabled people (and honestly sometimes people with other disabilities than your own) will truly talk like they don't know what having a Condition means. they'll get mad at a diabetic for having bloodsugars that are abnormal. like bestie that's what being diabetic means. they'll get mad at people with fatigue for not exercising more, or for walking too slowly. tell people with adhd they just need to sit and focus. say "why are you always getting upset?" as if i don't have Getting Upset Frequently disorder. like if i could do All That i wouldn't have a Condition now would i. we have grown up brains i know we can think this one through a little bit

#mine #disabilities #ADHD #diabetes #frustrates the hell out of me #'why do your bloodsugars go up and down?' THAT'S THE CONDITION!!!!! #if my bg was perfect always i literally wouldn't be diabetic #god the ableds can be so fucking stupid #and other disabled ppl tbh!!! #if they don't have ur disability they can and will still pull this shit #cuz there's a lack of understanding for all disabilities #having one doesn't mean u automatically understand all of them

[backhurtyy]

not me getting a post with a diabetes joke on my dash because it’s in a tag i follow,… i’m going to commit crimes

#i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it #why are we still making diabetes jokes in 2023 #how do people still not realize it’s not funny to joke about it when people literally cant access insulin #and die because they have to ration it and end up going too high #but sure just throw out ‘dies from diabetes’ about a cute interaction between characters #you’re sooooooo funny and that’s soooooooo cute #anyways BLOCK

[cumulativechaos]

poorly-managed diabetes rlly is just MAG14: Piecemeal

#tma #mp #starting from the toes it just goes inch by inch amputating necrotic body parts #it literally sounds like a nightmare #ive seen diabetic pts in my clinical rotations who are in this process. got no legs #i’m not making any judgements abt WHY their diabetes is poorly managed that’s not my problem im just treating them #there’s always the empathetic ‘what if i was the one this was happening to’ question tho. and i’d be scared shitless

[xshinormx]

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#personal #honestly what is the goddamn point of endos and endo appointments #every 3 months i ruin my mental and physical health just to prove that my sugar numbers are still wildly unpredictable and uncontrollable #and every 3 months her answer is just 'well you should try taking more insulin and eating less food :)' #in YOUR OWN WORDS i am taking ridiculous amounts of insulin every day and it doesn't work #and if i eat any fewer calories per day I WILL LITERALLY STARVE #(which i know bc that's how i lost 110 pounds and that's why she already had to restrict the dose of my ozempic-like medication) #(and let's not forget that 'losing weight will fix everything' ALSO used to be an answer until i lost that much and it. did. nothing.) #(the one exception is the one time she hit me with 'well maybe you have a tumor.' which i do not. but finding that out was a whole disaster #god i need it to be friday so i can get this appointment over with and once again forget that checking my blood sugar is a thing #idk how this helps other diabetics it just stresses me tf out and makes everything worse

[aqpippin]

i have had some DAYS

#i’ve literally passed out from exhaustion the past 3 days #there is a reason i don’t work full time and it’s bc i’m an asshole after more than four consecutive shifts #ykw i did today ? #ring doctors and argue with doctors #‘why didn’t you tell us he was ketotic??’ MAYBE IF YOU ANSWERED YOUR FUCKIN PHONE #we ended up calling a rapid for this guy bc he was tanking #and we ran a vbg and the doctors are like ‘so he’s in dka’ like ??? he’s kussmaul breathing and his ketones are 4.5 #i could have told you that #IF YOU ANSWERED YOUR FUCKING PHONES #we’re talking oliguric / anuric aki in a type 1 diabetic single transplant kidney patient #PLUS DKA #everyone pray for the kidney he’s gonna need it #((this man is dying but doctors are hard wired to fix everything even if it means death without dignity))

[leaving-fragments]

it makes so much sense for me to get tired when my blood sugar is high but somehow the correlation of sleepiness and high blood sugar only occurred to me like. thirteen years into living with diabetes

#wow #anyway i was at the rock climbing gym just getting more and more tired i was literally yawning every five minutes #so i decided to go home feeling absolutely out of it and kinda fog-brained and exhausted #and then i get home and measure my blood sugar and im like. at 400 mg/dl #which is INSANE i haven't been that high in years almost i'd say #and idk why? i was fine before i left? a little low even? so i had some biscuits because i knew i'd be doing sports? #but even if that was a miscalculation i shouldn't have gone over 250 or something #hm 😐 #anyway the insulin is in me now all i can do is wait and feel utterly drained heh #emma talks #diabetic problems

[shiegra]

There’s so much drama/soap opera bullshit I’m willing to handwave if you give me an excuse but the premise ‘she is so allergic to her own tears, as in saline produced by her own tear ducts, she may die if she comes in contact with them’ makes what science brain i do have full on short circuit

#drama: love is sweet #like - what is in tears other than salt and water? genuinely asking #and also if your own body is producing it and holding it in the ducts why would....I JUST DON'T #like is this supposed to be some version of diabetes where her body makes something weird and then can't process it when coming into #contact via mucous membraces/her eyes... #i know it's just a soap opera plot point but THEN JUST DON'T CALL IT ALLERGIC OKAY #also is her dad literally the same actor from TEOM lol #anyway her bff is adorable and his indignance when she unfriended him was frickin hilarious

[hanalbal]

🤮🤮🤮🤮 my moms doctor put her on keto like it’s giving quack

#she literally doesn’t believe she’s type 1 diabetic like why would she lie about that also do a test dumbass

[metalheadsforblacklivesmatter]

Heat Intolerance

This disability pride month I'd like to talk about heat intolerance. Because honestly although it's not the first health issue that presented symptoms in my life. It was the first time I was like "I don't think my body works right".

And honestly given disability pride month is during one of the hottest months in the year. It seems fitting. Especially because there's a lot of disabilities and medications that cause it.

What is heat intolerance?

Simply speaking it's the inability for the body to regulate it's temperatures especially in hot settings to cool itself down.

Why is awareness important?

Because gaslighting people or worse not providing them a place to cool down just because you "feel fine" is extremely fucking dangerous.

What are the medicines that can cause heat intolerance?

Antihistamines (Allergy medications) . Decongestants (Sudafed or any medication that has the D at the end of it). Stimulants (ADHD medications. Steroids. Caffeine.) Beta-blockers (blood pressure medications). Overactive bladder treatment. Psychiatric medications (including but not limited to medications for depression and anxiety). Pain relievers. Antibiotics.

What medical conditions can cause heat intolerance?

EDS (Elhers-Danlos syndrome). Autism. ADHD. Migraines. Brain/spinal-cord injury. Sensory processing disorder. Chronic fatigue syndrome. Endocrin problems. POTS. Menopause. Hypothyroidism. Diabetes. Heart Disease. Multiple sclerosis. Mental health disorders.

What should I do if I suspect I have heat intolerance?

Reduce time outside during hot months. Keep your electrolytes up. Drink plenty of water. Stay out of the sun whenever possible if outside. Be aware of the symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

Clothes that are best worn for heat intolerance. Loose lightweight breathable fabrics. Natural fibers. Long sleeves that protect from sunburn as sunburns will increase your risk. Light clothes that reflect light. Wide brimmed hats that shade the face and neck.

Cool. So what are those symptoms I'm supposed you be looking for?

Headaches. Excessive fatigue. Mood changes. Muscle cramping or weakness. Nausea/ vomiting. Rapid heartbeat. Excessive sweating or not sweating at all.

When should I do to the doctor?

If you suspect you have heat intolerance you can go to your PCP to discuss what medications you may be on and what you can do about it. Otherwise, please go to the emergency room if you have symptoms of heat stroke.

This is good information and all but why are you making this post?

To raise awareness. Not just for the people that have it but weren't aware of what it was called. But for all of the idiots that tried to gaslight me when I was in school because I was like "I don't think this is normal. Every time we do our mile run outside I vomit all over the place but other kids aren't doing that."

Also because people always blame me for over heating if I wear long sleeves or pants. I always like to take notes from what people in the middle east wear because they literally live in the excessive heat and spend long hours in the excessive heat. Often in clothing that covers most of their body. They've gotta know what they're doing, right?

I have some type of xenophobic comment about why people from the middle east cover up

Shut the fuck up 😊

-fae

#disability pride #disability pride month #disability awareness #heat intolerance