Forget about horses

You should know how to check your blood sugar if your CGM fails.You should know how to use an insulin pen if your pump fails.You should know how to use syringes if your insulin pen fails.But you can forget about horses. Backup plans I understand backup plans are a necessary part of living with diabetes. Whether you realize it or not, every time you do something, you think about the worst-case scenario with your diabetes and have a handful of solutions ready. It becomes automatic. Almost subconscious even. If you think about it, it’s a messed up way to live: one part caveman ancestry and one part diabetes survival instincts. I think diabetes bakes this backup planning into our DNA after a while. Diabetes therapy has evolved. The tools, medicines, and thinking I use today are much different than what I started with. Each new thing (usually) improves my management, lessens the burden, or improves my situation. Sure, there is usually a cost. Sometimes it is a financial price to pay. Sometimes it is the risk of side effects. Sometimes it is a layer of complexity to be reckoned with when troubleshooting. So far, I have e...
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