I Can...(Say Yes)

In the UK, there was a diabetes blog theme of "I can...” that participants found wonderfully empowering. So lets kick things off this year by looking at the positive side of our lives with diabetes. What have you or your loved one accomplished, despite having diabetes, that you weren't sure you could? Or what have you done that you've been particularly proud of? Or what good thing has diabetes brought into your life? (Thank you to the anonymous person who submitted this topic suggestion.) (I save things.This is no secret,but if you're looking for obscure insulin pump promo posters from the turn of the century, odds are I have them.) December, 1998. "You can't be in the military." "You can't fly a plane." "You can't be in the FBI or police or anything along those lines." "You can have a child, and odds are that child won't have diabetes!!"(quite frankly,it wasn't really on the radar at the time and the added bit about passing it on made me that much more annoyed/freaked about it.) "You can't eat what you want, when you want...you must eat three meals and two snacks every day." "You can't go barefoot on the beach." "You can't drink anything with sugar in it unless you're low, and you must follow your meal plan." "You can't go without your medical alert." Back in the day, and even still, the switch to an insulin pump was a very big, big thing. Because suddenly all those things that they said you "had" to do, gained a small amount of wiggle room. Suddenly, some people ...
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