T1D Resources?

 

Why yes we have resources!

     When I was diagnosed at the age of 16 it was incredibly hard for me. I was considered past the age to have Type 1 because it is known as Juvenile Diabetes for a reason. Finding a support group, T1 camp, or educational classes not designed for nine year olds and under was non-existent in my area. Not even the hospital and doctors could help me much education wise. I learned it on my own mainly. It wasn't until two years ago that I started really searching for some support groups.
     Mom, wife, full-time employee....I always put myself last and being a diabetic I cannot do that! I found on facebook a Women's T1 Support group. It is amazing! It feels good to have a place with women and feel at home to talk about the struggles. I also follow two blogs. Below I will post some blogs for anyone to check out!

Please support and encourage the T1 in your life- we didn't ask for this!

Texting My Pancreas:
     http://www.textingmypancreas.com/

Type Casted Diabetes:
     https://typecasteddiabetes.wordpress.com/

Ninjabetic:
     http://www.ninjabetic.com/

Diabetes Sisters:
     https://diabetessisters.org/blogs/type-1-diabetes

The Princess and The Pump:
     http://www.theprincessandthepump.com/

I am a Type 1 Diabetic:
     http://iamatype1diabetic.com/

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There are a handful of things that are incredibly important to me:

God

my son & husband

Archery

Type 1 Diabetes Awareness- specifically promoting the month of November

     Like all things in our lives we live in shame and hiding of our weaknesses. Until God shows us that no matter what our weaknesses are He loves us and He will use that weakness to reach others!
I am proud to be a diabetic because you know what? It is HARD! Like those who have/had cancer this is a hard disease to live with every minute of every day for the rest of my life. To date there is no cure for T1. The shame I felt when I was diagnosed with this disease and not sharing with people was because people don't understand.
     How can I expect them to understand though? Until I was diagnosed and went through the classes I didn't know what it truly was about. November is diabetes awareness month, not to purposely put us on a pedestal, but because people are not informed! It's just like our faith- people are not informed! Sometimes we expect them to understand Christ and walk into faith with open arms, but how can they when they don't know about it!
     Just imagine if we had a Christ Awareness Week? How many lives would be transformed? Like D.A.R.E. week at our elementary schools we spend all five days teaching them about drugs and alcohol so they are informed to make the right decision... Are we informing the world about how to make the right decision?
     No one knows whom or how anybody gets T1. Could be genetic- not proven. I am the only person in my family out of five generations to get T1, and because I have it I watch my son everyday to see if one day he will have it.
   
     This month I am going Blue for T1! I will be posting in my blog this month other posts from bloggers who are T1 or are supporting Type 1 Awareness.

Check yourself

     The past two weeks I have been going through my facebook and pinterest pages. I am growing in my relationship with God, and things I used to do or say don't reflect me accurately today. Some days my language still catches me off guard. I do work at a company of truck drivers and we are human.
     The message Sunday got me thinking. I have recently been called out as living a lie because I don't share or like things on facebook that I would have before "becoming a church person." Becoming a Christian is not about "loosing yourself" or "becoming something you're not." I feel like that I am more "me" now than I ever have been in my life. I don't live with fear of the world disapproving of me. I have been accused of the cliché that I have changed since becoming a Christian....truth. You cannot become a follower of Christ without changing=impossible! The cliché is that these people think I have totally changed from me...
     I know myself better, I trust my "gut"/Holy Spirit, my faith is stronger, and I have let go of hurt and anger. Does that really make me a horrible person now? Just because I am not posting/liking/pinning vulgar/sexual things does not mean I am not me. If I had a daughter I would not  want her to post such things so why should I?
    I encourage you to go through the pages you've like on facebook and the things you've pinned on pinterest... Is that what you want to represent of yourself? I can be a Christian and cosplay- I did not take my cosplay board down.
  
     I am not forcing my way of life on anyone. I just want respected. I am not adding on things to follow Christ. I am peeling away the layers of the world that I had to add over time to exist here. That is not who I want to be.