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I’ve been pretty absent recently dealing with a big chunk of burnout. Not diabetes burnout, but caregiver burnout. While I really have to do very little for mom, there are a lot of things that roll into the caregiver picture, at least for me. Always “on” – the monitors are always on. I’m always listening, [...] And it’s not from a lack of trying, the word simply doesn’t exist. Maybe there’s been no need for it, a word to describe a concept that is imbedded in societies around the world. Maybe it simply hasn’t risen to the level where society will take notice. Except, I believe, it has. Let’s look at [...] I have body image issues. My rather large gut shames me almost everyday. It dictates how I dress, what I eat, makes me want to stay in and isolate myself so not to feel embarrassed. After going through therapy for depression, I seem to have found another layer of issues that need addressing. It greatly [...] Diaversary, a word I had never heard of before finding the diabetic online community (DOC), is similar to an anniversary or birthday except the “celebrated” date is your date of diagnosis. Some do actually celebrate another year of co-existing with diabetes. Personally, I used to just view it as another day of being cursed. I [...] |
      
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