• Home
  • My Story
  • Blog
  • Contact Information
The Diabetic Cyclist

Diabetes Family Dinner

7/30/2013

0 Comments

 
Picture
Growing up I never had a diabetes family.  I didn't have a diabetes friend or know anyone with diabetes.  If I ever had questions I would go to my parents or my doctor, they did a great job of answering my questions but I always wished I had a diabetes buddy. 

Today I have large number of diabetes friends that I can ask any question I can think of.  I'm very lucky that two of the best diabetics I know live within five miles.  I have written about John and Charlie in past posts, but these two guys are my diabetes brothers.  We will talk on almost a daily basis but we will try to go out for dinner once every other month.  The dinners are great ways for us to check in on one another.  It's amazing how all of us have almost perfect blood sugars at our dinners, a bad blood sugar happens but being guys we will give the person with the highest blood sugar a tough time.  It may sound harsh but that is our way of making sure that we are doing what we should, none of us will come out and say "How are your blood sugars in the morning and what do you eat if your blood sugar is high?"  A comment like that will probably get you picked on for the rest of the night.  We do however have our own ways of checking in, a comment like "I hate eating a bagel in the morning it (swear word) up my blood sugar"  Adding a bad word makes that comment acceptable (guys are weird)  We will then each throw out something that works for us to solve the problem at hand.  At the end of the day it doesn't matter how you ask for help as long as you ask, things will be ok.

My diabetes brothers and our dinners work for us.  A dinner may not work for everyone but I do encourage everyone to try and have a couple of close friends that live with diabetes.  If you don't have one or don't have anyone to answer a question feel free to ask me anything.  I'm always looking for more members to join my diabetes family.  The bigger the diabetes family the better things will be.

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011

    RSS Feed

    Follow The Diabetic Cyclist on Facebook!!!! 

    http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000646483719
 All diabetics are not textbook cases