Your Diabestie.

I keep feeling like I’m low when I’m not. I’m getting the cold sweats, dizziness, and shakiness/numbness of a low blood sugar but these symptoms are taking place at a range anywhere from 150 to 300. I have no idea what’s happening since these symptoms have never been caused by high blood sugar for me. Does anyone else experience something similar, and do you know what may be causing this shift in symptoms??

Happy new year! Here's the end of the 1953 EC Comics adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains," first published in Weird Fantasy #17.

it's OKAY if you do nothing all day.

it's OKAY if you contribute nothing to society.

it's OKAY if you are unproductive.

it's OKAY if you don't reach your goals you had for that day.

it's OKAY to rest even though you'd been resting for weeks / months / or even years.

it's OKAY to... just be.

Basic info, she has t1d and OCD, and is in turned homebound for school, she’s very caring and tends to put others above herself, and feels like a burden because of her disability. In a post-apocalyptic world it’s certainly hard to cope and figure out how to keep getting the care she needs. So, whatcha wanna see?

There’ll likely be representations of both pumps and shots since she uses what she can get her hands on, frustration when like she’s hungry but her blood sugar’s too high and she doesn’t want to risk it, etc etc…. So literally anything you have, whatever little things happen with your experience lmk cause I want her to FEEL real like real representation, but since I’m not t1d i need others to tell me her experience yk. Im still on the outline but when i draft a scene with her I’ll probably show you guys

I've also felt a lot like a burden due to my disabilities(T1d+audhd,). I'll share some of my experiences with that, specifically T1D, since that seems to be a large part of their character.

When I was first diagnosed and up until recently I started pushing anyone away who could tell that I struggled with my disabilities. If someone could see that I was struggling at all, that was means for me to push them away because that felt scary. The reason behind this , I'm not sure. I've only been diabetic for about 7-9 months, so maybe this was me being in denial? It could also be just my own pre-existing issue with letting people see I'm struggling.

I feel a lot of guilt over tiredness, brain fog, and needing accommodations. I could see someone in a world that is post apocalypse ignore their needs both physically and mentally that aren't life threatening. Especially if they have people pleasing tendencies like she does.

Things that would be cool to see represenation wise, with no thoughts of the plot and/or characters.

diabetes bags. I feel out of place if I'm not wearing my diabetes bag in public.

Just checking blood sugar, giving insulin, correcting lows and stuff is super cool to see. Theres not much T1D rep so I don't have much of a baseline, but I think maybe giving this a lot less attention too on the day to day would be more accurate. Often it becomes so ingrained into our life, you don't really give it a second thought. Also though, I do feel like sometimes there is a lot of mental fatigue of having to deal with these small things no matter how often you do it. (could probably word this better, but Im too tired. Feel free to ask for more clarification here.)

Most of us have TONS of bruises. Bruises can change too based on the way someone is giving them selves insulin. When I was on MDI, my bruises where more yellow colored, while on my pump (Im on the t-slim) you can see where my canual was and are more of an off version of my skin tone.

It was published in 1959 and has been the sole piece of media that I have seen (so far) that has handled the disabled experience with ableist rhetoric almost impossibly well.

If you decide to read it, bear this in mind.

I want to see characters with insulin pumps. Characters who do shots. Characters who have sensors. Characters who test their blood sugar manually.

I want to see characters dosing before a meal or snack. I want to see characters checking their blood sugar. I want to see characters deal with high or low blood sugar.

I want to see characters with type one diabetes in a variety of settings. The diabetic ruler or monarch. The diabetic detective. The diabetic magician or mage. The diabetic spaceship pilot.

There needs to be more Type 1 Diabetes representation in media.