Time sure does fly before you realize more of it has passed you by than you realized. Life just keeps moving so when Friday rolls around I am still stuck back on Wednesday. The JDRF Walk is fast approaching and it's time to start collecting the donations. This is the one time you realize how many kids (and adults) are affected by Type 1 Diabetes. And you know all we can do is plug away at finding a cure. I read tonight on a site that Diabetes takes 17-27 years off of your life. That's just wonderful news for a mom.........don't ya think? But some people are great inspirations and prove that living a healthy lifestyle is necessary and it can be done.
We have been making our transition over to Gluten-Free Food. Joshua, diagnosed in May with Celiac Disease is doing ok. The doctor says absolutely NO GLUTEN........to the point that we can't use the same toaster for him, the condiments have to be squeeze tops to avoid cross contamination and there is Joshua taking finger bites of food on the counter..................because he is hungry and doesn't get why he can't eat the same macaroni as his sister. Yet............he is completely loving his special food. It's like the hardest thing to teach your 4 year old he is allergic to "wheat". So for transitioning over we are doing ok...............but with learning food my husband and I find our opinion is that Celiac is harder.............diabetes was scarier. That is the difference. Food isn't scary.........................sticking needles in your child and being a full-time pancreas...............now THAT is scary. Needless to say.......................we are just now "functioning" with gluten free products. I got past the hump of not feeding him the wheat filled products and feeding him what he needs to eat................now I have to actually memorize and learn what brands everything is and where I get it.
Today Josh told me he didn't want the pump anymore. I asked him why and he said he just didn't want it. I asked him if he wanted to go back to the shots and he said no to that as well. I think he is having a day he is tired of diabetes. And you feel bad because you can't take it away for him. I think today he just wanted to be normal. I read in a book about two brothers where the mom described when they reached the year mark of her children having diabetes for some reason the kids mourn the fact they will never be "normal". The reality seems to hit them that this won't go away, it won't end and it is just how it is. We are going to be coming up on the year mark in August. I would love for people to post their anniversary stories here if you could. It would be interesting to know what
For now we will still be pumping it.
Send in your stories of your first anniversaries..............would live to hear the stories.
Thanks,
Michelle