Is This Thing On?
I've been tossing the idea around for a while now of starting a blog about my diabetic journey-- not because it hasn't been done before because it has been done well. My motivation comes more from knowing from experience how SUPER helpful these blogs can be. I think I probably google a question about diabetes and see what other diabetics have said before I even ask the doctor. So, maybe I can be that for someone else. If nothing else, it will be a good place to dump my thoughts about this often-complicated disease.
Another reason, though, has to do with my identity as a Black woman. As a kid, and even now, I'm always looking for how the experiences of others who look like me compare to what I go through. And, to be honest, thats been hard to find! It's been hard to find the experiences of a Black female, in her early 20's, with type 1 diabetes, who didn't get diagnosed until she was an adult (26, to be exact). Maybe my case is the only one???...But I doubt it.
On one hand, I know it's crazy to have said that last paragraph because diabetes doesn't care about what age or race you are and is indiscriminate-- it affects us all. On the other hand though, there are some cultural things that may matter...but I don't really know. Like I said, I haven't encountered anyone else in my online adventures with a case like mine.
I'm not the kind of person who makes feeling sorry for herself a hobby. I gave myself about a week-long pity party before I had to get back to life and just adjust as I went.
And that's what I'm still doing, so stay tuned as I share that with you.
Another reason, though, has to do with my identity as a Black woman. As a kid, and even now, I'm always looking for how the experiences of others who look like me compare to what I go through. And, to be honest, thats been hard to find! It's been hard to find the experiences of a Black female, in her early 20's, with type 1 diabetes, who didn't get diagnosed until she was an adult (26, to be exact). Maybe my case is the only one???...But I doubt it.
On one hand, I know it's crazy to have said that last paragraph because diabetes doesn't care about what age or race you are and is indiscriminate-- it affects us all. On the other hand though, there are some cultural things that may matter...but I don't really know. Like I said, I haven't encountered anyone else in my online adventures with a case like mine.
I'm not the kind of person who makes feeling sorry for herself a hobby. I gave myself about a week-long pity party before I had to get back to life and just adjust as I went.
And that's what I'm still doing, so stay tuned as I share that with you.
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