tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post9123001876500202559..comments2024-01-22T00:46:35.341-08:00Comments on Our Diabetic Life: Remembering when my middle name was Ann.Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09752883120541646427noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-47290551296619388022011-11-03T08:29:28.565-07:002011-11-03T08:29:28.565-07:00Incredible post. Wow.
I really think that sharin...Incredible post. Wow.<br /><br />I really think that sharing all of ourselves (the good, the bad, the ugly) on blogs, youtube and other social media sites brings us together. <br /><br />I'm not a parent of child with diabetes, but I'm an adult type 1...and this post hit home. "Leaving the house with just my wallet." Dang, when was the last time?? I almost don't feel comfortable walking to the MAILBOX without my diabetes paraphernalia!!<br /><br />Thanks for sharing and opening yourself up.Mikehttp://www.whatsomewouldcalllies.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-35443234232254645452011-10-27T14:45:35.803-07:002011-10-27T14:45:35.803-07:00You have a beautiful name...Meri Ann, also known a...You have a beautiful name...Meri Ann, also known as mother, teacher, helper, writer, love, kindness, hope...and so much more. I understand where you are at, as we're right there, I try very hard to make all the effort possible to "fix" things without feeling too overwhelmed, too. Take care.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03210820513382353417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-51240786137913934452011-10-26T21:12:57.700-07:002011-10-26T21:12:57.700-07:00A friend of mine just recommended your blog a mont...A friend of mine just recommended your blog a month or so ago, I have two daughters 11 and 14 that got diagnosed at 6 and 11, a year apart. The first blog of yours I read felt like you had opened up my brain and heart and wrote everything I was feeling and thinking! You have such a wonderful way to put into words the daily struggles and successes we deal with as parents of diabetics. Thank you<br /><br />Wendy WestonWendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-10934056521773239622011-10-25T19:55:29.995-07:002011-10-25T19:55:29.995-07:00Loving you through this. Wrapping my arms around y...Loving you through this. Wrapping my arms around you and telling you --Same Same. We will get through this --- we will all get through this together. I am here --- loving you through this.LaLahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278430665049354027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-58345996301831761542011-10-25T02:57:05.782-07:002011-10-25T02:57:05.782-07:00I really could relate to L's current state. J...I really could relate to L's current state. Joe is checking like a ridiculous amount...and his fingertips are so,so,so incredibly calloused. Having a hard time here. Our numbers are suckage. I am tweaking...and trying to live as normal of a life as possible. Love you and I hope that "Ann" replaces "Worry" soon. xoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895126112651188056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-16796456853504830302011-10-24T20:55:20.126-07:002011-10-24T20:55:20.126-07:00Girl, I feel your pain. And I'm praying for s...Girl, I feel your pain. And I'm praying for some anesthesia for you. ; ) It almost sucks having that amazing time where everything goes well..because we get used to it, and it rocks us to our core when we go back to the roller coaster. : /<br />I hope you get the boys figured out..seasonal change? Temp basals? I don't know..I suck, so don't ask me!<br />Just praying for God to give you exactly what you need. Sending hugs!Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864147601205439993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-79476158500034588642011-10-24T19:17:01.535-07:002011-10-24T19:17:01.535-07:00Amen, sister!
Bean's basals were finally worki...Amen, sister!<br />Bean's basals were finally working nicely and all of a sudden she's crashing when she shouldn't be and can sky rocket with no good reason.<br />Hoping to find the rock within as well!Denise aka Mom of Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726979027850619807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-34314523512230119192011-10-24T17:05:24.076-07:002011-10-24T17:05:24.076-07:00My mind knows that sooner or later we'll figur...<i>My mind knows that sooner or later we'll figure it all out and I will feel better as quickly as all of the recent occurrences have brought me down...</i><br /><br />this. i know when things get so heavy it's even harder to see or believe it, but you'll get through this bit and will live to fight another day. you've done it before and you will do it again. all of the people you've touched, many of them commenting here, we all believe in you, even in those moments when you don't.<br /> <br /><33333shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895190983814591749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-89328302559972817212011-10-24T13:14:52.726-07:002011-10-24T13:14:52.726-07:00Exactly where we have been the last week too....
...Exactly where we have been the last week too....<br /><br />((HUGS)) I hear ya. Same same. Just keep swimming.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17009502794324247532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-6143489760769671732011-10-24T11:22:52.175-07:002011-10-24T11:22:52.175-07:00Oh Meri - I feel your pain...deep within me.
Ou...Oh Meri - I feel your pain...deep within me. <br />Our boy was dx'd when he was 18 months and he is a twin so the early years are a blur....<br />Now he is 13 and doing everything that everyone told me he would, and I prayed to my very core that he wouldn't. Lying about numbers, still sneaking food - wanting the diabetes to go away so desperately that if he ignores it, it will indeed go away. I want his good health more then he does and it breaks me. I have a husband who lives with type 1 who isn't stellar but does a good job. He was diagnosed at 11 and never went through this 'phase'. <br />I have a mom who was diagnosed at 42 who is now 67 and found herself living on her own last year when my dad died. I don't know who I worry about more my mom or my son but the bottom line is we all get through - i will, they will...you will and please remember, without even knowing you, you provide the best D support that I've got because you 'get it'. Not like my husband because he wears two hats in this, and not like my friends who support me to the core but don't 'get it'. Hang in there 'my friend'. The sunshine is still looking for you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-34863766461773239212011-10-24T11:12:52.048-07:002011-10-24T11:12:52.048-07:00Thank you. Thank you for being open and honest, a...Thank you. Thank you for being open and honest, and sharing your life with us. Somedays you make me laugh- some days you make me cry. You get it x 3! Please keep doing what you do. You are a wonderful mom and substitute pancreas. You inspire me to do better at both.Caroline Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-11926430115929141132011-10-24T11:06:06.128-07:002011-10-24T11:06:06.128-07:00I recently found your blog a few months ago and ev...I recently found your blog a few months ago and every post you make is like seeing a reflection of my heart on the computer screen. Thank you for sharing yourself and allowing others like myself to feel a sense of sameness. D is a fickle beast, it lulls you in with a sense of "normalcy" and when your routine is suddenly compromised by unexplainable highs/lows it's like the wind gets knocked out of you. <br /><br />I hope things settle down and that you will soon be able to catch your breath.<br /><br />~AmyAmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474322153718339763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-66198114014966588662011-10-24T10:35:37.844-07:002011-10-24T10:35:37.844-07:00Meri, you have such an incredible way of putting f...Meri, you have such an incredible way of putting feelings into words...you always say what I am feeling.<br /><br />I am new to the DOC, but not new to diabetes. I have three boys: twins who are 6 and one who is 4. My husband is a type 1 diabetic, my six year old has been a type 1 diabetic for a year and a half, my four year old was diagnosed this past July, and I was in the hospital with my other six year old last night as the process of pancreatic failure is starting with him. So very few people can understand--TRULY understand--living with multiple diabetic children. I have felt so alone living with four diabetic men my in household... I don't know how I'm going to hold it all together. I don't know how to be that rock. I get lost in the remembering of what once was...what should have been...<br /><br />Thank you for sharing that I am not alone in my feelings--whether they be good or bad...high or low. You honestly pulled me up today, and that's a hard thing to do for others when you have so much on your own plate already. Thank you!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08881642826787825657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-58295566324980983232011-10-24T10:23:03.445-07:002011-10-24T10:23:03.445-07:00As a parent I think my biggest heart skips come wh...As a parent I think my biggest heart skips come when my son hurts even something minor sends me in a tail spin for a moment so I can Imagine how these few days have been for you Meri but do not dispair, the D has a way of throwing a wrench in our management when we least expect it. Be strong this will pass too. I would like to say that I hope it is the last time but we know better don't we.<br />Best of luck and strong vibes coming your way.Ronnie Gregory Mhttp://thepoordiabetic.com/diabetic-holiday-cooking/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-32424374489654826602011-10-24T08:14:05.735-07:002011-10-24T08:14:05.735-07:00This was me last week. I was broken, I honestly fe...This was me last week. I was broken, I honestly felt like a horrible pancreas and was crying behind closed doors.<br /><br />Penny called me at like 8am. "He is growing. We can only do what we can do." She was so right. Deep breathe sweet friend, this too shall "pass", and some kind of normality will return. <br /><br />Until then ((((hugs)))) because I know nothing I say will take that ache away. Love you xoAlexis Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671634676455946839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-1384270162633262732011-10-24T07:22:39.246-07:002011-10-24T07:22:39.246-07:00Oh Meri! You will get through it! And when you do,...Oh Meri! You will get through it! And when you do, then something else will change. Because D likes to keep us on our toes. But the fact is, you are catching the lows and treating the highs and your boys will be no worse for wear in the end. They are growing, which is literal catastrophe with Diabetes. But one of these days, they'll stop. And while it still doesn't become easy, it will get EASIER. i won't pretend to know how it is, because I have D, and I have to take care of myself, which is vastly different from taking care of someone you love with D. And you are like Super Duper D Mom! 4 boys! That's hard enough by itself, but throw 3 D boys in the mix and I don't know how you do it. But you do. And you're awesome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com