Self Love & Care
Trigger Warning – this article has mention of abuse, manipulation, and no contact with abuser and family. We were visiting my grandmother in her room at the local retirement home.
I can’t move, or the meds I just took will make me sick. I have to try and keep them down for an hour minimum and sometimes that isn’t enough.
I am 37 years old, and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 4 years ago. In that time I have been doing my own injections and finger blood tests. Every.
When it does eventually come, the internal struggle is over, and then all is calm. Every cell of my body breathes deep sighs of sweet relief, and is suddenly calm. .