http://diabeticrunningmama.com/blog/2009/02/25/a-diabetic-dilemma/ Mother of 2, Marathon running Type 1 Diabetic Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:57:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://diabeticrunningmama.com/blog/2009/02/25/a-diabetic-dilemma/#comment-1251 Marcus Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:46:08 +0000 http://diabeticrunningmama.com/blog/?p=726#comment-1251 I've never gotten used to A1C needles. I look away all the time. :) I’ve never gotten used to A1C needles. I look away all the time. :)

]]> http://diabeticrunningmama.com/blog/2009/02/25/a-diabetic-dilemma/#comment-1250 Sam Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:59:45 +0000 http://diabeticrunningmama.com/blog/?p=726#comment-1250 This may be little solace, but I just wanted to say that I can totally relate to your needlephobia...and blood draws for that matter. The difference (I realize!) is that you're faced with the sharp end of the needle every day...whereas I get to hold the other end. Just the same -- I wanted to say that I 'get it'. I about passed out giving my 1st injection (yeah, God bless the instructor who finished that task otherwise there would be a patient somewhere with a needle in his thigh for the last ~15 years!)...I still can't watch myself getting blood drawn (or an IV started or any of it!)... So -- bless you! -- for living with the sharp end! And I'm still sending warm fuzzies to my ever-so-loved pancreas. :) This may be little solace, but I just wanted to say that I can totally relate to your needlephobia…and blood draws for that matter. The difference (I realize!) is that you’re faced with the sharp end of the needle every day…whereas I get to hold the other end. Just the same — I wanted to say that I ‘get it’. I about passed out giving my 1st injection (yeah, God bless the instructor who finished that task otherwise there would be a patient somewhere with a needle in his thigh for the last ~15 years!)…I still can’t watch myself getting blood drawn (or an IV started or any of it!)… So — bless you! — for living with the sharp end! And I’m still sending warm fuzzies to my ever-so-loved pancreas. :)

]]> http://diabeticrunningmama.com/blog/2009/02/25/a-diabetic-dilemma/#comment-1247 Jerry Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:26:26 +0000 http://diabeticrunningmama.com/blog/?p=726#comment-1247 Two years? I've been a type 1 diabetic for about 35 years. I wrote a blog post about this and saved it to put on the blog during a dry spell, but I'm going to post it right now. You're not a wimp. You're a hero. there's an old saying that goes something like... Courage is not the absence of fear; it is facing your fears. Two years?
I’ve been a type 1 diabetic for about 35 years. I wrote a blog post about this and saved it to put on the blog during a dry spell, but I’m going to post it right now.
You’re not a wimp. You’re a hero.
there’s an old saying that goes something like…
Courage is not the absence of fear; it is facing your fears.

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