Looking Back: Change Just One Thing.

My plan was to recap the Diabetes Sisters conference today, but that plan was deftly derailed by a 3 am blood sugar in the 40's, and now I have to change all the sheets on my bed because they're covered in sweat and glucose tab dust.  (Sounds like a hot night, but wasn't.)  So, instead, I'm revisiting a post from October 2010 about the one thing I'd change regarding my diabetes.  *   *   *Recently, I was asked to answer a few questions for a company that was looking to better understand people with diabetes.  I expected a list of questions ranging from "What color meter do you prefer?" to "List all medications you are taking to treat your diabetes, and why."  Instead, the questions were more touchy-feely than I had anticipated.  And a few of them were hard to answer.  The one I struggled most with was "If you could change one thing about living with diabetes, what would it be?"My first response was to shrug.  "Everything?  I'd change everything?"  Then I regrouped a bit.  But still, an answer wasn't jumping into my head as easily as it had for the prior questions.  Somehow, "What or who serves as your motivation or inspiration?" was much easier.  I'm only guessing, but I think if diabetes comes into your life when you are older, there's a distinct "before" and "after" to your life timeline.  You remember wh...
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