Archive for February, 2007
Saw this on dLife tonight
Diabetes (di-a-’bE-tEz)
From the Greek word meaning “a siphon”
Wow, I hadn’t heard that before, but it is such an appropriate name, both in the physical and metaphorical sense. If untreated, it physically siphons from you your life. It forces your body to consume itself. Insulin fixes that, however.
In the metaphorical sense, diabetes also siphons your life from you. A person with diabetes is in the prison of shots or infusion sites, insulin, carb counting, and finger pokes. The constant-ness of it just continues to eat at you, continues to keep you restricted. The challenge for a diabetic is to have the personal strength and conviction to ignore those restrictions. Through JDRF and CWD, we’ve been exposed to dozens of people who give us hope and inspiration.
We also get hope and inspiration from those of you who choose to donate to find a cure just because we tell you our story. You have no idea how humbling that is for us. We also get hope and inspiration from those who choose to join with us to walk or volunteer. That kind of physical and emotional support helps us survive the day to day prison that is living with diabetes.