One thing to improve...

Yesterday we gave ourselves and our loved ones a big pat on the back for one thing we are great at. Today let’s look at the flip-side. We probably all have one thing we could try to do better. Why not make today the day we start working on it. No judgments, no scolding, just sharing one small thing we can improve so the DOC can cheer us on!
You may have noticed that yesterday's post was actually posted today.  There's a reason for that.  Let me explain.

Yesterday was an exciting day for me.  It began with laundry, then on to grocery shopping,  running the dishwasher and tidying up.  Sounds exciting?  Well all this was just in preparation for the evening to come!  As some of you may know, i dislike driving.  Well not driving exactly, but I don't like to drive on BIG highways.  Highway 401 and Hwy 400 are BIG highways.  I was challenging myself today to do just that.  I was driving from Peterborough, to Barrie (about a 2 1/2 hour drive).  This would entail doing a little driving on the 400.  Now i wouldn't do this for just anyone.  I would do this, however, for George Canyon!!

For those out there that have no idea who I'm talking about, George Canyon is a Country Music Artist.  A Canadian.  A Type 1 Diabetic.  He is also an Inspiration.

 

Last night I had the honour of attending a special show.  George is travelling to 5 cities across Canada over 5 days.  He is doing this to advocate for Diabetes, and to show kids (and grown ups!) that there is nothing you can't do because of Diabetes!  He has a group with him too.  The Diabetic Heroes.  They are a group of outstanding individuals all living with Type 1, who have accomplished their dreams despite of, or perhaps because of Diabetes!

Go here to the Facebook page, to see pictures, videos and comments about the show!  Click the "like" button!

After the show, as i was driving home, i realized that i need to do more to advocate for Diabetes.  I have lived with this disease for 37 years, and i have never participated in a walk, or volunteered my time.  I have donated money to the CDA, and items to the Diabetes Clothesline,  but i need to do more.  I need to get out there and become involved!
If i can help just one person understand Diabetes better, encourage just one PWD to look after themselves and live their life to the fullest, to avoid the complications that i live with, then that's what i need to do! 

me and george canyon!! can you believe it?!!

one great thing

Living with diabetes (or caring for someone who lives with it) sure does take a lot of work, and it’s easy to be hard on ourselves if we aren’t “perfect”. But today it’s time to give ourselves some much deserved credit. Tell us about just one diabetes thing you (or your loved one) does spectacularly! Fasting blood sugar checks, oral meds sorted and ready, something always on hand to treat a low, or anything that you do for diabetes. Nothing is too big or too small to celebrate doing well!


For me, after years of living haphazardly with Diabetes,  i have become a little OCD about the whole disease.  I will not beat myself up over the past, but i will give myself a pat on the back for finally getting my act together. 

In getting my act together, testing has become something i did "once in a while", to something i do obsessively  at least 6 times a day and some days as many as 12 times! It is one of the things that i do
really well for my diabetes!

Introducing.................

Today is Day 1 of the 3rd annual Diabetes Blog Week.  I am super-excited to be participating again this year.  Last year was my first year, in fact it was my first week at blogging!!  I was able to find many of your blogs through Karen's great idea!

Today's prompt is about connecting.  In Karen's own words, "It seems the most popular thing about Diabetes Blog Week is that it helps us find blogs we weren’t reading yet and connect with some new blog friends. With that in mind, let’s kick off Diabetes Blog Week by making some new connections. Think about the d-blogs you read that you think we may not know about and introduce us to one that you love!! Let’s all find a new friend today! (Special thanks to Gina, everybody’s Diabetes BFF, for helping me title this post!)"

I'm not really sure how I found this blog.  I do know that I have been reading her for quite some time.  She is a T1 Diabetic.  Has been for many years.  However, her blog is not specifically Diabetes related.  She slips it in now and then, but mostly she just writes about her life.  I find her dry sense of humor to be refreshing.  She is "real",  and this comes through in her writing.  She lives in Australia, has grown children, a husband, and likes to travel. 

May I introduce you to Fraudster, of Fraudster's Musings.  I hope you take a peek, and enjoy her musings as much as I do!