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Best part about being a type 1 diabetic

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Best part about being chronically ill: How I choose to see my inabilities. Never before that day 8 years ago, did the thought occur to me that one day I would wake up, and one of my biggest nightmares will be evolvi ng in front of my eyes: the nightmare which became an inevitable part of me. The reality that, from that day onward, my life would be different.  And how different it is. From that day, the fight for survival is actually a fight and the certainty of life tomorrow is in fact, uncertain. There are countless bad and terrible things that make having type 1 diabetes such a burden and punishment to live. Partly maintaining your homeostasis is not a piece of cake. Ha ha. Yes, the insulin shots do hurt sometimes. The deep bruises are from thousands of needles and the hard fingertips are from countless pokes. Yes, when you get a cold, I get pneumonia. Being sick for weeks on end when the world is supposed to carry on for you too, is harder than imagin...