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Showing posts with label Diabetes Art Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diabetes Art Day. Show all posts
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Podetry
Monday, September 24, 2012
Diabetes Art Day, 2012
Today marks the third annual Diabetes Art Day!
My submission last year was less than impressive. Where visual art is concerned, the left side of my brain often tries to take over. My expressions are often too wordy, too linear, too busy. And I get all flummoxed and go write a poem.
Not this year.
I had to save up insulin bottles for a year, but I managed one for each year that I've had diabetes. One for each year that insulin has kept me alive.
My submission last year was less than impressive. Where visual art is concerned, the left side of my brain often tries to take over. My expressions are often too wordy, too linear, too busy. And I get all flummoxed and go write a poem.
Not this year.
I had to save up insulin bottles for a year, but I managed one for each year that I've had diabetes. One for each year that insulin has kept me alive.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Semantics
"No, no, Sweetie," said Hubster, trying to remove a glass vial from her hands.
"That's Mommy's..." [a glance at me] "medicine?"
"Insulin," I answered, taking the bottle.
It was an empty one that I had left on the bathroom counter. I had planned to add it to my stash of 20+ bottles I'm saving for my Diabetes Art Day project next month.
I know that other moms with diabetes describe the paraphernalia differently to their wee ones. We make this up as we go, so no disrespect. But medicine is a word I just can't get behind for it.
Why? It's just semantics, right?
Well, yes and no.
"That's Mommy's..." [a glance at me] "medicine?"
"Insulin," I answered, taking the bottle.
It was an empty one that I had left on the bathroom counter. I had planned to add it to my stash of 20+ bottles I'm saving for my Diabetes Art Day project next month.
I know that other moms with diabetes describe the paraphernalia differently to their wee ones. We make this up as we go, so no disrespect. But medicine is a word I just can't get behind for it.
Why? It's just semantics, right?
Well, yes and no.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Diabetes Art Day, 2011
Today marks the 2nd annual Diabetes Art Day: a web-based initiative for the Diabetes Online Community to “tell a story” about life with diabetes though creative visual expression.
I decided to tell my story using some of my supplies and a few of Sweetie's toys - particularly the 12 numbers from her Melissa & Doug Clock.
Keep on Ticking...
Breakdown:
1 Time DKA (at diagnosis, in a coma)
2 Years on the Omnipod
3 Years in the Diabetes Online Community (DOC) - note the toy cupcake
4 CGMS Sensors per Month
5 Shots a Day on Injections
6 Pumps in 21 Years
7 Days a Week I Volunteer with TuDiabetes.org
8 Minimum Times I Test Blood Sugar per Day
9 Bottles of Insulin Every 90 Days
10 Age at Diagnosis (That's me in July of 1990.)
11 Boxes of Strips Every 90 Days
12 Months of Blogging
I decided to tell my story using some of my supplies and a few of Sweetie's toys - particularly the 12 numbers from her Melissa & Doug Clock.
Keep on Ticking...
Breakdown:
1 Time DKA (at diagnosis, in a coma)
2 Years on the Omnipod
3 Years in the Diabetes Online Community (DOC) - note the toy cupcake
4 CGMS Sensors per Month
5 Shots a Day on Injections
6 Pumps in 21 Years
7 Days a Week I Volunteer with TuDiabetes.org
8 Minimum Times I Test Blood Sugar per Day
9 Bottles of Insulin Every 90 Days
10 Age at Diagnosis (That's me in July of 1990.)
11 Boxes of Strips Every 90 Days
12 Months of Blogging
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