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[furrbear]

"Being diabetic you learn ___________________________________"

Submit yours as a comment.

[EDIT: Well, damn... this was supposed to be over in diabetic_bears.]

Comments

[that-grr.livejournal.com]

foreskin yeast from sugar pee looks like smegma

[clymore]

Is that what that is? I thought I was just dirty. Wow...

[ursusarctos.livejournal.com]

You can set your watch by peeing 2 hours after a meal.

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

...that you've got a lot more health concerns that you ever thought possible: high cholesterol, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, obesity, insomnia, narcolepsy, impotence, hypogonadism, pharmaceutical side-effects...

[biggaloot.livejournal.com]

ugh. you said it, brother. It's not just an uphill battle, the slope gets steeper the further you go...

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

BLOODY HELL!

Here I was hoping that my spiffy new C-PAP machine was going to solve most of my problems; put lead in my pencil and hair back on my back; and give me the energy to run faster, jump higher, and achieve my true potential as a buff, horny stud.

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

$6,000,000 Bear?

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

We can make him furrier, hornier, hung-ier... we have the technology!

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

And, you wouldn't BELIEVE the things they were selling on late night cable. The thing with the beads in the middle that kept squirmin' as the beads were stirred - that was something. And, dual-action motors with the remote? Bring it.

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

...you check you blood sugar and then count out the allowable number of M&Ms or Gummi Bears.

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

I've always wondered. Are the Peanut m&m's any better for you? You know, there's no sugar in the peanut itself, and you have that healthier peanut oil thing going for you, not to mention maybe a little fiber...

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

About the same unless you've got the kidney problems going, then nuts and chocolate are out. (Limit phosphorous. Limit potassium)

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

Girl Scout Thin Mints are so-o-o-o-o evil that way.

[glassbear.livejournal.com]

so are hot fuge sundaes!

[nightfallcub.livejournal.com]

...how to save money on your supplies with Liberty Medical.

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

Only works if you have Medicare.

eBay is better if you lack insurance.

[nightfallcub.livejournal.com]

*nod* I was going more for a humor thing there. maybe in bad taste, but you know, that's me.

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

Naw, no harm done, Larry. Besides I bet you taste pretty good.

[huffdaddyatl.livejournal.com]

Being diabetic you learn that if you had a blood sugar monitor earlier in life you would have lost that "extra 50 lbs" a lot easier.

Was just diagnosed in May, haven't blogged about it yet, thanks for the link to diabetic bears community.

[brunorepublic.livejournal.com]

...the location of every single washroom in your area.

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

aaaand ... the Galleria!

[braddumm.livejournal.com]

...that after 25 years of control they change you to a new insulin and all of a sudden you gain weight like crazy...then the doctors say it's you not watching what you're doing...I loathe doctors that have 3 minutes to come to this conclusion before they run into the next waiting patient's room...

[seanymike.livejournal.com]

I learned that Me and potatoes aren't compatible lovers.

[teddyb.livejournal.com]

Man, I so relate to that comment. The toughest part of my diagnosis was having to face up to the fact that my lifelong love affair with potatoes was going to have to end.

[seanymike.livejournal.com]

When the doc told me, I tried to argue that Yukon potatoes were not white so i could eat them. boy did she shoot me down

[lumberjackie-o.livejournal.com]

that your body needs food for fuel and your mind needs food for altogether different reasons...

[teddyb.livejournal.com]

that now seeing a sugary baked good or other (former) treat on sale just means you can buy more poison for the same money.

[bbearseviltwin.livejournal.com]

watch your feet, carefully. Always order your refills ahead of time, not when you are down to your last few doses.

[garebear.livejournal.com]

that a good hard boner is precious. Thank goodness for Viagra. Not that I really need it, but it does give me hard ons like when I was 18.

[glassbear.livejournal.com]

Frolicking barefoot in the summer...... is a thing in the past.

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

It must be the tough skin on my feet, but I still only wear shoes when forced. If I'm home, I'm barefoot, unless I'm mowing or otherwise working where there are stickers

[geekbearjeff.livejournal.com]

...why I was such an irritable, angry person at certain time of the day.

I now know that when my sugar is high I can 'fly off the handle' quite quickly, fortunately, that happens infrequently now.