Diabetes stigma

Perhaps it’s because I am sensitive

Perhaps it’s because I am outspoken and in-tuned,

Perhaps the hypos are getting on top  and others ask questions like: “how do you get yourself a hypo?” If I knew I would be over the moon!

The hypos are harsh

Aggressive to the body when trying to rest,

Then there’s that thing called ‘stress’ which can turn your world upside down and into a mess.

Then there are those argumentative types 

Ones who like to debate for the sake of debating,

I’ll leave those lot well alone, they cause me more harm than good, as when that happens I feel I have been thrown.

You see I am a kind of person with diabetes, type 1;

Always analysing and looking for a way forward to make things right,

A CGM, syringe, pen or pump needs to be simplified when injecting,

I will be the happiness person alive when this condition becomes diligent to perfecting.

“Living with type 1 diabetes” 

Jason 

8th March 2025