Last night my sister-in-law's husband asked me, "Why do you test so much?" I explained to him that since I inject insulin ( and I explained about the importance of insulin ) before each meal in between meals and even before meals I have no way of knowing if my blood glucose level is going up, going down, or just hanging around. He still had a blank look, so I explained some more."You have a healthy endocrine system that does what it is supposed to do. Mine. She broke. This finger prick, this test strip and meter, this shot of insulin - and my brain - they are my endocrine system."Sigh! I know he still didn't get it.
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I wonder if there's a metaphorical way of explaining it. This is now my new goal.
It is so hard to explain isn't it! And people really don't appreciate the complexity of each and every minute we deal with.