It takes a special kina man……………(or woman)
To be a husband, wife or someone who is close to a T1D on a
daily basis it takes a special kind of person.
It takes a man who is patient, a man who is kind
It takes a man who will listen, and is willing to learn
A man who pays attention and notices details
It takes a man who is willing to make multiple stops during
a bike ride
for BG testing and glucose tab eating
It takes a man that will step in and take over dinner
prep/making when
wifey gets confused and goofy from a low
It takes a special man who is willing to stay in or go home
early because
his wife is suffering from a bad low hangover or a nasty
high that just won’t drop
It take a special kind of man to deal with his wife going
low during “special married people time”
A man who will deal with the emotional side of T1D, the
water works and occasional break downs
It takes a special man to offer to get up in the middle of
the night to get a low snack or juice box
A man who can take the “cranky” “mean” lows
Who will laugh when he wakes up in the morning because he is
covered from head to toe
in test strips because “someone” was half asleep and low
while testing in bed in the middle of thenight and didn’t realize the entire opened bottle of strips didn’t make it back into their case
It takes a special kind of man, one who will obsessively
look on EBay for test strips at a lower cost
than going through the insurance/pharmacy companies and find
600 for only .27ea!!!! (that’s unheard of by the way)
It takes a man who actually measures out food portions when
he is the one making dinner
It takes a special kind of man to know it’s important how
many carbs and not sugar are in the juice
boxes he is buying for his wife
It takes a man who reminds his wife during her break downs
that he knew about what he was
getting into with her T1D when he married her and he loves
her anyway and will continue to do so
A man who will stop her from eating the entire
pantry/refrigerator contents when low
Or tell her to check again when she is low because the
reading on the meter seems way off
It takes a special kind of man to deal with the financial
aspects
It takes a special kind of man that is willing to give up
Ted Drew’s Frozen custard after dinner and have a healthier less BG crazy banana
chocolate shake instead (Recipe below)
I have that special kind of man
This is my man, the one I am blessed to have
1 Frozen banana
1 cup of plain unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 tbl spoon of cocoa powder
1 tbl spoon ground flax seed or chia seeds
8-10 ice cubes
Mix in blender until well blended and the consistency that
you prefer. Pretty much the only carbs you have to worry about are from the
banana. Cocoa powder has none and if you get the correct almond milk there is maybe 1
gram of carb. Check the flax or chia seeds first too, because they don’t seem
to affect me, but I think there might me enough fiber that you would need to
calculate that as a factor when bolusing. I’ve done this so many times now I
just know the units of insulin I need to cover it, and no spikes like I would with
any other frozen treat!
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