Here is my dilemma... I'm not a "Hi my name is Wendi and I just found out I have type 2 diabetes blah blah blah" kinda person. I'm not big into sharing with strangers, face to face anyway. Let me paint you a picture of what I see in my head as the support group for diabetes.... a group of old people, mostly grandma's talking about bingo and their grand kids. NO THANKS! I still consider myself on the younger side.... I like to drink wine, I listen to Miranda Lambert, Five Finger Death Punch, Justin Timberlake....a wide range of musical taste I know, just no hip hop crap (no offense to those that like it) .... and I'm not looking forward to grand kids for many more years thank you very much.
However...... I know they do some fun stuff at the meetings, like share recipes for diabetics, have desserts that are diabetic friendly and have guest speakers on numerous topics that deal with the one thing we all would have in common.....Diabetes. Oh and they have freebies and give aways, who doesn't like free stuff right?!
It would be nice to get some one on one advice from people that have been dealing with this longer than i have on things like.... what kind of allergy medication can you take, or upset tummy... what's good for that that we can take cause I'm freaking clueless. I never thought I would have to worry about those types of things.
So what to do what to do...... It would be nice if there was a support group for "younger" women with this but if there is I sure can't find one. I guess no one can advertise it that way because you don't want to discriminate against the old blue hairs.... sorry meant granny's out there.
I'll you know if I attend a meeting..... until then I'll just keep hogging the internet for all my information.
Oh and bugging my one and only friend at work that has it, sorry dude but your my information guru for now.....lol
Just go to one... at least once. If you hate it then you hate it and you don't have to go anymore. You always want Bean and I to try things at least once before we say we don't like them, so why not take some of your own advice? :P Free stuff is free stuff.... so make sure you pick one that offers good freebies!
ReplyDeleteYea - what she said. Smart kid. She must have a smart mommy. Besides, you just might be suprised at who is really there. And FREE is "how you roll"!
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