#Type 1 Diabetes

[itsraining-honey]

hi everyone!!! emily here with some AMAZING NEWS!!!

while scrolling on instagram the other night, i came across an ad from omnipod (a brand of insulin pump for those who don’t know!) it featured a comic-like character in the ad. i assumed it was promo towards diabetics to use omnipod but i watched it in its entirety.

omnipod teamed up with marvel— you heard me right. MARVEL. COMICS.

they created a new superhero in the marvel universe, dyasonic!

as a type 1 diabetic and on again-off again user of the omnipod 5, this blew me away. i was (STILL AM LOL) thrilled to see someone with MY disease, a comic character, a new superhero with diabetes.

omnya, a high school student, struggles with the negativities that come with diabetes. something i’m sure every diabetic has felt with their levels, A1C, even their carb management.

i am so, so happy. again, as a diabetic, i get to see MYSELF in a comic… especially related with the marvel universe.

if you get the chance, please give Dyasonic: Sound of Strength a read!

i barely see anyone talking about her or this comic. i know it just came out but this is HUGE for the diabetic community. i urge anyone who sees this comic to promote it and show support for Dyasonic!!!

if you want to read this comic, click this link!

[benvolioknowsbest-blog]

It always drives me nuts when someone says type one is the "good kind" because it's such a loaded phrase. The person saying it probably doesn't even comprehend the decades of anti-fat propaganda that underpins it (and that's not even touching on how society views people who are chronically ill - to call that bad would be an understatement).

Diabetes as a whole is such a misunderstood (willfully in some cases) disease. I *get* why people with type one lean into the whole "good vs. bad" diabetes rhetoric as it's often the only empathy we get for such a challenging illness. HOWEVER, we have a responsibility to our fellow diabetics to delve a bit deeper and feel a bit more empathy for people who no more 'did it to themselves' than we did.

I'm sure there's also a little jealousy that goes on, too. When the wider world looks at your disease and doesn't see how challenging it is EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. it can be difficult to have empathy for diabetics who don't have to do as much as others to manage their disease.

There's talk of changing the name of type one to something different and I wholeheartedly understand why people want to do this. But for me, the name isn't the problem. Society as a whole is the issue (when isn't it). We need more understanding and less ignorance about the challenges people with any chronic illness face in their daily lives. More understanding that illness/dieases/disability should be treated with respect and dignity regardless of any circumstance will go a long way to helping this.

damn people rly hate type 2 diabetics don't they

[beautifullittlefool1999]

“Nick Jonas diabetic at 16.”

NO!

[nullroid]

💉💉💉

If you´re a fellow diabetic and you wear your equipment out I love you and it makes my day

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[demiboydemon]

Disabled person: *exists* Able-bodied person™️:

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[strawberryyyenthusiast]

Diabetic Steve who is at a Dairy Queen with Robin after he went with her to an all girl punk band that’s she’s been wanting to see for years. Steve had been feeling weird all day but he didn’t want to bail at the last second because he knew that Robin would just cancel everything to take care of Steve.

(Steve would do the same for her).

Steve plops down into a booth while Robin goes to order them food. He pulls out his pod and winces when he sees his glucose level.

64 and going down. Not a good sign.

Just to be sure he pricks his finger and holy shit, he’s actually at 43. It’s at that moment, when Steve is wiping his finger with the alcohol wipe, that his phone decides to loudly beep to alert him that, “hey you’re crashing pretty hard and fast— take care of it soon!!”

Steve is rifling through his bag while Robin is already trying to rush their orders.

“Shit,” Steve mumbles to himself. “I’m out of fucking juice.”

His hands start to shake and Robin begins to freak out. Steve is always so in control of his diabetes, she’s never seen him like this. So, Robin does what any other person would do and grabs the largest blizzard she has ever seen on the online orders tray and runs over to her best friend.

“Here! Have this, I’m going to try to get you some apple juice!”

Steve just nods his head and slowly spoons some of it into his mouth.

“This tastes like shit, by the way.”

“You’re welcome, dingus. Now shut up and eat.”

The worker behind the counter comes over and starts talking to Robin after she sits in front of Steve. Steve can’t really make anything out right now since he’s trying to focus on making his hands work. But, he thinks he hears the mention of calling 911 and an ambulance.

Time passes a little slower after that. Steve somehow manages to get down enough of the ice cream that he is slowly rising again.

57 after he pricked. Thank god.

It’s at that moment that Eddie Munson, lead singer of Corroded Coffin, walks in. He went to his best friend’s, Chrissy’s, show and needed a pick-me-up after helping her lug all of her equipment back into their vehicle.

He goes over to the online orders tray and it’s empty. He doesn’t really mind waiting. He walks over to the counter and sees that the worker is extremely frantic as she sorts some shit out.

“Hey,” he starts, his fingers tapping the fake granite counter top. “Just checking, I’m here to pick up an order for Edmundo and it’s not on the tray. Do you know when it will be ready?” He flashes an awkward smile and the worker just points to the table behind him.

“We’re working on it. Your nightmare of a blizzard was needed for something else. Give us five minutes.”

Eddie nods and slowly turned around, where he sees the most gorgeous man eating his blizzard. Reluctantly, he might add. The man has on a light pink t-shirt and brown corduroy pants, thick lensed glasses sliding down his nose. The woman across from him was clad in funky colors and had a dirty blonde bob. She was talking extremely fast and gesturing with her hands a bunch.

Chrissy would love her.

He walked over and tapped the man on the shoulder.

“How’s my blizzard?”

He slowly looks up and Eddie is met with honey brown eyes and beauty marks for days. A straight nose and an angular jawline. Jesus Christ.

The woman looks like she’s about to say something, but the guy beats her to it. “It tastes like if a unicorn threw up in my mouth, but it prevented me from passing out. So… thanks.” He smiles. “I’m Steve.”

Eddie needs to become Steve’s husband immediately.

“And I’m in love.” He pauses and then sees the look of glee on Steve’s face. “EDDIE. My name is Eddie.”

“It’s nice to meet you Eddie. Are you free tomorrow?”

[gayaest]

‼️New OC Alert 💯

[reasonsforhope]

"A 25-year-old woman in China is the first person worldwide to have type 1 diabetes reversed through stem cell therapy.

The therapy used the patient’s own cells to create personalized stem cells, which were then used to grow fresh insulin-producing islets.

This breakthrough offers hope for millions with diabetes, potentially eliminating the need for daily insulin injections and reducing complications.

In a groundbreaking medical achievement, a 25-year-old woman in Tianjin, China, has had her type 1 diabetes reversed through a novel stem cell therapy. This marks the first time such a feat has been accomplished globally, offering new hope for millions living with the chronic condition.

The patient, who had been struggling with type 1 diabetes, underwent a pioneering treatment that involved converting her own cells into personalized stem cells. These stem cells were then used to grow fresh clusters of ‘islets,’ the hormone-producing cells in the pancreas responsible for regulating blood sugar levels.

As Nature reports, this therapy’s unique approach of transplanting the newly created islets into the patient’s upper abdomen near her pancreas sets it apart from previous islet transplant methods. This strategic placement allows for easier monitoring via MRI, a significant advantage over traditional liver transplants.

“I can eat sugar now,” the woman said on a call with Nature. After over a year since the transplant, she says, “I enjoy eating everything — especially hotpot.” The woman asked to remain anonymous for privacy reasons.

Experts are astonished at the results, according to Timesnownews. “They’ve completely reversed diabetes in the patient, who was requiring substantial amounts of insulin beforehand,” said Dr. James Shapiro, a transplant surgeon and researcher at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.

The implications of this breakthrough are far-reaching, as it could potentially revolutionize the way we treat diabetes. By using a patient’s own cells to create personalized stem cells, this therapy bypasses the limitations of donor islet shortages and the need for immunosuppressive drugs, which have hindered the success of conventional transplant methods.

‘If this is applicable to other patients, it’s going to be wonderful,’ diabetes researcher Daisuke Yabe of Japan’s Kyoto University told reporters via Daily Mail.

As the world watches closely, the success of this case sparks hope for the millions of individuals living with type 1 diabetes. It represents a significant step forward in regenerative medicine and paves the way for further research and development in the field."

-via Gadget Review, September 30, 2024

[itsraining-honey]

hot opinions straight off the stove! 🥘🔥

[ryemackerel]

EVIL AUTISM POST!!!

Projecting my disabilities onto my fixated characters because I love making my favorite characters awesome YAAAAWAAHAGAA!!! I always wondered how Tord being T1D like me would be like. :-) evil guy with his funny machine thing.

I don’t usually see a lot of diabetic representation art, so I thought it would’ve been cool to try this out, being a type 1 diabetic myself! I will say it is SUPERR difficult finding diabetic rep in art, and it’d be really cool to find more. :-]

I’ve had T1D for almost a decade now, and it means my body can’t really make insulin to control my blood sugar whenever I eat food. As a result, I have to rely on an automatic, artificial insulin pump, and an automatic blood sugar checker.

SOMETIMES it’s annoying to have to change to pump every 3 days, and the blood sugar checker every 10 days, but I’ve gotten used to it HAGAH!! Sometimes I forget I have diabetes because of it LOL.

Dealing with constant alerts whenever my blood sugar goes wrong can be annoyingg as hell and I have to stay up sometimes because of it. I can imagine how aggravated Tord can get from it HWLEDK! It’s usually for low blood sugars though. Whenever I get low blood sugars, I take it as an excuse to eat all the candy I want HAGAHHAAA

So just imagining Tord having it is pretty fuckin cool, especially since I don’t know much characters who do have it, or headcanons of it. I see him working with robots and mechanics too, I wonder if he configures his own insulin pumps.

I love talking about cool ass shit that I know a lot about HAVSHHE if anyone’s curious about anything else T1D-related, ask away! Will take a bit to answer, but I don’t mind giving a bit more insight into it. :-)

ALSO Tord has been OBSESSED with My Sharona. This guy really badly wants to make a drum cover of this song and I’m being deadass this is probably going all the way at the top of his On Repeat.

[crippledpunks]

i love you so much if you are diabetic, or pre-diabetic. our society treats diabetes so poorly. it's such a readily mocked condition, people often times resort to blaming the individual for having it, even going so far as to pass judgment on the diabetic's character, regardless of what type of diabetes they have.

diabetics are wonderful and deserve to love themselves regardless of whether or not they 'gave' themselves their diabetes. whether or not the person is "unhealthy" whether or not the person eats "right" or knows how to eat in ways that are safer for their body doesn't matter, they still deserve love, respect, and compassion.

diabetes is not a fucking judge of character. diabetics deserve better. diabetics deserve respect. diabetics deserve to be recognized as disabled. diabetics deserve kindness, love, care, compassion, and support. no matter what.

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

[drowning-in-your-moonlight]

I'm not too sure how many diabetics we got in Fandom, but I can't stop thinking about Shadow being similar to those diabetic alert dogs.

Shadow's whole thing was being a cure for Maria, but we know that he was also her emotional support and physical support around the ARK, so the idea's been stuck in my head of him being really supportive/helpful of your disability. I just have T1D so that's the focus here ^_^

Shadow sensing your blood sugar dropping or going too high before even you do, and pushing you to check your blood sugar for yourself. Or grabbing you a snack—a juice, if needed. He's pretty attached at your hip, and might often wake you in the middle of the night to let you know you need more insulin.

But also Shadow being a caring, attentive partner. You don't feel like refilling your pump because it's too early in the morning? He'll do it for you and he will be gentle as possible when laying on a new injection site. He always helps you replace your sensors, especially if you use the one that's supposed to go only on the back of your arm. Keeps you on a schedule, etc etc.. he's happy to fulfill this type of role again, I think.

[demiboydemon]