Written by
Gina -
I have this saying about Perfection. "Only the dead are perfect, and that's because our minds makes them such so we can get over our loss and get on with the business of living."We only remember only the good.
In diabetes, we ony remember the bad. Bad blood sugars, bad A1C, bad foods, and being a bad diabetic.
Like the rest of us, I struggle with the "bads.". As of late I've been trying to focus on all the good. As in the good numbers, good carbs - good diabetes choices in general. I've found that makes the unexplained highs or the annoying lows a bit eaiser to take.
We all need to acknowledge and learn from our out of range numbers, but we also need to reward ourselves for the good we do with Diabetes every day, 24X7, 365 days a year.
We don't ever get a vacation, and we rarely give ourselves a break from not being"the perfect diabetic." Leave perfection to those who are no longer here, and put the focus on living a good life in every aspect, diabetes included.
kelly K
As my friend Carol (http://progresstrumpspefection.blogspot.com) says, "Progress Trumps Perfection!".
First, I can't believe your mom did that!
Perfection? Diabetes? Riiiiiiight. Doing your best is as close to perfection as any person can hope for, but you can't will or force the result to be what it should be just because you did everything right.
It's frustrating sometimes. A lot of the time. But I keep telling myself that I can only control what is in my power to do. I have to keep adjusting, looking for the new paradigm of the week or month (and not MM), and being flexible. In fact, Diabetic agility seems almost as important as anything else in getting (mostly) good results.
Remember, as some songwriter said, "It's hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every way."
Cheers!
J.B.
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Gina,
My two-cents and how I view things. I am offering this as a peek out the window of my mind - which should shake ya'll up sufficiently, LOL - The way I see it, the act of being a diabetic means your blood sugars are out of tolerance from time to time. So, the perfect diabetic watches their sugar carefully, calculates and works to improve their calculations where dosing and treatment are concerned and works to find and correct excursions as quickly and as accurately as possible... If you're willing to use my grading scale - you may already be a perfect diabetic... J
Thank you for sharing this with us!
Cheers!
Aron