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Hey reader,

Today, the day I’m writing this I was giving a pitch to a large company for an internship, and as I was speaking my insulin pump rang out, occlusion alarm (for those who don’t know that means insulin isn’t running through my tubing). My peers looked at me, and in the moment I just wanted to run out of the room, but that is never the option so I quickly apologized and kept moving because if I stop and allow the attention to move towards my diabetes, I let it control me and that is never the relationship with my body. Now for context I have a Tandem Mobi, a small yet super effective insulin pump, and the only alarm that it makes loud noise for is for an occlusion, an empty cartridge, or it is about to die. This can be helpful in many instances, but in many it might not be, like this one I shared, but that’s the thing about having diabetes, every day can be difficult, if that is the mindset you choose to maintain. I call situations like these difficult realities, because they are meant to be discouraging and in some cases difficult to maneuver, but it is unfortunately a reality to deal with. But contrary to the conclusions you might be jumping towards, the beautiful thing about reality is that it is perceived differently by every person. What does that mean for you? It means that you don’t have to use others experiences and confidences to weigh and consider your situation because no two people will have the same experience. That is why I didn’t run out of the room, and is the reason you shouldn’t either.

Stay in range!

Nahom