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I have Type 1 Diabetes. My proper range is 70-180 and my high limit is 250. For me 190 and 200 aren’t considered high but they’re not in range either. But I looked at other diabetics and they said their high is 200 and one of them she said her high is 150.

I asked my mom and she said it depends on when the person feels high blood sugar symptoms and there’s no universal number usually. And then someone else said it’s because I’m bad at managing my blood sugar (but my A1C’s always at a 6-7) and I asked my doctor she misinterpreted the question and thought it was a glitch in the glucose meter. And then one day I looked it up and it said it’s supposed to change based on your age and that 250 is the high limit for preschoolers, but I’m 19 and had it since 3 and it was always 250 that was the high limit. So what’s the real answer? 😓

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First the mangas by Medtronic Japan and now I found the D-Force in Medtronic US 😭

I like the art style. It reminds me of iReady (I liked iReady as a kid)

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I remember 3 years ago when one of my relatives died due to a long battle with both kidney and liver failure. I was so sad that I cried hysterically. But when my aunt was trying to cheer me up she told me that Allah never gives someone anything they can't handle. I told her that he didn't handle it, he died. But she told me that he was able to handle it, that he handled it by dying. But I'm so confused. I asked my parents but they didn't give me an answer. What did she mean "He was able to handle it, he handled it by dying."? Doesn't dying mean he wasn't able to handle it? What would not being able to handle it even look like? It was September 26 2023 that it happened, it's May 9 2026 and I still don't know. If anyone can explain what she meant that'd be appreciated. =,^D

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Better yet why do they insult the physically disabled and only care about the mentally disabled?

They make jokes about dementia being "Wow I'm so forgetful I totally have dementia!!" even though dementia is a terminal illness that's extremely painful to witness let alone live with. And it's not just old people, kids have it too. But even if it was only limited to old people, that still doesn't justify those kind of jokes. Why do they hate autism jokes and DID jokes by people who actually have the condition ("Wow, they're trivializing those disorders and think it's just being quirky but they're extremely painful!!) but then do the exact same thing to people with dementia when they don't even HAVE dementia?

And they accuse the people they fake claim of making fun of those disorders and insulting people with those disorders, but they call people smooth brained as an insult, when being born with a smooth brain is a severe physical and mental disability? It's not just saying something dumb online, again, it's a severe disability and they need constant caretaking for life. They develop severe physical and mental side effects and can even die. But somehow they don't defend people with lissencephaly. (In school I remember reading those kids magazines in class and the main article was about a kid with lissencephaly, and even through his severe disabilities he was still playing and smiling and doing all sorts of activities, and his brother even plays and takes care of him. That was years ago but even to this day smooth brain "jokes" never sit right with me because of this, but I'm worried that right wingers will call me a woke liberal snowflake and leftists will call me a reactionary puritan or something.)

I really don't know how to word it so sorry if it sounds insensitive (I have ADHD, recently diagnosed by professionals, so excuse my wording) but I think this could be the reason: when they have autism, ADHD, DID, then they use it to not only make themselves look like they're weak and in constant pain and suffering as an excuse to fakeclaim and gain sympathy from ableists (and probably to brag), but they also use these disorders to make themselves look like they're better than everyone else to fuel their ego and encourage more fakeclaiming. For autism, there's something called Aspie Supremacy which is similar to this, where low-needs autistic people think they're better than neurotypicals, allistic neurodivergents, people with Down Syndrome, and high needs/profoundly autistic people. They basically put themselves on a pedestal and think having these disorders makes them smart and special while they view everyone else as "normies" or "NPCs" and view those with more severe mental disabilities as insignificant, worthless, and not worthy of defending. And "severe disabilities" includes dementia (an extremely painful terminal illness) and lissencephaly (a severe disability). I think they also might see them as competition because they suffer more than they do and can't play Trauma Olympics, and because of the "only old people get dementia" myth and the "smooth brain = stupid person online" myth they don't see these people as worthy of sympathy unless they know someone directly who has it. Another reason is because their suffering isn't "aesthetic" or "cool" or whatever.

Sorry, it’s way too long.

For my whole life I was never actually good at anything. I would learn things like art a lot more slowly than everyone else, even beginners

For example, in 11th grade art class, we were doing (I think it was called lithography?) printmaking, almost no one in the class has done it before, but I was the one who struggled the most, especially cutting the linoleum. Also in that class, I struggled so much in painting that my paintings either looked like blobs or weren’t even finished. Everyone else did much fine. There was a classmate with developmental/intellectual disabilities and even they didn’t have issues with painting.

In 12th grade, we were doing 3D modeling class. Almost nobody did that before either, including me. Even still, I was the one who was most behind, I even failed the class. Everyone else was on the same assignment but I was still stuck on one of the assignments from the beginning-middle of the class (in high school our classes were from September-June) The only time I was severely behind and had an actual reason to be was when a relative died and I had to miss like 3 days of school and that was when they were teaching Adobe Illustrator (I somehow managed to pass the certification test, but only by a little).

And even with drawing, because I can’t bring myself to study on my own (my fault) because online tutorials don’t make sense to me and I need direct teaching/feedback, well I’m 19 and the way I draw now is the way most artists my age drew when they were like 10-12 (my fault too) You might say “Oh your age doesn’t equal your skill level!” But that’s not what I mean.

The breaking point was ELA class in my 2nd semester (which I’m in) where I was struggling so badly with the work and even forgot assignments that I had to drop because I couldn’t pass, and that was a required class. And again, everyone else could do it. Keep in mind I’m not in an honors college and these classmates aren’t super geniuses, it’s just a regular 4 year liberal arts college and these are regular students.

I never even knew how I could learn these skills so slow while everyone could go on a regular or even fast pace. I always felt bad about myself (still do) that I couldn’t do skills at everyone’s level. Not practicing? Slow learning comprehension? For drawing in particular it was so bad that I ended up crying several times, I would call myself mean names (I would call myself sped and I would call myself the r word), I quit for several months, I even genuinely suspected I was mentally delayed. Not just Autism or ADHD, but actually delayed.

Recently I was diagnosed with ADHD because the counselors/mental health professionals in my university I’ve been going to counseling because I’ve been struggling in my 2nd semester (not my 1st) and they noticed ADHD symptoms (they suspect Autism too but aren’t sure yet). I can’t get an official diagnosis because of personal reasons, and I‘m not sure of medication because the side effects might affect my diabetes (type 1. I have a CGM but still the medication can cause high blood sugar so I’m not sure).

But I feel guilty because my friend she has ADHD and I have friends with Autism and they can still learn skills at everyone else’s pace but I can’t. I also worry that I’m faking because I’m lying to myself about everything and I think I’m just lazy and acting like a victim. I don’t even trust myself honestly.

For my school you had to take a test to get in, I only passed by a few points and it was only because of extra time I have due to diabetes (there were smarter kids at my middle school who couldn’t pass because they couldn’t finish on time) and also because it was during COVID so they lowered the standards for everybody so I felt I didn’t deserve to be in my high school and I feel like I don’t deserve to be in my college.

I don’t even know what to do.