We all know the many risks of being diabetic – heart disease, stroke, blindness, nerve damage, and so on. But there is one risk your physician or diabetes counselor most likely did not discuss with you – Internet-itis. You substitute being a sugar junkie for being an internet junkie. Here are the most common symptoms of Internet-itis:
1. After your initial diagnosis of diabetes, you turn to your computer for support rather than your family. You spend hours upon hours looking for message boards, chat rooms, or blogspots that are dedicated to the disease. You MUST find others like you, who will share and understand.
2. Every time you have a new ache, pain or bruise you google it under diabetic symptoms and spend the rest of the day worrying that your ingrown toenail will certainly lead to amputation of your entire leg because you are diabetic.
3. You send e-mails to all the local fast food establishments warning them of a massive boycott if they don’t start using whole grain buns. (By the way, Chick-Fil-A now offers whole grain buns. Coincidence? I think not!).
4. You are furious that you can’t find glucometers on E-Bay.
5. Instead of sending out an annual family newsletter during the Christmas holidays, you now send one out every time you have a change in your A1C number.
Does any of this sound familiar to you? Don’t be ashamed. Internet-itis is a common side effect of diabetes. You don’t have to hide in the closet with your laptop anymore. Be proud of the fact that you want to be an informed diabetic. Now, give me your email address so I can add you to my newsletter group.
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