21 Memes That Nail What It's Like to Have Diabetes
After you’re diagnosed with diabetes, you might feel like you’ve just been granted admission into a completely new world — one with a whole new set of rules to follow and challenges you have to worry about that people without diabetes know nothing about. After all, you can’t really understand why diabetes makes you awesome at math, or the reactions you get when you inject insulin in public unless you’ve been there yourself.
Diabetes itself isn’t funny — but sometimes, laughing at all the absurd situations diabetes puts you in can make the tough moments just a little bit easier to deal with. Below, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite memes about life with diabetes. If you can relate, leave a comment and let us know which is your favorite!
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Erin is the former senior editor and chronic illness editor of The Mighty. She joined The Mighty in 2015 and previously worked at Inside Weddings magazine, Mic, and The Huffington Post. She was also the features editor at The California Aggie, UC Davis' student newspaper. She is honored to be a part of the Mighty community!
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