1. Having diabetes means finding used test strips pretty much everywhere.
2. And by everywhere...
3. ...I mean, EVERYWHERE.
4. Honestly, having to constantly squeeze drops of blood from my finger-tips is a bigger priority.
5. Is this a murder scene? Nah, this is just a Tuesday morning.
6. And this is just a Tuesday afternoon.
7. Oops, I hit a blood vessel while inserting a continuous blood glucose monitor into my arm. Better try again!
8. Hitting a blood vessel twice in a row feels just as terrible as you think it would.
9. It attached without spurting blood everywhere? Good. Now I can shift my focus to the inch-long metal wire poking into my arm.
10. Seriously: It's an INCH-LONG. METAL. WIRE.
11. Oh, and don't mind me! Just gotta deal with this disgusting bleeding hole in my side.
12. Which is actually something I deal with all the time.
13. It honestly never ends.
14. I could always take needle injections instead.
15. Lots and lots of needle injections.
16. But I still have to clean blood off of the counter.
17. And now I guess I have to go clean blood off of my shirt, too.
