Dreams

Most kids have huge imaginations when they are younger. Those imaginations can last indefinitely, but as kids grow up, they start to think about ways that their dreams could come true. For instance, I love to read a book and imagine myself as the character so that I can better understand the story and the characters. Unfortunately, I also begin to wonder what life would be like if I actually was able to enter the world in the book. I imagine the struggles I would undertake and how I would survive in the world of fantasy. My diabetes seems to come into play a lot recently with each book I read and each world I imagine visiting. If I were to say, travel into the world of Harry Potter, I would be fine because it is based in recent years where the technology for insulin pumps and such were invented. If I were to travel to the world of Narnia however, they wouldn't have the technology in Narnia. I would die within days. Now, even though this is all fantasy and imagination, it's still a huge thing to think about, at least for me. Traveling to different worlds from stories is what I love to fantasize about, some people my age might fantasize about their future jobs or becoming a famous football player or model, but I fantasize about books. To have those fantasies crushed by diabetes is too hard to accept, so I have to improvise. If I am going to a book full of magic, I like to think that I can be cured of my diabetes for good, or that in the realm of books, diabetes doesn't exist. Yet, somehow, diabetes always manages to seep back into my dreams. Unfortunately, this is just one thing that I, as a diabetic, must deal with. I don't know if other diabetics deal with dreams and imagination, but I'm sure they have their own struggles as everyone does. I like to think that if I didn't have diabetes, my life would be easy, but really, besides finger pricks and injections, would it really make me happier? Maybe, but I can't know until I am cured.