She Knows What She Has

I have a bad habit of not reading the magazines I receive in the mail on a timely basis. They usually sit on my kitchen table for months at a time before I get to them. Well, I was only running a month or so behind on this one.

But I finally caught up and read an article about an actress who know what type of diabetes she has. No, not HER. LOL!!!!
The article was the February Issue of Diabetes Forecast and there on cover was a picture of Elizabeth Perkins.
I immediately thought of the movies, Big (with Tom Hanks, of course), The Flintstones, and the remade version of Miracle on 34th Street. She's been in many other movies since then & currently on the show Weeds (which I haven't seen).

But she wasn't on the cover of Diabetes Forecast for her acting accomplishments. She has type 1 diabetes. And unlike Ms. Berry, Elizabeth knows which type she has. Yay for her! I was very impressed with the article about how she was diagnosed & how she makes her diabetes work while being a busy actress.

What I really liked, though, was the fact that she wants to get an insulin pump - but is nervous about it. That's the way I was. I had thought about it for years before I finally gave in & did it. I'm glad to hear that even a confident, accomplished actress like Elizabeth Perkins feels the same way I did about getting a pump.

Diabetes is no respecter of persons. It can hit anyone at anytime. I'm sorry Elizabeth & all of us have had to experience diabetes. But I am glad that there's a celebrity out there that actually understands the disease she has and speaks correctly about it. And she has the same feelings about it that the rest of us do. It's kind of refreshing.