Imagine this -
As long as you can balance on your 2 feet most of us would be able to balance on a see-saw with both ends equally in air and balanced. Yes it would take time and positioning to make the weight right and there are things that could move that balance but on the whole you can maintain the balance.
Now lets add some complexity. Lets put another see-saw on the initial one and then try to keep both balanced at the same time. Yes it is possible but it will take more concentration, more weight balance and even more things could cause the balance to become off centered.
Ok now the tough one. Lets put another see-saw on the already 2 that we have been balancing. Now there are levels below levels and the slightest of breeze has the ability to put you off center. A simple shake of the leg will cause a flow on effect to each of the levels of balance. By moving left to balance the top the right on the bottom or left in the middle may be effected and every movement has a consequence. Yes it is possible to balance but it it takes, sometimes, an extraordinary amount of concentration and work.
So with the above in mind this is a simple, and one I find, to be an explanation of what it is like to live with T1D. There are so many things that can and will have an effect on you either straight away or even days later.
Now lets add a even more complicated situation to the see-saw lets put a bowling ball on the top and have you stand on that and try to stay balanced. I know near impossible. This is what it would be like not to have access to what we see in life as a necessity - INSULIN.
We do have it good in our country where the government subsidizes a large portion of the cost for this life saving medication. In third world countries and some demographics in even first world countries the ability to have INSULIN is a luxury or even completely out of the question so in fact were we can at least try to stay stable on the 3 see-saws these people are never given the chance.
Insulin For Life is trying to make a difference by collecting unused insulin and consumables and sending them to people in need so they can at least try to stand on the see-saw.
