Colours of Diabetes on World Diabetes Day

Red: The colour of the blood drawn from fingertips multiple times a day, the best way we have of finding out what a non-diabetic body takes for granted - our blood glucose levels.

White: The colour of glucose that can turn from foe to friend faster than you can say hypoglycaemia.

Purple: The colour of the little pad on a ketone test strip when blood sugars rage out of our control.

Infinite: The colour of the faces of the millions of people worldwide struggling with diabetes day in and day out. The people for whom diabetes is not just one day in November, but every day.

Blue: The colour that unites us all today, on World Diabetes Day.

The London Eye, appearing like a giant version of the Unite for Diabetes logo on the London skyline. (The image is a little blurry as I didn't have a tripod)

Beat Diabetes Button courtesy of  Beth. My buttons arrived, very appropriately, today on World Diabetes Day. Thank you Beth! 

Comments

[in search of balance]

Woah, that button looks cool in that picture!

I loved this post, so right about the colors. Red, white, purple, blue. Infinite. All colors that mean diabetes to us, and hopefully will raise awareness of our disease. Can you believe that statistic on Sandra's blog... that nearly 70% of americans think there's a cure for type 1?!?!

Happy WDD, Caro.

[Kerri.]

I loved this post, Caro. Terrific pictures!