Roommate Problems! *RANT!*

Hey everyone!

So, I know I haven't been posting lately, and I promise I will post an update eventually, but this is something I really need to talk about.

Some of you may know (I think I mentioned it), I started university in September and am living in residence on campus. I live in a double room and have a roommate (oh, boy...). Now, at 3:00 this morning, I woke up feeling weak and shaking, so I did the smart thing and grabbed my glucose meter and checked my sugar.

I wasn't able to get a reading the first time because my hands were shacking too much and I didn't get enough blood on the strip, so I had to try again. When I got my reading, my sugar was at 2.1, and I did what any responsible diabetic would do; I got some sugar into my system ASAP! I took 4 Dex4 glucose tablets, a juice box and a fruit roll-up to bring them up. Now, as I'm doing all this stuff to make sure I don't die, my roommate decided that it would be a brilliant idea to flash her phone's flashlight right into my eyes. After that, she grumbled under her breath and turn in her bed to face the wall.

I did mention to her that I was a type 1 diabetic before she moved in with me, so she knew what she was getting into. (actually, I'm like 90% sure she doesn't actually understand what diabetes is even though I did briefly explain it to her...)

Personally, I feel very attacked by her behavior. I mean, it's not my fault that my sugar was low at 3:00 am, and it's not like I asked for any of this. She makes it look like it's my fault and I'm waking her up in the middle of the night on purpose (whereas in reality she's the one keeping me up all night on weeknights, but that's another story...). I feel as if she is very immature and a bit self-centered and I don't even think she realizes I could have died this morning had I not woken up.

Also, she claims that my pump is waking her up at night, but my pump is set on vibrate and literally no one has ever claimed to hear it when it goes off, so I'm just wondering how on earth is she hearing it? Besides, it's quite rare that my pump even goes off at night anyway, and it isn't my fault that I don't hear it when I'm sleeping.

Anyway, so that's it for tonight, like I said before, I will try to start posting more often again, but I can't make any promises (university life, you know?!). So until next time!

- Serena <3