{"id":1444,"date":"2018-04-09T13:38:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T20:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mydiabeticsoul.com\/?p=1444"},"modified":"2018-04-09T13:38:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T20:38:56","slug":"what-does-having-diabetes-mean-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mydiabeticsoul.com\/?p=1444","title":{"rendered":"What does having diabetes mean to me?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pondering the above-titled question took me a few minutes to answer.\u00a0 Ask yourself the same question and see how long it takes you to answer.<\/p>\n

There are more cons than pros considering this is a life-threatening, incurable disease that needs daily and nightly attention.\u00a0 The details to looking and feeling good are never-ending.<\/p>\n

In short, to me, having diabetes (T1D) specifically means: paying attention to my every<\/em> action and inaction; regulating my insulin due to these actions and inactions; pricking more than one finger ten times a day – more if I’m sick – for a blood sugar level check.\u00a0 Being careful<\/em> with what I eat and drink throughout any day or night; being careful when figuring every\u00a0dose of\u00a0insulin – often a guessing game – in order to digest what I eat, is habitual.\u00a0 Sometimes embarrassing in public, but it’s definitely habitual.<\/p>\n

Finding time in my career to get a required 30-minute walk or bicycle ride for circulatory and neurologic (nerve) flows is often difficult – and often dependent upon the weather – but it can be done.<\/p>\n

Having this disease for 60 years has certainly taught me courage,\u00a0persistence, perseverance, and a host of other things, good and bad.\u00a0 I am a warrior!<\/p>\n

I like life.\u00a0 I am a happy person and find the positive in\u00a0all situations.\u00a0 Sometimes things were meant to be, no coincidence.\u00a0 My spirit is healthy, my belief system is strong along with my faith.<\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n

Just wonderin’.\u00a0 #buckroth\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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