You just never know what you’ll end up doing if you stay open to opportunities and living your best life. It’s been 20 years since my husband, James, died from complications from diabetes and I struggled to get through the days. It was hard but I kept putting one foot in front of the other moving forward. Over time I learned a lot about diabetes working in a diabetes center for 16 years. Suddenly, without expecting it, the hospital closed the diabetes center. I had to learn a new way of living. It makes me think of someone newly diagnosed with diabetes who is shocked, and overwhelmed but needing to learn new skills at the same time. Looking back it’s hard to believe how far I’ve come. I have a business helping people understand and learn to control their diabetes. I never thought I’d have my own company, write a blog, create a website, but here I am!
Back when I was married to James I was a dietitian working in public health with women and kids, and didn’t know much about diabetes. I thought James knew about it since he had had it for 10 years when we met. We didn’t talk about it much. There weren’t many tools back then and he didn’t have insurance so it was difficult to afford the test strips and tests for early detection of problems. He went to the library to learn about his diabetes and he read about insulin resistance. He assumed he must be resistant to insulin, but he was Type 1 and was sensitive to insulin.
Having diabetes today is no cakewalk but it’s better than ever before. There are lots of technological advances, new treatments, and more research. I often think about how much better it is for people who are not on their own trying to figure out what to do. To learn more about living with diabetes online click here diabetes.org
I am very fortunate to be able to help people understand what they need to know to prevent complications. There are not many complications to controlled diabetes and diabetes can be controlled. For individualized “in-person” help, see how I can help
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