{"id":32863,"date":"2013-05-16T12:03:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T16:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=32863"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:44:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:44:19","slug":"my-exceptional-diabetes-accomplishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=32863","title":{"rendered":"My Exceptional Diabetes Accomplishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Like long distance running, diabetes is a lonely journey. There are others out there on the course and others cheering you on, but you are alone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It is important to have caring and supportive people around you to help you cope with all of the difficulties of life with diabetes, but at the end of the day, we are alone with our diabetes. And those around us, as supportive and caring as they may be, don\u2019t understand what life with diabetes is really like (this is why the DOC is so important).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Don\u2019t misunderstand me. I am grateful for the support I receive from others and know that without it life would be much harder. I also know how difficult life with a diabetic can be &#8211; mood swings brought on by highs and lows, sudden changes in plans &#8211; \u201cI feel terrible I have to lie down\u201d, the annoying food obsessions and dietary requirements \u2013 \u201csorry I don\u2019t eat pizza anymore\u201d. And of course, there\u2019s the worrying that goes with caring and loving a person with diabetes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">But, no matter how good your loving family and friends are, the physical and mental toll of diabetes is very hard to explain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I\u2019ve done many things that could be considered diabetes accomplishments. I\u2019ve completed a bunch of marathons and half marathons and I co-founded ASweetLife.\u00a0 The real exceptional achievement, though, is not some grand event.\u00a0 It\u2019s getting through a day, an hour, and a minute of life with diabetes.\u00a0 It\u2019s doing it over and over again, with a good attitude, and the determination to live a long and healthy life. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[1294],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>My Exceptional Diabetes Accomplishment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I\u2019ve done many things that could be considered diabetes accomplishments. 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