{"id":37838,"date":"2015-05-11T13:01:01","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T17:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=37838"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:46:07","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:46:07","slug":"dblogweek-day-1-i-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=37838","title":{"rendered":"#DBlogWeek Day 1 – I Can"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"UMass<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI can do anything.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

This empowering mantra is something I would wholeheartedly believe in regardless of my diabetes. However, it resonates with me that much more because of my diabetes.<\/p>\n

Seeing as I was diagnosed as a young child, I don\u2019t recall life without diabetes. That being said, I never really went through a period where I felt like diabetes was stopping me from doing something that I was able to do with greater ease pre-diagnosis. I\u2019ve always been a motivated person. I don\u2019t allow anyone or anything to prevent me from accomplishing my goals in life. Most of all, I don\u2019t let diabetes intervene by bringing me to a screeching halt.<\/p>\n

I will admit that it seldom slows me down. There are moments where I panic and can\u2019t help but wonder if I\u2019ve finally stumbled into something that diabetes won\u2019t let me do or enjoy. A prime example of this is when I recently visited my boyfriend in Washington, D.C. It was the longest distance I have ever traveled by myself, and I was practically petrified at the mere prospect of something going wrong concerning my diabetes care and management.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when my fiery determination kicked into high gear. I went through a list of \u201cI can\u201d moments that have happened to me over the course of the past year that were concrete evidence that there is no limit to what I can do:<\/p>\n