{"id":48489,"date":"2018-01-27T07:29:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T12:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=48489"},"modified":"2018-01-27T10:34:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T15:34:55","slug":"coping-with-diabetes-and-the-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=48489","title":{"rendered":"Coping with Diabetes and the Flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coping with diabetes and the flu is never easy. Flu season is now at its peak, and it\u2019s especially severe this year. Emergency rooms are overcrowded, and people are dying from the flu. For those of us living with diabetes or caring for someone with diabetes, this is terrifying. What might be a hard flu or messy stomach bug for most people can be a frightening, <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/psa-from-a-diabetes-mom-if-youre-sick-stay-home\/\">challenging ordeal for people with diabetes<\/a>. It may involve hourly blood glucose checks and ketone checks, constant calls to the doctor, or even a scary rush to the emergency room. We hope you stay healthy, and we&#8217;ve put together a few tips to help you get through flu season. Be well!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48500 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/what-to-doabout-diabetes-and-the-flu-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"2000\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/what-to-doabout-diabetes-and-the-flu-3.png 800w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/what-to-doabout-diabetes-and-the-flu-3-120x300.png 120w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/what-to-doabout-diabetes-and-the-flu-3-410x1024.png 410w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/what-to-doabout-diabetes-and-the-flu-3-768x1920.png 768w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/what-to-doabout-diabetes-and-the-flu-3-614x1536.png 614w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/what-to-doabout-diabetes-and-the-flu-3-600x1500.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":48492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[1587],"tags":[],"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>Coping with Diabetes and the Flu | ASweetLife<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Coping with diabetes and the flu is never easy. 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