Diabetes Awareness Month: Daring to Date with Diabetes
My stories of dating with diabetes. It requires courage and a bold sense of self, but you are more than diabetes.
My stories of dating with diabetes. It requires courage and a bold sense of self, but you are more than diabetes.
I was diagnosed with diabetes at age 26, working nights as an ER nurse. This is my journey into insulin and pump therapy.
Hypoglycemia is the closest I have come to hell on earth. It feels to me like I am dying and slipping away. Sweat drips down my body. My hands shake. My vision blurs. My heart races in my chest. My thoughts don’t make sense. I am aware I am not making sense, but powerless to do anything about it, but eat and wait.
Diabetes Coaches help people with diabetes to learn new coping skills required to deal with these challenges.
I am officially a Diabetes Coach and am coaching people who live with diabetes to journey inward and find their peace.