Diabetes Late Nite Inspired by Old Dominion

We're talking about what scares you most about diabetes on this Divabetic podcast with musical inspiration from the band Old Dominion.

Do diabetes and its diabetes health-related complications scare you?

How does this fear affect your life and daily self-care, and more importantly, what do you do about it?

Small amounts of fear might energize you and get you to pay attention, but the threat has to seem manageable. If there's nothing you can do, and the future looks too awful, you will tend to give up and try to enjoy the time you have left.

Of course, some fear of diabetes is justified. The complications of diabetes are terrifying. So are the effects it can have on your family and your finances. Fears are stressful, and stress isn't good for diabetes.

Fear increases insulin resistance and blood pressure and interferes with the body's natural healing systems. It makes it harder to enjoy life.

So what do we do about it? 

By taking better care of ourselves, we can reduce stress and even feel better about our diabetes lives. 

Guests include Poet Lorraine Brooks, Dr. Lori Shemek PhD, Diabetes  - What To Know founder Ansley Dalbo, podiatrist Dr. Michele Summers Colon DPM, gynecologist Dr. Andrea Chisholm MD,OB-GYN, Patricia Addie-Gentle RN, CDCES, Jackie Mernit Muhlstock, and Mama Rose Marie:

Throughout the podcast, we will be playing selected songs from Old Dominion’s “Happy Endings” album courtesy of SONY Music.