Me….. Let me tell you a little bit about myself. At the age of 3 ½ I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I have had the disease now for over 35 years and will admit I haven’t always been the best diabetic. I don’t know anyone that has had type 1 diabetes and has always been a great diabetic. Hell, I don’t even know anyone that was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes that has been a great diabetic (and they became diabetic when they were adults and supposed to know who they were). Anyway, long story short…. God seemed to always take care of me. On average about 20% of type 1 diabetics begin to have neuropathy issues about 20 years after their diagnosis. Well, when I was 26 I didn’t have to worry about neuropathy. My endocrinologist told me I was doing well for nerve damage at that time…..
Now, fast forward to this last year. I worked hard all of my life. Put others before me and wanted to make sure the community I was raising my daughter in would have a place they always felt comfortable going to. I succeeded. I had opened a bakery in a small town in Minnesota. Found I was really good at baking and decorating cakes, not just regular cakes but cakes and desserts for people that were on a special dietary restriction as well. I loved the challenge of creating a dessert for someone that nobody else could. I made gluten free, sugar free, dye free, egg free, dairy free, corn free and vegan cakes, and they tasted amazing. I had become an award winning baker and even had a Minnesota Senator (now president nominee) purchase desserts from me. I felt like I was at the top of the world, but doing all of this meant I had to let something go, so I quit taking care of myself. Diabetes is a full time job and if you don’t focus on your health something bad could happen, this is true of EVERYONE, not just us diabetics.
Well, I was working hard and some unforeseen circumstances happened with my life and businesses. I was in a car accident and it pretty much damaged my body where I had to give up my businesses. Sadly, at that time I was angry! Why would God do that to me, I was doing great things for him. . . . so I thought. Why would I, after years of not taking care of myself end up in an accident that (at the time) I thought ruined my life! I had no idea what to do or who I was. People told me it was a blessing, but how could it be a blessing. I was lost….
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