Today I read a piece of news that, honestly, left me silent for a while.It said that people with diabetes have up to a 73% higher risk of suffering a heart attack, in addition to a higher risk of stroke, heart failure, kidney problems... figures that are impressive when you see them like this, in the cold.
And I'm not going to lie to you: as a person with diabetes, this news stirs inside.Because we are behind the percentages.Our daily routine.Our silent fears.The nights when hypoglycemia wakes you up with a start or the days when you do “everything right” and still the numbers don't add up.
What has made me think the most is not only the risk itself, but something that many of us already know: many of these complications advance without showing their faces.They don't hurt, they don't warn... until one day they appear.And that's when you wonder if you could have done something before, if someone explained it to you clearly or if you had the necessary support.
I have also had to read that diabetes does not affect everyone equally: income, access to resources, medical follow-up, and the support you have around you influence.And that hurts, because living with diabetes is already demanding enough without doing so in inequality.
If I take anything from this news, it is a clear idea: we cannot live in fear, but neither can we live in indifference.Taking care of ourselves today is a gift for our “self” of the future.And do it accompanied, much more.
Thank you for being there, for reading, for sharing and for not letting go of the hand of the one who walks next to you.💙
Greetings,
