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I had a truly scary thing happen last night.  I have a wonderful friend who lives in WA and I live in NV.  We talk twice a day as I commute 30 minutes back and forth from work and usually every morning on the weekend.  Last night when I called her she didn’t sound right.  She could barely talk and she wasn’t making any sense.  She is a diabetic and has to use insulin.  I have seen her have lows before, but never this bad.  She lives alone and I knew there wasn’t anyone there with her.  Pretty soon she stopped talking and I heard the phone slide out of her hand.  So I hung up and called her clinic where she used to work and I knew they had a 24 hour operator on duty.  I told him who I was and why I was calling and asked him to call 911 and send an ambulance to her home right away.  Luckily they got there in time, but she was unconcious and had a blood sugar of only 25 (normal is between 70 and 100).  She called me about 30 minutes later to let me know she was okay.  Unfortunately they had to break her door in and that will cost money to fix, but she is alive today because I happened to call at the right time and that young male operator did as I asked. 

 I started this weight loss journey because of my fear of developing diabetes because it runs on my mom’s side of the family.  As I have watched what my friend has gone through in the last 12 years, having to quit her job because she cannot see well enough to read, cannot feel her feet so is constantly falling and getting hurt, having to give up driving because she has no depth preception due to her poor eyesight and now may go blind if an operation in February is unsuccessful.  This is a chronic disease but you do not have to have all these complications if you take care of yourself from the onset, but even better why not prevent it altogether by losing weight, exercising daily and seeing a doctor regularly and being tested annually if it runs in your family.  If it is caught early, it doesn’t have to change your longevity or the way you live your life if you give it the time and attention it deserves.  So today I’m thankful I have my friend still alive and I’m more committed once again to getting my body up and moving and following through with healthy food choices and activities.  Thank you God for all your blessings but most of all thankyou for saving the life of my friend!