At this time of the year what's the one thing that concerns you most about your Diabetes?

When you wake up in the morning and you don't feel great, what's the thing that gets you moving? What's your top tip, that first step that you take and how and what enables you to achieve it? On the days when you're feeling fantastic, what do you like to do and what really makes you smile? There are days when everything seems gloomy and grey but we just need to find a way to get moving, get on with our day. Sometimes it's just taking that first step that we need some motivation for. It's so different on days when we feel fantastic because we can achieve a goal or something that just makes us smile. I know for a fact that with me physical activity does help and so I have to, even though I may feel really tired because of high blood glucose levels, I'm quite happy to push myself to because I know after about 10 minutes or so I will begin to feel better and and so it's another 10 minutes after that and I think yeah I'm feeling even better. I just sort of aim at 10 minute intervals to see how I'm beginning to feel and it's not just physical things it's also mental situation when you look around and you see nature and you know you you see birds flying and squirrels and even garden rats sometimes running across the road. So the incentive that I get is that I know that if I take the first step outside of the house that will lead to another step and yet another one and so on. So that's my way of achieving what I want to or what I hope to achieve. What gets me going usually is the shock that I've already might have missed a meeting or two but really I enjoy what I do and what gets me going in the morning is the fact that I have to do what I enjoy again another day and that's what gets me going. You know I tell myself well you know there are things to do you've got to get on with them and staying in bed isn't going to help it's just going to make things worse because you're going to have to catch up if you're late for work or people were expecting you. But you know the worst bit is thinking about getting up once you've got up it's not a problem. That's a difficult one. I feel like I do a job that matters. I come to work, I make a difference to the patients that I look after and that's kind of always been my motivation and it's the motivation all the way through the year and it's harder to get out of bed when it's cold and it's wet and you don't feel so great because you're feeling a bit like you have a bit of a low mood because the weather is not so great and everybody's in that kind of boat but my motivation on a work day is certainly to get up and go to work and look after the people that need my care and that's what drives me in the morning on a weekday morning anyway. Being human means we are never the same from one day to the next. It's all right not to be sure of yourself all of the time. Diabetes is complex medical condition and it can be a minefield to negotiate. There are times when your diabetes will give you those highs and those lows that you just have heard about from our community members and it's okay to seek professional help as well. We at Healthshare.com want to support your thoughts and your decisions and help you feel safe in where you need to turn to next. You