I get a lot of questions why I run, expose myself to hard races and train when it is possible to sit down in a comfy sofa (😘)
I don’t have a good answer to it except that I want to be strong and a receipt that it is possible despite t1 diabetes.
Summer for me has in recent years not gotten the star shine it should.
2020 I got sepsis, got very sick and hospitalized all summer. Was discharged with a catheter for one kidney and thus half man half woman for a few months.
In 2021, I had surgery for what had caused my sepsis. Östling’s kidney.
In 2023 I had to cancel my vacation, go straight to the emergency room and hospitalized for more than 2 weeks due to an infection in the kidney that caused a lot of pain, tears and a resignation I didn’t think I could handle.
None of this is related to T1 diabetes and nothing I could have done differently to avoid.
Despite that, I was determined. Copenhagen Half Marathon 2023, Stockholm Marathon 2024, what’s next?
There are obviously more diseases than diabetes but life goes on and there are a lot of positives in life that you have to take advantage of 🫶🏻❤️
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