Now that I'm diagnosed, I work out even when I don't feel like it. There are so many other things I want to do for that half hour, and I'm using it to sweat. And for many people who enjoy working out, this is no problem for them. But I'm more erudite, okay? I'm more of a bookworm, sit down type of person. I do enjoy pilates and yoga, so I do love that
Becky Butler
@bc75 · 4:14
I'm 48, and so it's catching up, singing a toll. I'm getting battle hardened, battle beaten. But I have not lost. And there is hope. And I'll be trying a new medication, and we're going to see what that does to possibly help my lungs and to have somebody give you hope after something that you've lived with for 48 years. I didn't know any different than the struggle and fight to breathe. The spats and the sputters. It's consuming
Erica Jean
@HeyItsErica · 3:30
It's definitely a change watching my eyesight go blurry just because I ate something with a few more carbs than I should have. And every time that happens, I worry about going blind because diabetes can cause blindness over time. And it's always that fear hanging in the air. But at the same time, we fight every day. We use our outlets to empower us. Right? Me and you, we love to write. It's very cathartic and very powerful at the same time
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Becky Butler
@bc75 · 4:22
Illness is illness. It's not really a comparison thing. It's applied to all of us. But do we seek after and feel for life around those ones who have also gone before and made the way inspires us? And one other funny thing is, I'm really glad you guys can hear or listen to my swell cast because my voice is just really raspy. And with my breathing being so taxed, sometimes I run out at the end of a sentence. But everybody seems to be getting everything
Erica Jean
@HeyItsErica · 0:54
I do be praying, but not as much as I used to. So I'm definitely going to make that one of my other good habits. But you're definitely in my thought. Thoughts. Your words are always in my thoughts as well. You take care