My Story: Dan and type 2 diabetes
Dan shares his story of his diagnosis, making lifestyle changes and being an inspiration to others to improve their life while living with type 2 diabetes.
Transcript
One thing that people should know about diabetes is that you may have it and not even know you have it.
It's so important to go and get checked.
When I first found out I had diabetes, it was a shock to me. And if you're diagnosed with it, understand it's not a lifelong sentence, that there's
light at the end of the tunnel. This can be turned around, and you have to make sure you put a plan together to do so.
You need to get with a specialist, somebody who's dialed in and get you the very best health care you can.
I lost 106 pounds because of the COVID pandemic. My results run really well, actually--
my internal results with my doctor. He always says, if I didn't know it was you, I'd think it was a normal person. I'm thinking that's a compliment, but I'm not sure.
So I was a former professional wrestler for a number of years-- toured the world. And I've transitioned into the business world ever since.
One of the first things I do when I hold my first staff meeting is I let everybody know that I'm a type 2 diabetic. I've done one thing immediately, and I've
spread the word on diabetes. I get people thinking about it. And then you'd be surprised how many people in the workplace
come to me privately and tell me they've got diabetes too. If I can create awareness in the workplace, that means I'm going to have way less sick days from employees,
and number two, make their life better. And the other thing is that-- checking glucose. I check my glucose levels quite frequently during the day.
I don't wear a monitor. However, I do prick my finger. And look, after climbing into cages at night
with a barbwire baseball bat, if that's the biggest pain I get is a little prick on my finger, it's not a bad day. I think, with diabetes management,
it does take a superior work ethic. I often say diabetes doesn't recognize vacation days. It doesn't recognize holidays.
Diabetes works every day, so you've got to work every day, and fight it, and combat it, and manage it--
because I'm telling you, every day you take off, diabetes has a big smile on its face, because it's hustling.
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