Diabetes-Johanna

So just to follow-up on my previous post, I did walk 1 658 932 steps before 1st September. Yaaay... I can see that a lot of new collaborative research projects are coming up. And of course there is a large comorbidity with Covid-19/Corona virus and other underlying diseases, like my diabetes. What I actually was thinking about is how different countries report on cause of death. If a person with diabetes dies with Corona virus present - is this reported as death by Corona virus or by diabetes? This play on numbers is a hugh reason to why some countries now seem to have no deaths at all from the present pandemic. Sweden has one of the highest death rates per capita but we are also almost the only country that has remained open and almost functioning as usual although many are working from home. So maybe we won’t get a second wave or at least not as big as other countries will cause we’ve had a steady stream of sickness progression from the virus with everyone still moving around and not

 I joined this challenge on Facebook from an assistans company near us called ”God assistans” (god means great). It started on June 1st and the goal was to walk 1 million steps until September 1st, approximately 13’000 steps per day. Well it’s not deadline yet and I’ve already walked more than 1,5 million steps. It came easy actually. When I’m at work I often walk 14’000 steps from leaving the house and until I get back. When I’m working from home I try to walk in the morning before work starts and on my lunch break, then I often go for a walk in the evening. It’s been good for my diabetes and for my overall mental health. In these times you need to do what you can to keep your mood high. I don’t have mental illness but I had a period of depression, anxiety and being burnt out due to everything that happened around our youngest daughters diagnosis. Whats happening now, due to Corona/Covid-19, effects everyone I believe. I can’t really hug my parents and not really visit anyone I want,

So... on a totally different point: Black Lives Matter. It’s not about white Lives doesn’t matter, it’s about black Lives are supposed to matter just as much. It’s about equality. But mostly it’s about us all being just one race; Human beings. I mean - we are all one. White lions and yellow lions are the same race just different shades and that shouldn’t matter. Everyones life should matter. We only have this one life and this one world and don’t we want it to be the best that it can be? And you can think or say what you want about the violent protests but you have to understand that they come from an eternity of repression, an eternity of segregation, an eternity of discrimination, an eternity of being treated as second class citizens. Change needs to happen. Change is needed now. Let’s be the change.

So Sweden has a very different strategy in the fight against the Corona or Covid-19 virus. We are all still very free moving around. There are restrictions like no more then 50 people at a venue, our higher education has lectures via web, fewer trains and busses, people are expected to stay home and work from home if possible. Also if you experience any symtoms of a cold or anything really you are expected to stay home, you need to be 100%. Every day at 14 the Public Health Authority has a press conference where they present the latest numbers and updates. Daycare and lower education is still open, because these young children can’t be expected to conduct their own education via web and if the parents are expected to work from home then they can’t educate the children. For now the strategy seems to be working. Because I have diabetes I was really worried and actually wanted them to shut down the whole country - but the days I need to be at work there is only people on ever