We finally got on the same page

A while ago I mentioned that husband and I had completely different workout styles and they were not compatible. This was pretty intrusive on our workout and fitness efforts. I think we've figured out a way to remedy this

I go running once a week and he comes to the park to support me, while taking random pictures of the park, or doing work.  Knowing he's there as support is great, but yet he doesn't have to run, which he doesn't enjoy - at all.


Then when I'm at yoga, which I like to do once or twice a week - he goes for bike rides, which he loves.  He's been riding lately in preparation for the American Diabetes Tour de Cure that he's riding here in a few weeks.


And then - to make sure we get time together - on the weekends we go hiking.  It's outside and naturey - which he likes.  And it's getting in miles, which I enjoy (I don't really care how I get them in). I've slowly started taking to the trails and accepting that bugs are touching me.  It's been a slow process, but I'm getting there.


How do you and your significant other work out together?

Sometimes you just need to breath...

Image via WikipediaI woke up Saturday assuming things would be just like any other day.. I was so wrong.

My husband has been a diabetic for close to 15 years now.  He has moments where he goes low, and it's something he didn't give enough attention to, until now.

I was trying to get his attention while he was working from home in the morning, and when he was unresponsive I got worried.  Went upstairs and he was completely passed out.  I called 911 because I couldn't get him to swallow liquid glucose I had, and so I didn't know what else to do. I'm really glad I did because at this point - they're thinking while he was unconscious he had a mini-stroke.

While we were at the hospital the first two-three hours were horrible. He couldnt speak full sentences, no one knew what he was saying, he was all jumbled.  But about 10-12 hours later, he made significant progress. He can speak and tell full, coherent stories.  He knows shapes and pictures we show him, he can recall names of people he works with, our wedding date, the hospital he's at, etc.  So it's a big improvement from the hours before when he was first admitted.

Something like this has really made me realize how dangerous not taking total control of diabetes is.  I had no idea it could go this far, and while I'm not glad it happened - I'm so glad that we have the opportunity to make the changes in the future, because he's going to recover from this. It might be slower than he'd like, but he's going to recover and he's going to get things back in gear.  I've spent all this time focusing on having a baby and while that's still important to me (us) - getting him back on track and making sure he's there, alive and healthy when our baby boy or girl is there to grow up is the most important thing.  I never realized how much I take daily life and activity for granted until something swoops in and shakes everything up. Scary scary.... More tests to be run sometime later today... Depending on the power of prayer and love right now...