Diabetes and the virus

I am so, so, so grateful that he is no longer alive and that he did not have to go through this pandemic with diabetes. I cannot fathom what it would be like.However, the virus has brought back many memories about his diabetes. I am now 68 years old. So I have been labeled as "vulnerable". WOW! Forced to be quarantined way longer than others and I fully expect our governor (Colorado) to add another month tomorrow.The injustice that I feel is unreal. I am not VULNERABLE!!! I am healthy, active, in love with life and now I cannot visit my friends. Line dancing, karaoke, everything has come to a complete standstill for more than 90 days here. I live in a building filled with senior apartments. Our manager decided that we are "congregate care" and imposed needless restrictions on everyone. I wrote a letter to the president of the board explaining that we are congregate living, not congregate care. They took the signs down. But they didn't change our restrictions.I've probably come closer to breaking all the rules than anyone I know. We have 2 people sick out of 47,000 in this county that consumes over 1500 square miles! It is ludicrous that every county is treated the same regardless of the impact on them. Small business here are not going to open back up. They didn't make it through this.I sat here in this building looking out the window on Mother's Day. Some families lined up and waved. Bu...
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