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Barbara Scully

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1630 total appearances

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The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

I walk 5k every day, but I know and I've just learned that's not enough.

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

You need to also be doing strength training.

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

And that's why I'm in the gym, which is not something I ever thought I'd say, but I am.

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

I'm in the gym twice a week and it's working.

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

Yeah, it takes longer.

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

It's a bit slower and things are slower to fix, but it's it's working.

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

Should we start now?

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

Okay, Grant.

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

As I mentioned earlier, I was diagnosed with diabetes in my mid-50s, which I thought when I, the only symptom I had was tiredness.

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

I was, I suddenly was just wrecked.

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

And I thought, this is menopause now again, do you know?

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

Because menopause caused me to give up drink for two and a half years, which was very traumatic because I didn't get hangovers anymore, I got migraines.

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

And then when I developed this, like, really noticed that summer of 2019, I was so tired.

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

And I thought, here's menopause again.

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

Now this is another present it has delivered to my door.

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

But when I Googled it, overweight, whatever I was then, 60 or ish, and not very fit and very tired, it wasn't menopause that came up, it was type 2 diabetes.

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

Yeah, and so I went down to my doctor and I said, me and Dr. Google think I've type 2 diabetes.

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

Were you whittling a lot?

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

No.

The Laura Dowling Experience
#169 Barbara Scully | The Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Older

Okay.