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*** In better control with his pump since 2005
Reducing complications of Type 1 diabetes
I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was five years old.
In the beginning my father and mother managed
my entire diabetes treatment.
Initially, my father and mother decided
I should have an insulin pump to manage my diabetes.
My diabetes was very well regulated
which meant I was still able to exercise.
When I was a teenager, I wanted to be like everyone else.
I didn't want to show that there was something wrong with me
and the insulin pump was so visible at that time
that I shelved it and switched to multiple daily injections.
When I was a teenager,
my blood glucose control was really, really bad.
I didn't pay attention to my blood glucose. I forgot to measure it.
I forgot my injections, and I had
very little control over my management as a whole.
The long-term complications actually started shortly after
my blood glucose levels became badly regulated.
The long-term complications with which I was diagnosed
were necrobiosis and retinopati.
The turning point in my life in terms of long-term complications
came when we had children.
I began to think that if I wanted to see my lovely boys
grow up to be big, something had to happen, right away.
Now that I have the insulin pump, my blood glucose levels
do not fluctuate so much anymore
and that's why my long-term complications are no longer there.
The insulin pump makes it much easier
to be able to live your life as a "normal" person.
It's easier to eat one more apple
and to go on a bike ride
because with the pump it's easier to make adjustments.
For me, diabetes is a condition. Diabetes is not an illness.
I'm the one who controls my diabetes, I'm the one who decides
whether I want to have a life with or without long-term complications.
I've chosen not to have them for many years to come
and the pump is a huge help in achieving my goal.
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