Holly was identified with sort 1 diabetes at six years of age, but it surely wasn’t till she was 28 that she had her first ever full night time of sleep. This was due to her Automated Insulin Supply (AID) system.
AID methods mix insulin pumps and steady glucose displays, automating insulin supply and bettering high quality of life. Earlier than having an AID system, Holly had a handbook pump and a CGM.
“You will have all the data with the CGM… you possibly can see what’s occurring minute to minute. However then I needed to make all of the therapy selections,” says Holly.
She discovered the heavy burden of fixed decision-making overwhelming. It led to excessive ranges of diabetes misery.
Thankfully right now, life appears to be like lots totally different for Holly.
“My life is a lot simpler on an automatic on the spot supply system… whenever you transition to a system like this and also you’re now not making these selections, you have got capability to consider the opposite issues in your life that aren’t diabetes. And so it’s truthfully life altering.”
Holly feels extraordinarily lucky to have the ability to entry her AID system by her personal medical insurance, and strongly believes the present disparity in reasonably priced entry to diabetes know-how must be addressed.
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