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Chasity’s Healthful JourneyTM getting diagnosed and treated for Type 1 Diabetes

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“Both my husband and his family are fantastic and amazingly supportive. Their support is huge because diabetes is a 24-7 battle. There’s no down time. There’s no pushing the pause button to say hold on, I just want to take a moment to breathe.” – Chasity (Listen to Chasity’s Journey Here)

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”9869″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“So that is the other thing with diabetes is that if you don’t take care of yourself now you might not see the effects today but 10 years from now you’re going to be dealing with that and so to pay it forward to my future self I try to make changes and live as healthy as far as making sure I am eating on a daily basis.” – Chasity (Listen to Chasity’s Journey Here) Chasity’s journey with Type 1 Diabetes started when she was just eight years old. Her grandmother noticed that she was losing weight and going to the bathroom frequently, and that Chasity was always thirsty. It took a trip the emergency room with blood sugars high enough to lead to seizures or a coma for Chasity to finally get diagnosed. Chasity had to make many adjustments as a kid, from transitioning to a strict diet to taking three shots of insulin daily and checking her blood sugar four times daily. She was supported by her family who also transitioned to eating every two hours to accommodate! From the age of 18 to the age of 22, Chasity started to manage her diabetes a bit less closely, and actually ended up hospitalized for diabetic ketoacidosis several times. Diabetic ketoacidosis can lead to loss of consciousness and possibly even death if left untreated. Chasity credits her insulin pump with her ability to better manager her diabetes today. Chasity says that her pump “has completely changed her life.” Chasity shares, “The cool thing with the pump is I have a sensor plus my pump. My sensor reads my glucose levels throughout the day and tells my pump what it is and then I have settings in there based upon my body size and my carb ratio… so all of that helps fine tune and keep my numbers more steady which in the long run is just going to help me live a longer more fulfilling life.” Unfortunately, just this past year, Chasity was experiencing blurred spots in her vision. It turns out that this was the result of six years of relatively uncontrolled diabetes prior to getting her insulin pump.  She shared, “so pretty much for the last eight months I’ve had to go in get eye tests done every month. I’ve had five different eye injections done. I’ve had a laser treatment done so those are all effects of just having diabetes for 20 plus years and having a chunk of that not being healthy.” Chasity’s Advice for Others Chasity wants everyone to know that “I think just being honest with your feelings and thoughts about diabetes is a huge step but then realizing that the things I do to manage my diabetes are a small thing in the grand scheme of things for me to live life and be happy and to be as normal as possible.” Chasity thanks her husband for his support! “I’ve been with my husband for seven years and he’s been a huge support. Both he and his family are fantastic and amazingly supportive. Their support is huge because diabetes is a 24-7 battle. There’s no down time. There’s no pushing the pause button to say hold on, I just want to take a moment to breathe.” Take Action

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*Betsy's Healthful Journey™ with Cholangiocarcinoma

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6:51 I was like the only patient in that wing of the hospital but I was pretty calm and they did a brain CT scan and they came back to me and they said we found something and those are the words I’ll never forget hearing we found something,,, some kind of mass… they decided to set me up with a neurosurgeon and send me home
8:33 It felt a lot like I pulled a muscle or something in my lower back like – by chronic do you mean constant it was just always always there… So a few weeks of consistent not severe but concerning back pain

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9:47 So I wouldn’t say the weight loss was unintentional but yeah it was certainly enough that a lot of people noticed and commented on it and you know some even you know thought it was too much weight but I was happy. I felt confident I felt like I looked good you know this was yeah how much weight had you lost over what period of time maybe 25 or 30 pounds over six months so not a huge amount

"The rug's been pulled out from under you and this has happened and what else is going to happen and you you're almost looking over your shoulder and I hadn't worked for a while and I felt like I had been in that cycle and getting back out there transitioning to working and not being all about appointments I gotta get here and do this"
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