Pete .Adams
Watton Wobblers London to Brighton Ride
Fundraising for JDRF
Story
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These are Daisies words... This is why we are raising as much money as we can to help find a cure and to make life easier for children living with Type 1 diabetes... Since writing her story Daisie has been diagnosed with Coeliac disease, which is the auto immune reaction to gluten (Gluten is in Wheat, Barley & Rye which are of course contained in bread, pasta, rolls, sauces). She has to stick to a careful gluten free diet as well as the challenge of Type 1
"My story...I was Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in August 2013 and when I was first told that I had a life threatening illness, I was very scared and didn’t know what would happen. I was told I need to inject myself with something called insulin four times a day and it really hurts but I have to have them to keep me well, I do most of the injections myself. I also need to test my blood sugar levels regularly to check that they are o.k. I can’t eat sweets or any sugary foods like I used to because they will mess up my blood glucose levels. However too much insulin or not enough food can make my levels go low and that’s called a hypo. Hypo is short for hypoglycaemia and having one is really scary because I go shaky, hot, and dizzy and feel very weak. If its not treated I could end up in a diabetic coma. We need to make sure I have the right amount of food and insulin each day to avoid my blood sugar levels going high or low. When they’re quite high that is called a hyper and it makes me feel sick and have a headache. We need to treat it having more Insulin and drinking water. I have to have a total of 4 injections a day for the rest of my life and that means in my life I will have had over 96,000 needles in my body, plus I have to do a blood test by pricking my finger at least 4 times a day so that’s another 96,000 times! So that’s why I would love to raise enough money to find a cure for this horrible condition"
About type 1 diabetes:
• Type 1 diabetes is a chronic, life-threatening condition that has a life-long impact on those diagnosed with it and their families. JDRF exists to find the cure for type 1 diabetes.
• Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition which cannot be prevented, and is not linked to lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise. To many sweets or cakes DO NOT cause Type 1
• People with type 1 diabetes rely on multiple insulin injections or pump infusions every day just to stay alive, until we find the cure.
• It normally strikes children and stays with them for the rest of their lives.
• Type 1 diabetes affects about 400,000 people in the UK, 29,000 of them children.JDRF is the type 1 diabetes charity, improving lives until we find the cure. We fund research to cure, treat and prevent type 1 diabetes.
You cannot prevent it by adopting a healthy diet, exercising regularly, or living a healthy lifestyle. There is currently no knowType 1 diabetes can occur at any age, but is most commonly diagnosed from infancy to the late 30s. With this type of diabetes, a person’s pancreas produces no insulin. It occurs when the body’s own defense system (the immune system) attacks and destroys the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. What causes the immune system to do this is not entirely known. People with type 1 diabetes must inject insulin several times every day. But JDRF is committed to funding research that will find the cure.