“Doctors discovered that I had Type 1 diabetes when I was 24 years old, an unusual age to be diagnosed. I was getting a lot of headaches and feeling very tired. I was able to control the disease with diet and exercise at first, but two years later, I got pregnant and became insulin-dependent.
After the diagnosis, I tried to be very careful about my health and follow the rules. Once in a while, though, I would stick my head in the sand, not take my insulin and eat whatever I wanted. It was probably during one of those times that my kidneys became damaged."
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