actually we managed we met randomly we are breaking theater together and it was
are breaking theater together and it was
are breaking theater together and it was sometime in October we hadn’t known each
sometime in October we hadn’t known each
sometime in October we hadn’t known each other before well it was a long time ago
other before well it was a long time ago
other before well it was a long time ago when it started for me it was February
when it started for me it was February
when it started for me it was February 1985 and I was when I got flu so I and
1985 and I was when I got flu so I and
1985 and I was when I got flu so I and [Music]
[Music]
[Music] exhausted all the time but I couldn’t
exhausted all the time but I couldn’t
exhausted all the time but I couldn’t sleep well my mum noticed something was
sleep well my mum noticed something was
sleep well my mum noticed something was not going well but she didn’t think it
not going well but she didn’t think it
not going well but she didn’t think it was that important later in August 1985
was that important later in August 1985
was that important later in August 1985 I was almost 12 years old she took me to
I was almost 12 years old she took me to
I was almost 12 years old she took me to a doctor for the blood tests and well I
a doctor for the blood tests and well I
a doctor for the blood tests and well I was diagnosed diabetes type 1 taken to
was diagnosed diabetes type 1 taken to
was diagnosed diabetes type 1 taken to hospital for two weeks to start the
hospital for two weeks to start the
hospital for two weeks to start the treatment and then start a new life with
treatment and then start a new life with
treatment and then start a new life with no disease that was a challenge it was
no disease that was a challenge it was
no disease that was a challenge it was with my father to make my injections
with my father to make my injections
with my father to make my injections because you know it’s putting a sting in
because you know it’s putting a sting in
because you know it’s putting a sting in your own daughter is not funny and I
your own daughter is not funny and I
your own daughter is not funny and I guess it’s the same for every close
guess it’s the same for every close
guess it’s the same for every close person we had it was very hard for both
person we had it was very hard for both
person we had it was very hard for both them and us for me I was so scared of
them and us for me I was so scared of
them and us for me I was so scared of needles that I was not able to inject
needles that I was not able to inject
needles that I was not able to inject myself so my mom and my dad had to be
myself so my mom and my dad had to be
myself so my mom and my dad had to be trained on how to do it for me it took
trained on how to do it for me it took
trained on how to do it for me it took me two years to do it myself finally
me two years to do it myself finally
me two years to do it myself finally well it was not always that easy
well it was not always that easy
well it was not always that easy when we were diagnosed with diabetes one
when we were diagnosed with diabetes one
when we were diagnosed with diabetes one we have to explain what diabetes one is
we have to explain what diabetes one is
we have to explain what diabetes one is because we’re talking about that
so the British type one is when the body
so the British type one is when the body attacks a hormone called insulin which
attacks a hormone called insulin which
attacks a hormone called insulin which regulates its sugar level so with that
regulates its sugar level so with that
regulates its sugar level so with that the insulin your body will just tuck the
the insulin your body will just tuck the
the insulin your body will just tuck the sugar in you and it wouldn’t go away so
sugar in you and it wouldn’t go away so
sugar in you and it wouldn’t go away so you would just be refugees refrigerated
you would just be refugees refrigerated
you would just be refugees refrigerated like with your sugar and it can lead to
like with your sugar and it can lead to
like with your sugar and it can lead to blindness you can lead to amputations
blindness you can lead to amputations
blindness you can lead to amputations and so on on the other hand type 2
and so on on the other hand type 2
and so on on the other hand type 2 diabetes is different you can see it
diabetes is different you can see it
diabetes is different you can see it mainly in older people usually due to
mainly in older people usually due to
mainly in older people usually due to obesity they can be diagnosed based on
obesity they can be diagnosed based on
obesity they can be diagnosed based on different symptoms like problems with
different symptoms like problems with
different symptoms like problems with eyesight or her high blood pressure or
eyesight or her high blood pressure or
eyesight or her high blood pressure or heart problems and it is sometimes more
heart problems and it is sometimes more
heart problems and it is sometimes more dangerous than diabetes type 1 another
dangerous than diabetes type 1 another
dangerous than diabetes type 1 another one is just a tional diabetes that can
one is just a tional diabetes that can
one is just a tional diabetes that can occur during pregnancy but doesn’t mean
occur during pregnancy but doesn’t mean
occur during pregnancy but doesn’t mean that it have to stay so there is a few
that it have to stay so there is a few
that it have to stay so there is a few technology that we use every day so the
technology that we use every day so the
technology that we use every day so the first one is for injecting our insulin
first one is for injecting our insulin
first one is for injecting our insulin so the one that our body cannot create
so the one that our body cannot create
so the one that our body cannot create so Katerina has the pump with her for
so Katerina has the pump with her for
so Katerina has the pump with her for myself I have the pen it really looks
myself I have the pen it really looks
myself I have the pen it really looks like a pen and it really doesn’t hurt
like a pen and it really doesn’t hurt
like a pen and it really doesn’t hurt it’s really this medicine is way better
it’s really this medicine is way better
it’s really this medicine is way better than it was when Katerina first yeah
than it was when Katerina first yeah
than it was when Katerina first yeah back to those times we had to use
back to those times we had to use
back to those times we had to use syringe that was reused now and then it
syringe that was reused now and then it
syringe that was reused now and then it has to be boiled to become sterile again
has to be boiled to become sterile again
has to be boiled to become sterile again later we had insulin injections there
later we had insulin injections there
later we had insulin injections there was something better finally and moved
was something better finally and moved
was something better finally and moved to insulin pen and now I have had my
to insulin pen and now I have had my
to insulin pen and now I have had my insulin pump for eight years and it’s
insulin pump for eight years and it’s
insulin pump for eight years and it’s working much better than the other ones
working much better than the other ones
working much better than the other ones well to know how to treat diabetes this
well to know how to treat diabetes this
well to know how to treat diabetes this is not the only thing we also need to
is not the only thing we also need to
is not the only thing we also need to measure our glycemia so this was one of
measure our glycemia so this was one of
measure our glycemia so this was one of the old hey it used to be like that
the old hey it used to be like that
the old hey it used to be like that it was really easy but nowadays since
it was really easy but nowadays since
it was really easy but nowadays since two years does the new technology that I
two years does the new technology that I
two years does the new technology that I have with me but you can’t really see it
have with me but you can’t really see it
have with me but you can’t really see it so this is just how it works and now you
so this is just how it works and now you
so this is just how it works and now you have my glycaemia and this is really
have my glycaemia and this is really
have my glycaemia and this is really easy for me now to take my glycaemia I
easy for me now to take my glycaemia I
easy for me now to take my glycaemia I don’t have to wait so much and I know if
don’t have to wait so much and I know if
don’t have to wait so much and I know if I’m going higher or lower so I can like
I’m going higher or lower so I can like
I’m going higher or lower so I can like so I can balance my yeah for me it was
so I can balance my yeah for me it was
so I can balance my yeah for me it was very funny when I was a kid in mid 80s
very funny when I was a kid in mid 80s
very funny when I was a kid in mid 80s in Slovakia socialist country the
in Slovakia socialist country the
in Slovakia socialist country the treatment was very interesting sometimes
treatment was very interesting sometimes
treatment was very interesting sometimes you feel like in laboratory to break on
you feel like in laboratory to break on
you feel like in laboratory to break on a kind of project so I could not really
a kind of project so I could not really
a kind of project so I could not really know how high my blood sugar was because
know how high my blood sugar was because
know how high my blood sugar was because I didn’t have glucometer and I didn’t
I didn’t have glucometer and I didn’t
I didn’t have glucometer and I didn’t have a chance to measure it regularly
have a chance to measure it regularly
have a chance to measure it regularly the only things I could do was a very
the only things I could do was a very
the only things I could do was a very strict diet and exercising that was
strict diet and exercising that was
strict diet and exercising that was really the only those things that helped
really the only those things that helped
really the only those things that helped to balance my sugar somehow well living
to balance my sugar somehow well living
to balance my sugar somehow well living with diabetes was not always very much
with diabetes was not always very much
with diabetes was not always very much fun sometimes you get reactions from
fun sometimes you get reactions from
fun sometimes you get reactions from people they didn’t know how to treat you
people they didn’t know how to treat you
people they didn’t know how to treat you and since I was only 12 beginning at the
and since I was only 12 beginning at the
and since I was only 12 beginning at the beginning of the new school year in 1985
beginning of the new school year in 1985
beginning of the new school year in 1985 they didn’t know how to handle people
they didn’t know how to handle people
they didn’t know how to handle people were scared so they better avoided me
were scared so they better avoided me
were scared so they better avoided me they talked behind my back
they talked behind my back
they talked behind my back the teachers were afraid to take me to
the teachers were afraid to take me to
the teachers were afraid to take me to trip’s survived excluded it was not very
trip’s survived excluded it was not very
trip’s survived excluded it was not very happy but still we had to leave these
happy but still we had to leave these
happy but still we had to leave these lives somehow later it became better I
lives somehow later it became better I
lives somehow later it became better I started travelling I felt more
started travelling I felt more
started travelling I felt more independent and I felt more accepted by
independent and I felt more accepted by
independent and I felt more accepted by other people so that was a very big
other people so that was a very big
other people so that was a very big moment for me you can see a picture from
moment for me you can see a picture from
moment for me you can see a picture from a can that I was when I was 21 in Sweden
a can that I was when I was 21 in Sweden
a can that I was when I was 21 in Sweden it was summer international
it was summer international
it was summer international international summer village for kids of
international summer village for kids of
international summer village for kids of age 11 I am very young so I haven’t done
age 11 I am very young so I haven’t done
age 11 I am very young so I haven’t done much the further have been nice to
much the further have been nice to
much the further have been nice to Canada and it was it was really
Canada and it was it was really
Canada and it was it was really stressing for me because I know I would
stressing for me because I know I would
stressing for me because I know I would be alone without any clothes
be alone without any clothes
be alone without any clothes who could take care of me if anything
who could take care of me if anything
who could take care of me if anything wrong happened so I’m here nothing wrong
wrong happened so I’m here nothing wrong
wrong happened so I’m here nothing wrong happened and truly really fun time but
happened and truly really fun time but
happened and truly really fun time but there’s other time where it’s really not
there’s other time where it’s really not
there’s other time where it’s really not the same things for example just
the same things for example just
the same things for example just yesterday I had a big April I see Mia
yesterday I had a big April I see Mia
yesterday I had a big April I see Mia and we had classes and just because we
and we had classes and just because we
and we had classes and just because we had classes or whatever my friends
had classes or whatever my friends
had classes or whatever my friends wouldn’t come with me to take some sugar
wouldn’t come with me to take some sugar
wouldn’t come with me to take some sugar to the cafeteria which was in the other
to the cafeteria which was in the other
to the cafeteria which was in the other side of the school so I had to go by
side of the school so I had to go by
side of the school so I had to go by myself
myself
myself and when I came to see them after they
and when I came to see them after they
and when I came to see them after they just didn’t wanted to do two meters to
just didn’t wanted to do two meters to
just didn’t wanted to do two meters to come forth to come closer to the chair
come forth to come closer to the chair
come forth to come closer to the chair sitting on so I just left because I was
sitting on so I just left because I was
sitting on so I just left because I was crying I was in a very bad mood because
crying I was in a very bad mood because
crying I was in a very bad mood because of the iPod lay Samia
of the iPod lay Samia
of the iPod lay Samia well I also had a moment a long time ago
well I also had a moment a long time ago
well I also had a moment a long time ago when I needed help
when I needed help
when I needed help I was a hypoglycemic it means my blood
I was a hypoglycemic it means my blood
I was a hypoglycemic it means my blood sugar really dropped down and that time
sugar really dropped down and that time
sugar really dropped down and that time you need other people sometimes we are
you need other people sometimes we are
you need other people sometimes we are very weak and we cannot really take care
very weak and we cannot really take care
very weak and we cannot really take care of ourselves the first aid is sugar or
of ourselves the first aid is sugar or
of ourselves the first aid is sugar or glucose or a kind of liquid drink with
glucose or a kind of liquid drink with
glucose or a kind of liquid drink with sugar or glucose and I needed sugar
sugar or glucose and I needed sugar
sugar or glucose and I needed sugar desperately that person who was very
desperately that person who was very
desperately that person who was very close to me just gave me the sugar and a
close to me just gave me the sugar and a
close to me just gave me the sugar and a spoon because the only thing I could
spoon because the only thing I could
spoon because the only thing I could think about at that time was to put
think about at that time was to put
think about at that time was to put sugar on a spoon to eat it and to drink
sugar on a spoon to eat it and to drink
sugar on a spoon to eat it and to drink a bit of water to get better but I was
a bit of water to get better but I was
a bit of water to get better but I was pouring sugar on a spoon and it was
pouring sugar on a spoon and it was
pouring sugar on a spoon and it was messing around and the patient shouted
messing around and the patient shouted
messing around and the patient shouted at me like what are you doing you make
at me like what are you doing you make
at me like what are you doing you make it mess around you can’t you see and I
it mess around you can’t you see and I
it mess around you can’t you see and I was not able to even react I started
was not able to even react I started
was not able to even react I started laughing because when you hypoglycemic
laughing because when you hypoglycemic
laughing because when you hypoglycemic your symptoms are very strange you shake
your symptoms are very strange you shake
your symptoms are very strange you shake all over your hands are not study you
all over your hands are not study you
all over your hands are not study you very pale
very pale
very pale you have blurred vision you cannot
you have blurred vision you cannot
you have blurred vision you cannot really think logically there are many
really think logically there are many
really think logically there are many other symptoms so you need people you
other symptoms so you need people you
other symptoms so you need people you depend on other people after that yeah a
depend on other people after that yeah a
depend on other people after that yeah a little bit about numbers so this graph
little bit about numbers so this graph
little bit about numbers so this graph is from 2013 so the numbers are even
is from 2013 so the numbers are even
is from 2013 so the numbers are even higher today there is more than four
higher today there is more than four
higher today there is more than four hundred millions people they diagnosed
hundred millions people they diagnosed
hundred millions people they diagnosed diabetic and some of them are still
diabetic and some of them are still
diabetic and some of them are still undiagnosed it’s really alarming because
undiagnosed it’s really alarming because
undiagnosed it’s really alarming because they expect that in a few years the
they expect that in a few years the
they expect that in a few years the number will double so it’s really
number will double so it’s really
number will double so it’s really important to know take care of others
important to know take care of others
important to know take care of others who have the disease because it might
who have the disease because it might
who have the disease because it might happen to you it might happen to one of
happen to you it might happen to one of
happen to you it might happen to one of your family it might happen it might
your family it might happen it might
your family it might happen it might happen to a close one and if you’re not
happen to a close one and if you’re not
happen to a close one and if you’re not there for them then it’s useless yeah I
there for them then it’s useless yeah I
there for them then it’s useless yeah I would like to get back to the picture
would like to get back to the picture
would like to get back to the picture because we just I would like to mention
because we just I would like to mention
because we just I would like to mention something you know every woman can have
something you know every woman can have
something you know every woman can have a baby
a baby
a baby probably but for diabetic woman it’s
probably but for diabetic woman it’s
probably but for diabetic woman it’s always very sensitive period and it
always very sensitive period and it
always very sensitive period and it happened to me I was very happy and all
happened to me I was very happy and all
happened to me I was very happy and all nine months were just smoothly and then
nine months were just smoothly and then
nine months were just smoothly and then I gave a birth to healthy baby my
I gave a birth to healthy baby my
I gave a birth to healthy baby my daughter so I was very proud become very
daughter so I was very proud become very
daughter so I was very proud become very proud mother that I managed this fight
proud mother that I managed this fight
proud mother that I managed this fight of diabetes type one I was taking care
of diabetes type one I was taking care
of diabetes type one I was taking care of and well when people support you you
of and well when people support you you
of and well when people support you you can really do whatever you want
can really do whatever you want
can really do whatever you want it’s very nice challenge in life so what
it’s very nice challenge in life so what
it’s very nice challenge in life so what you can do after is to be more healthy
you can do after is to be more healthy
you can do after is to be more healthy take care of yourself not getting
take care of yourself not getting
take care of yourself not getting diabetes type 2 and also be there for
diabetes type 2 and also be there for
diabetes type 2 and also be there for those who needs you because they’ll be
those who needs you because they’ll be
those who needs you because they’ll be there for you back yeah like friends the
there for you back yeah like friends the
there for you back yeah like friends the people to support you usually it’s
people to support you usually it’s
people to support you usually it’s family you can see my family on on the
family you can see my family on on the
family you can see my family on on the other side sometimes they are friends or
other side sometimes they are friends or
other side sometimes they are friends or people that know you please let them
people that know you please let them
people that know you please let them know that you are there for them cares
know that you are there for them cares
know that you are there for them cares about them be more empathetic try to put
about them be more empathetic try to put
about them be more empathetic try to put yourself in the issues we do the same
yourself in the issues we do the same
yourself in the issues we do the same for people we really care about people
for people we really care about people
for people we really care about people and friends you never know one day your
and friends you never know one day your
and friends you never know one day your partner might be diabetic and then you
partner might be diabetic and then you
partner might be diabetic and then you will know how to take care of him or her
will know how to take care of him or her
will know how to take care of him or her thank you thank you
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