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Brooke

Year of birth:

1978

Location:

Perth, Australia

Job:

Graphic designer and mum of two

Hobbies:

Yoga, interior design, photography, finding new places to visit

Diabetes since:

1981

Previous form of therapy:

Pork insulin, Human insulin, MDI with a pen (rapid and longacting), Roche Accu-Chek

Diabetes products:

YpsoPump, glucose meter

Her credo

Life is only as good as your mindset

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The following blog posts by Brooke were commissioned by mylife, as part of a patient education series on the YpsoPump. This blog series chronicles her initial and ongoing experiences with the YpsoPump.

Managing type 1 diabetes, a job and two children

Living with type 1 diabetes can be challenging, particularly when it’s combined with a career and being a mother of two kids. Since my diagnosis at the age of three, the rigmaroles of blood glucose management and carbohydrate counting have nearly always been a part of my life. Over the years, I have navigated through these complexities with help from a variety of diabetes management techniques. From having type 1 diabetes in the era of insulin derived from pigs, it has been fantastic to witness these methods evolve and experience their effects, first-hand, on my quality of life.