Devin is a student with Type 1 Diabetes living in Oxford, Ohio. She created this video explaining what it’s like to be her for a day. This is her routine:
6am:
- Checks blood sugar
- Calculates how much insuline her body needs
- Pumps insuline and goes to work
10am:
- At the end of her shift she feels shaky, sweaty and spacey
- Checks her blood sugar and it’s low
- Gets some juice to increase her sugar levels and studies
3pm:
- Checks blood sugar
- Checks insuline on her pump
- Refills her pump and changes her needle and tube
6pm:
- Dinner with her boyfriend at a buffet
- Calculates how much insuline she needs to pump so she can eat whatever she wants – even sugar
9pm:
- Calls her mom and does her homework
11pm:
- Before going to bed she checks her blood sugar
