Learning to Stay Fit with Type 1 Diabetes

According to the Institute of Hygiene, in 2017, 810 miners lived in an incurable type 1 diabetes and more than half a thousand lived in Lithuania. adult The children of the camp came from Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Siauliai, Skuodas, Panevėžys, Jonava, Silute, Telšiai, Alytus, Marijampolė towns, etc.

"In this camp, we wanted to give children the opportunity to communicate with each other." Unfortunately, we find that for a considerable part of the children, it is still difficult to independently determine the amount of children. insulin needed to calculate the amount of carbohydrates in the diet.We hope that after the camp the kids will do it a lot easier and that they will need less help from the adults, "said Darius Juotkus, one of the leaders of the club" Smalsučiai "

. meetings with bikers, soldiers, a trip to Palanga and happy holidays with friends of destiny. One week, the 11-16 year old children gathered in the camp, and the other was collected by children under 10 years old with their parents. Older diabetic colleagues helped keep their children in check, as they happily shared secrets about how to stay sick and not lose optimism. A year ago, when she heard about type 1 diabetes, Laura had agreed to voluntarily join the camp.

"I can say that I had the chance to get sick after graduating. You had to learn how to calculate, get used to the idea that you had to calculate carbohydrates for the rest of your life before every meal, carefully plan your daily plans, but it's not the end of the world. But after the camp, with even more respect, I look at parents who grow small sausages. They travel at night, measure sugar several times, calculate carbohydrates and teach children how to diagnose diabetes. I had to go to bed at night, measure sugars for children, tell me when and how to take insulin, calculate carbohydrates – it's extremely hard, but it only lasted that # One week, and the sugarcane parents worked all my life. Well, if children have sensory measures and insulin pumps, then it's a little easier, but not everyone can do it, "said the girl

. different things to our lives – we teach patience, another kindness, and one more abstinence, self-realization.In this camp, I learned at least a little of all these things.For the first time in my life, I've lived around the world around the clock.And I realized how much I admire sugar cane, and especially their parents.How much dedication, how much of love and how much patience is required by this disease control.I would like to draw attention to the fact that we, who have no sugar and who have no sugar cane, will never understand how hard it is to fight for a nice sugar curve on the sensor screen .hold a pizza or a shock piece Thanks to the sugar cane and their parents for an invaluable lesson, open their eyes to a different world, which has caused a lot of thoughts and hope for next year. "

Although they are friends, children can relax.In the camp, their life is still not so easy.According to the organizer, it is painful to learn that some children are bullied because of their illness in school, they do not dare to talk about their illness, even if it may be a matter of life and death.
Without getting carbohydrates, a sick person may lose consciousness or get into a coma.Therefore, it is especially important that more people in the world know about a sick person's illness and see changes in his behavior in time.

Camp participants also waited for meetings with doctors, but unfortunately, children with this disease will have to live their entire lives and only appropriate controls can prevent various future complications, ranging from appendix to Limb amputation. Improved control can be an insulin pump or a glycemic blood glucose meter that allows the needle to freeze needle-free insulin and to accurately know the amount of glucose in the blood, "says D. Juotkus, organizer of the camp. In addition to the camp, the children regularly organize events, organize various actions, projects that disseminate information on type 1 diabetes, encourage patients, raise funds for the organization of the camp, buy blood glucose meters and take care of the animals. 39, other uses. It also organizes various trainings, seminars. The club houses 2 percent. "This camp organized by our club, a camp that lasted nearly two weeks, would not have occurred, if not the financial aid of natural and legal persons. We are pleased that more than 30 socially responsible companies have agreed to participate in the children's summer camp organized by us and given the opportunity to the sick and their families (about one camper and a half) to meet to share their joys and concerns and to feel stronger.

Diabetes camps in Lithuania are not common, although they are vital for the sick. For the kids, this camp has left an indelible impression, most of them looking forward to camp the following year. We will do our best to make this happen next year, perhaps even more interesting and mbadive, "said Ina Juotkienė, head of the club" Smalsučiai ".