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Like more than 3.3 million people in France, Carole, 27, is diabetic. Diagnosed at the age of nine, her life changed, punctuated by medical treatments. Diabetes is a limiting disease, to which are added other complications, as she tells Olivier Delacroix on Tuesday on Europe 1.
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"I was diagnosed in 2001. At the time, diabetes was not part of everyday life in terms of prevention, it was not something that was easily mentioned in the media, I was nine when I was I was admitted to a pediatric hospital, and I was simply told about diabetes, with words that would be used in front of a child.It was important: the effect is always there, because when I explain my diabetes, I use the same terms that the doctors used 18 years ago, they allowed me to understand my illness, which is the first step and it made it more accessible.
I was 9 so I did not have time to become aware of what was happening. I was catapulted into another world, with treatment, new medical terms ... I did not have time to project myself on my future. I followed the movement. It was harder for both my parents than for me.
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The difficulty is the reaction of others: people's eyes
Diabetes is a life-limiting illness. When you have a rhythm that is the same every day, there are things to take into account. But when traveling, we do not have the same schedule, not the same reactions. You have to really adapt to everything, much to anticipate. This requires a particular concentration. But it's a rhythm and reflexes that we learn. The difficulty is the reaction of others: the eyes of people.
As part of my studies, I went abroad for one year in Chile. When taking out insurance, my university mutual refused to take care of me. It was explained to me that the insurance would not want to cover me. So I went through my father's mutual, who accepted. It was a very hard blow to morale. One realizes that one is discriminated against: a person with a sword of Damocles over the head. Insurance gives us the impression that we live with a risk of death. This is not the case with type 1 diabetes. For real estate, it's the same thing. I am not in this process at the moment, but I know that when I would like to make a loan to buy, I will be confronted with other discriminations, other injustices, other fights that I should lead . "