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Richard was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 17 years old. At that time, technology was not very advanced and knowledge of the disease amongst the general public was limited. When Richard was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, there were only syringes for administering his insulin. Today, Richard is on an insulin pump. Richard has seen a major shift in people\u2019s attitudes towards diabetes over the years. \u201cWith the pump, I don\u2019t bother hiding because I\u2019ve seen people\u2019s attitudes have changed. Diabetes is a lot more accepted now; people don\u2019t have a negative attitude towards it like they used to. Sometimes when I see someone with a pump \u2013 and they see me \u2013 we smile at each other, and we both know.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n For many years, Richard managed his diabetes with the help of his family doctor as there were no specialist-led diabetes clinics available in his area at the time. Eventually his physician referred him to LMC to see an endocrinologist. After having transitioned to diabetes specialist care, Richard\u2019s knowledge and skills for managing his diabetes has changed dramatically.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThere are so many opportunities now,\u201d says Richard. \u201cDiabetes is so easily managed if you find the right people to help you. The medications and technology available today are so different compared to years ago; even the insulin has improved.\u201d The piece of technology valued most by Richard today is his insulin pump.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI wish I\u2019d gone on the pump a lot sooner,\u201d says Richard. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t mentioned to me until I came to LMC. I\u2019ve gone from 6 injections a day, to changing my infusion set every other day. It\u2019s a lot less work and I have a lot more control of my blood sugars.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_video admin_label=”Video” src=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5j0IdWUTUTs”] [\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=”Testimonial” url_new_window=”off” quote_icon=”off” use_background_color=”off” background_color=”#ffffff” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”center” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#a0af28″ border_style=”solid” custom_padding=”20px|20px|0px|20px” border_width=”3″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Richard Farstad Type 1 Diabetes, Diagnosed 1964 Endocrinologist:\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Harpreet Bajaj Certified Diabetes Educator:\u00a0Gagandeep Gill Location: LMC Brampton Richard was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 17 years old. At that time, technology was not very advanced and knowledge of the disease amongst the general public was limited. When Richard was diagnosed with […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5767,"parent":6427,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5766","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5766\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\u201cI hope to live a lot longer than I thought I would! There are so many opportunities now \u2013 diabetes is so easily managed if you find the right people to help you.\u201d<\/h3>\n