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Harbhajan has been living with type 2 diabetes for nearly three decades. His family physician referred him to LMC so that he could benefit from a more focused and specialized approach to managing diabetes. With the help of his Endocrinologist Dr. Schlosser and Diabetes Educator Stephanie Varriano, Harbhajan saw a major improvement in his health and his blood sugar levels. \u201cI really like my team of doctors here at LMC; they are very knowledgeable and they know what they are doing. My Diabetes Educator is very professional and friendly; she has helped me keep my blood sugars under control,\u201d Harbhajan said.<\/span><\/p>\n A few years back, Harbhajan moved cities and had to leave the LMC clinic. However, he eventually returned to LMC, even though he would be coming from out of town, as he felt he wasn\u2019t receiving the same level of care at other clinics he had visited. He felt that the knowledge and care that he received from his team at LMC provided him with the confidence and skills necessary to best manage his diabetes. Although he now travels out of his way to come to LMC, he believes the trip is worth it as his health is optimal and stable. Harbhajan encourages others to visit a LMC clinic in their area saying, \u201cLMC has so many branches in many cities. I hope other physicians refer their patients to LMC so that they can benefit from the outstanding care as well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][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":" Harbhajan Singh Type 2\u00a0Diabetes, Diagnosed 1988 Endocrinologist: Dr. Robert Schlosser Certified Diabetes Educator: Stephanie Varriano Location: LMC\u00a0Thornhill Harbhajan has been living with type 2 diabetes for nearly three decades. His family physician referred him to LMC so that he could benefit from a more focused and specialized approach to managing diabetes. With the help […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":6427,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" [et_pb_section admin_label=\"section\" transparent_background=\"off\" background_color=\"#a0af28\" allow_player_pause=\"off\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"off\" make_fullwidth=\"off\" use_custom_width=\"off\" width_unit=\"on\" make_equal=\"off\" use_custom_gutter=\"off\"][et_pb_row admin_label=\"row\" make_fullwidth=\"off\" use_custom_width=\"off\" width_unit=\"on\" use_custom_gutter=\"off\" background_color=\"#a0af28\" allow_player_pause=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"off\" make_equal=\"off\" parallax_1=\"off\" parallax_method_1=\"off\" parallax_2=\"off\" parallax_method_2=\"off\"][et_pb_column type=\"1_3\"][et_pb_team_member admin_label=\"Person\" image_url=\"https:\/\/lmc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Richard-Farstad.png\" animation=\"off\" background_layout=\"light\" use_border_color=\"off\" border_color=\"#ffffff\" border_style=\"solid\" background_color=\"#a0af28\"] [\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"2_3\"][et_pb_blurb admin_label=\"Blurb\" url_new_window=\"off\" use_icon=\"off\" icon_color=\"#c0d127\" use_circle=\"off\" circle_color=\"#c0d127\" use_circle_border=\"off\" circle_border_color=\"#c0d127\" icon_placement=\"top\" animation=\"top\" background_layout=\"dark\" text_orientation=\"left\" use_icon_font_size=\"off\" use_border_color=\"off\" border_color=\"#ffffff\" border_style=\"solid\"]<\/p> \u00a0<\/p> Endocrinologist: Dr. Harpreet Bajaj [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fullwidth=\"off\" specialty=\"off\" admin_label=\"Section\"][et_pb_row admin_label=\"row\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\" use_border_color=\"off\" border_color=\"#ffffff\" border_style=\"solid\"]<\/p> How did you feel when you were first diagnosed with diabetes? Why did you decide to come to LMC?<\/strong> What has LMC taught you about diabetes? (E.g. multi-disciplinary approach for care? Pt empowerment leads to better outcomes? Dispelling diabetes myths? Etc.)<\/strong> Has your perspective of diabetes changed since starting at LMC? What was the biggest obstacle you felt you had to overcome with your DM mgmt? How did LMC support you in this process? Do you think more people living with diabetes should come to LMC? Why? When you think of diabetes, what words come to mind?<\/strong> When you think of LMC, what words come to mind? What would you say to someone who feels that their diabetes is controlling their life? Has coming to LMC improved your daily mgmt of DM? How? (e.g. old habits before versus new habits?\u201cI really like my team of doctors here at LMC; they are very knowledgeable and they know what they are doing. My Diabetes Educator is very professional and friendly; she has helped me keep my blood sugars under control.\u201d<\/h3>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s so much knowledge here and people are willing to share it with you.\"<\/strong><\/h2>
Richard Farstad<\/strong>
Type 1 Diabetic for 52 years<\/strong><\/h3>
Certified Diabetes Educator: Gagan Gill
LMC Brampton, Ontario<\/p>
<\/strong>I was in the hospital because I was weak, losing weight, and going to the washroom a lot, and then the doctor told me I had Type 1. I was very upset -- at the time it was a death sentence, an early death. The only people I knew who had diabetes were older ladies who got sick and died very quickly I didn\u2019t know much about the disease, which made it even scarier. The doctor came into the room and said I needed insulin \u2013 at the time (1964) we used a syringe and a big needle \u2013 and he inserted the needle into his leg, \u201cSee? It\u2019s no big deal.\u201d When I started insulin, it was a lot of trial and error, and I\u2019d check in with my doctor every few weeks to make adjustments.<\/p>
My doctor recommended LMC. She wanted me to see a specialist. In my area at the time, there weren\u2019t any LMC-type clinics available.<\/p>
A lot! I have done a lot of reading over the years and I thought I knew all about it when I came here. I thought I knew what I had to do, but I didn\u2019t, and most of my learning about the disease has come from the team at LMC. I\u2019ve never felt so welcomed here, and I\u2019ve been made to feel so comfortable.<\/p>
<\/strong>I hope to live a lot longer than I thought I would! There are so many opportunities now \u2013 it\u2019s so easily managed if you find the right people to help you. All the information available is so different (compared to years ago), even the insulin has improved. I wish I\u2019d gone on the pump a lot sooner. It wasn\u2019t mentioned to me until I came to LMC. I\u2019ve gone from 6 injections a day to changing the infusion set every other day. It\u2019s a lot less work, and before there were a lot of fluctuations in my blood sugars, but now I\u2019ve learned to trust the pump.<\/p>
<\/strong> Trusting the people \u2013 trusting the healthcare professionals. Before I used to sneak out to the washroom to take the injection. With 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.<\/p>
<\/strong><\/b>Definitely, there\u2019s so much knowledge here and people are willing to share it with you.<\/p>
Immediately I think of Illness; life changing; life altering.<\/p>
<\/strong>Life changing; a sense of control.<\/p>
<\/strong>You have to change that. Change your attitude about it \u2013 you\u2019re stuck with it, but you can control it. I was used to trying to hide it and ignore it, it was hard to change \u2013 I\u2019ve lost jobs and missed opportunities because I am diabetic \u2013 but society has also changed. Now I take care of my diabetes.<\/p>
<\/strong>I think about it less because I rely on the pump. It\u2019s hard to believe such a small machine can do what it can do.
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