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'Byron McIntosh first began to wonder if something was wrong with him when no
amount of water would quench his insatiable thirst.
He was drinking up to five litres a day, and still constantly feeling thirsty.
An aspiring Olympian, the then 19-year-old put it down to the increased
training he was doing in his sport of choice – judo.
But then his body began to rebel in other ways.
One day, his father saw him behaving strangely, staring blankly at a wall in a
"zoned out" state.
"It was just like my head wasn't working," Byron said.
His father raced him to a GP and, after a urine test, the GP told them to head
straight to the emergency department.
"I was feeling pain in my kidneys," Byron said. "I was not aware of my
surroundings completely. I was told at the time, as I was conversing with
someone, I was just looking beyond them."
Tests revealed his blood sugar levels were dangerously elevated. "A doctor
[said] my blood was essentially syrup."
The diagnosis was clear — Byron had type 1 diabetes.'
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: April 27, 2023
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-82126842
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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