Kendra and Johnson joined Team Diabetes to help raise awareness, and educate people as to the effects of Type 1 Diabetes and it's possible long term complications.
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Why diabetes as our cause?
1 in 10 Canadians will be exposed to diabetes during their life time.
- We want to help educate people and help raise awareness about Type 1 diabetes.
- Did you know that diabetes is a contributing factor in the death of approximately 41,500 Canadians each year.
- Insulin can help people with type 1 diabetes to maintain and balance their blood sugars, but it does not cure diabetes nor does it prevent its devastating co-morbidity such as kidney failure, blindness, nerve damage, amputations, heart attack and stroke.
The above are all great reasons...but we choose to fight diabetes because of how it affects and has affected our daily lives each and every day.
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Did you know that 1 in 20 people die on dialysis, while awaiting a kidney transplant?
Did you know diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in Canada?
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Heart-disease and stroke.
High blood pressure.
Lower-limb amputations.
Eye disease.
Kidney disease.
Nervous system disorders.
Other (influenza, pneumonia, etc.
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