{"id":501,"date":"2023-12-04T10:25:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T15:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/chapter\/patient-narrative-on-type-i-diabetes-sally\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T10:25:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T15:25:35","slug":"patient-narrative-on-type-i-diabetes-sally","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/chapter\/patient-narrative-on-type-i-diabetes-sally\/","title":{"raw":"Patient Narrative on Type 1 Diabetes: Sally","rendered":"Patient Narrative on Type 1 Diabetes: Sally"},"content":{"raw":"\n<div>Diabetes affects both the patient and their entire family - including their plans for a future family!&nbsp; Meet Sally McKinstry as she describes what living with Type I diabetes has been like since her diagnosis at the age of 16 y.o.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n[h5p id=\"154\"]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #f0f0f0;padding: 5px\"><sup>This patient interview with Sally was conducted by Lorraine Gilman &amp; Dr. David Kojwang, BCIT Basic Health Sciences Dept. Licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/choosealicense.com\/no-license\/\">All rights reserved<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\nSally describes the effects of \"brittle diabetes\" (i.e. difficult to control Type I diabetes due to the huge swings in blood sugar) on her body and her transplant which gave her a new view on life.\n\n[h5p id=\"155\"]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #f0f0f0;padding: 5px\"><sup>This patient interview with Sally was conducted by Lorraine Gilman &amp; Dr. David Kojwang, BCIT Basic Health Sciences Dept. Licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/choosealicense.com\/no-license\/\">All rights reserved. &nbsp;<\/a>Please note that the dialysis machines depicted are examples of machinery found in health care settings at the time of Sally's need for peritoneal dialysis.<\/sup><\/p>\nMeet Sally's family as they describe how Sally's diabetes influenced their lives.\n\n[h5p id=\"156\"]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #f0f0f0;padding: 5px\"><sup>These patient interviews with Bill and Katie were conducted by Dr. Jennifer Kong in 2022, BCIT Basic Health Sciences Dept. Licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/choosealicense.com\/no-license\/\">All rights reserved<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\nIn 2019, Sally developed an aggressive cancer \u2013 unrelated to diabetes -&nbsp; which she and her family lived with during the COVID lockdown.&nbsp; Sally McKinstry died of this cancer in 2021.&nbsp; The McKinstry family strives to continue telling her story for the benefit of those living with diabetes and those who care for them.\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3309\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"768\"]<img class=\"size-large wp-image-3309\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2131\/2023\/12\/Photo-2022-06-13-4-00-41-PM-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Bill McKinstry is speaking to 3 BCIT students who are listening and learning from him\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\"> <em><strong>Figure 7.8 <\/strong><\/em>- <em>Bill McKinstry shares his knowledge with BCIT students Adam Vuong (Medical Radiography), Sahib Pruthi (Bachelors of Nursing), and Madeline Angus (Medical Radiography)<\/em>[\/caption]\n\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","rendered":"<div>Diabetes affects both the patient and their entire family &#8211; including their plans for a future family!&nbsp; Meet Sally McKinstry as she describes what living with Type I diabetes has been like since her diagnosis at the age of 16 y.o.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #f0f0f0;padding: 5px\"><sup>This patient interview with Sally was conducted by Lorraine Gilman &amp; Dr. David Kojwang, BCIT Basic Health Sciences Dept. Licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/choosealicense.com\/no-license\/\">All rights reserved<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Sally describes the effects of &#8220;brittle diabetes&#8221; (i.e. difficult to control Type I diabetes due to the huge swings in blood sugar) on her body and her transplant which gave her a new view on life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #f0f0f0;padding: 5px\"><sup>This patient interview with Sally was conducted by Lorraine Gilman &amp; Dr. David Kojwang, BCIT Basic Health Sciences Dept. Licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/choosealicense.com\/no-license\/\">All rights reserved. &nbsp;<\/a>Please note that the dialysis machines depicted are examples of machinery found in health care settings at the time of Sally&#8217;s need for peritoneal dialysis.<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Meet Sally&#8217;s family as they describe how Sally&#8217;s diabetes influenced their lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #f0f0f0;padding: 5px\"><sup>These patient interviews with Bill and Katie were conducted by Dr. Jennifer Kong in 2022, BCIT Basic Health Sciences Dept. Licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/choosealicense.com\/no-license\/\">All rights reserved<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Sally developed an aggressive cancer \u2013 unrelated to diabetes &#8211;&nbsp; which she and her family lived with during the COVID lockdown.&nbsp; Sally McKinstry died of this cancer in 2021.&nbsp; The McKinstry family strives to continue telling her story for the benefit of those living with diabetes and those who care for them.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3309\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3309\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2131\/2023\/12\/Photo-2022-06-13-4-00-41-PM-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Bill McKinstry is speaking to 3 BCIT students who are listening and learning from him\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Figure 7.8 <\/strong><\/em>&#8211; <em>Bill McKinstry shares his knowledge with BCIT students Adam Vuong (Medical Radiography), Sahib Pruthi (Bachelors of Nursing), and Madeline Angus (Medical Radiography)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"menu_order":23,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-501","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":472,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/501\/revisions"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/472"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/501\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=501"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=501"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}