{"id":2602,"date":"2022-04-13T17:09:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T21:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pathology\/?post_type=chapter&p=2602"},"modified":"2025-08-21T23:30:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T03:30:31","slug":"patient-narrative-on-type-i-diabetes-sally","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pathology\/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":"Diabetes affects both the patient and their entire family - including their plans for a future family! 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.\r\n
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This patient interview with Sally was conducted by Lorraine Gilman & Dr. David Kojwang, BCIT Basic Health Sciences Dept. Licensed under All rights reserved<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\r\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.\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"155\"]\r\n

This patient interview with Sally was conducted by Lorraine Gilman & Dr. David Kojwang, BCIT Basic Health Sciences Dept. Licensed under All rights reserved. <\/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>\r\nMeet Sally's family as they describe how Sally's diabetes influenced their lives.\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"156\"]\r\n

These patient interviews with Bill and Katie were conducted by Dr. Jennifer Kong in 2022, BCIT Basic Health Sciences Dept. Licensed under All rights reserved<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\r\nIn 2019, Sally developed an aggressive cancer \u2013 unrelated to diabetes - which she and her family lived with during the COVID lockdown. Sally McKinstry died of this cancer in 2021. The McKinstry family strives to continue telling her story for the benefit of those living with diabetes and those who care for them.\r\n

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\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3309\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1920\"]\"Bill Bill McKinstry shares his knowledge with BCIT students Adam Vuong (Med Rad), Sahib (Bachelors of Nursing, and Madeline Angus (Medical Radiography)[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Diabetes affects both the patient and their entire family – including their plans for a future family! 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.<\/p>\n

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