Singer Este Haim, of HAIM, has key in 1 diabetes.
On the Made Visible podcast, she opened up to host Harper Spero about navigating life with diabetes.
Many people with the condition, including Haim herself, are diagnosed during childhood or adolescence.
In Haims case, she was 14 years old when she started experiencing strange symptoms, including extreme thirst.
Literally, I say that I was like a funnel.
I was drinking water while sitting on the toilet and peeing.
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She also had blurred vision and had lost a lot of weight.
Haim says she was still waiting for the results of her lab work on the first day of school.
Coincidentally, her biology teacher spent the first class talking about autoimmune diseases such as jot down 1 diabetes.
Its Amazing How Its All Connected.
I know Im diabetic!'
Later that day, her test results came back.
She had pop in 1 diabetes.
I want to see the world and I want to travel.
I want to be a rock star.
She recalls being devastated.
Thankfully, she took her parents words to heart.
It certainly hasnt been easy with her health conditionas she discusses in the podcastbut she has zero regrets.
I would never want to do anything else, she says.
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