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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has narrated how he had been managing diabetes for the past 35 years.<\/p>\n
Obasanjo lamented that many of his friends have died of diabetes because they were unable to manage the disease.<\/p>\n
The former president said this on Wednesday during the closing ceremony of the Ogun State Diabetes Youth Development Camp held in Abeokuta.<\/p>\n
Obasanjo while advising the young patients maintained that diabetes is not a killer disease.<\/p>\n
He revealed that he went around with his drugs and testing kits so as to ensure he has the right blood sugar level.<\/p>\n
He stressed that he was above 80 years and could engage in every activity despite being diabetic.<\/p>\n
The former president however told the young patients to follow prescriptions given to them in managing the disease.<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cI have been diagnosed with diabetes for more than 35 years now and here I am, I\u2019m still going about, I\u2019m still jumping up and down, I\u2019m still doing many things many people of my age cannot do.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince I was diagnosed with diabetes, a number of my friends have died and the reason is that they just did not manage their diabetes the way they should manage it.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt does not matter whether you are type one or type two, so far there is no cure for diabetes, maybe there will be a cure before I die, but I pray that there will be a cure before you die.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to understand the type of food you should eat, you must completely abstain from sugar. The number of carbohydrates that you take must be watched.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t miss your drugs, in your own case, your insulin injection, I take my drugs along with me everywhere I go and I always check my blood sugar level regularly. Don\u2019t let anybody put fear in your minds, diabetes, has no cure for now, but it can be managed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In his remarks, the camp coordinator, Dr Olubiyi Adesina, said the camp was organised to give information and encourage young people living with type-1 diabetes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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