Winnipeg Free Press
By: Aaron Epp
JESSE BOILY / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Andrea Kwasnicki, right, regional director for the local chapter of Diabetes Canada, and volunteer Barb Chaput, who has Type 1 diabetes, help Manitobans adjust to life with the disease.
Life could not have been busier when Barb Chaput was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
Life could not have been busier when Barb Chaput was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
Then 35, Chaput was pursuing a career as an engineer, building a house and planning a wedding. The diagnosis came as "a huge shock" and was accompanied by some denial, especially since the symptoms she experienced were tiredness and constantly feeling thirsty — things she thought were byproducts of her hectic schedule.