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Obasanjo speaks about living with diabetes for over 30 years

Yusuf Abubakar
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Published: August 19, 2021
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has narrated how he had been managing diabetes for 35 years.

Obasanjo while speaking during the closing ceremony of the Ogun State Diabetes Youth Development Camp held in Abeokuta on Wednesday said despite living with diabetes he still jumping up and down doing things many of his agemates can’t do.

He said: “I have been diagnosed with diabetes for more than 35 years now and here I am, I’m still going about, I’m still jumping up and down, I’m still doing many things many people of my age cannot do.

“Since 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.

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“It 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.

“You 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.

“Don’t 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’t let anybody put fear in your minds, diabetes, has no cure for now, but it can be managed.”

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