Hi, I'm Leila Garello
I've been living with Type 1 diabetes for 21 years. It's an autoimmune disease that requires constant attention — multiple daily insulin injections, continuous blood glucose monitoring, and never-ending calculations. It doesn't go away. But it can be managed much better.
"Every single day is a balancing act between what I eat, what I do, and the insulin I need. An insulin pump would give me the tool to manage that balance intelligently, continuously, and with far less effort."
For all these years I've managed with multiple daily injections, calculating every dose by hand, waking up in the middle of the night during hypoglycemic episodes. It's physically and emotionally exhausting.
To make things harder, in Argentina it is extremely difficult to access health insurance when you have diabetes. I am currently fighting a legal battle (amparo injunction) to get coverage. In the meantime, all medications come out of my own pocket: between $400–$600 USD every month, just to survive.