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<\/p>\nA woman with type 1 diabetes has said an artificial pancreas that helps her manage her condition is “brilliant”.<\/p>\n
Chloe Hammond, 25, from Northampton, was diagnosed with diabetes as a toddler and said the technology monitored her blood sugar levels automatically, delivering insulin when needed.<\/p>\n
Type 1 diabetes is caused by the immune system attacking cells in the pancreas that control blood sugar levels and affects about 400,000 people in the UK.<\/p>\n
Hammond, who enjoys an active lifestyle and plays ice hockey for Milton Keynes Bolts, said the technology meant she could live “without limitations”.<\/p>\n
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Hammond is among those to receive an NHS-funded technology known as an artificial pancreas [Chloe Hammond]<\/p>\n
She has had an insulin pump since the age of 10, but benefited from an artificial pancreas when the technology was adopted by the NHS two years ago.<\/a><\/p>\n “I have a sensor on my arm; the pump around my waist on a belt,” Hammond explained.<\/p>\n “It has a tube that is on a cannula on my stomach. The sensor can track my blood sugar and the pump can relay that information and give a little bit of insulin or stop it.<\/p>\n “The technology has come a long way from constantly carrying around needles. I just wear the device on me \u2013 it’s brilliant.”<\/p>\n Speaking to BBC Radio Northampton, Hammond said she enjoyed playing ice hockey and used it as a way to show what people with the condition were capable of.<\/p>\n “If something happens on the ice, people are aware of what it could be. Again, my teammates are thoroughly supportive \u2013 they’re always checking on me,” she said.<\/p>\n “Everyone is supportive of me being in a rough sport with the diabetes.”<\/p>\n Hammond added: “It [diabetes] is always on your mind; you’re never going to let it slip. It’s permanently there for the rest of your life, but you learn to adapt with it.<\/p>\n “Don’t let it stop you from doing anything.”<\/p>\n Do you have a story suggestion for Northamptonshire? Contact us below.<\/p>\n Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a> and X<\/a>.<\/p>\n Related to this storyRelated internet links