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Articles vedette / ᓄᐃᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᒃᓭᑦ / Feature articles ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᑦᓯᐊᕆᐊᑦᓯᐊᓕᕐᓂᕋ ᓂᕆᔭᒃᑲᓗ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᒋᐊᑦᓯᐊᓕᕐᓱᒋᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᕈᑎᒋᑦᓱᒋᑦ. ᐊᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᒪᕐᓴᐅᑎᖃᓗᐊᓕᕐᑐᑦ, ᐃᓕᓴᕐᑕᐅᓲᒍᕗᒍᑦ ᓂ ᕆ ᓂ ᕗ ᑦ ᑌ ᒫ ᒍ ᓗ ᑐ ᐃᓐ ᓈ ᕈ ᓐ ᓀ ᓱ ᒍ , ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑭᑦᑑᔭᖏᑦᑐᓗ ᐃᓚᖓᓂᓗ ᐊᕆᐅᓐᓇᓱᓂ, ᑭ ᓯ ᐊ ᓂ ᑕ ᑯ ᒐ ᓱ ᐊ ᓲ ᒃ ᑲ ᓱ ᓇ ᑕ ᖃᕐ ᒪᖔ ᑕ ᓂᕿᑦᓯᐊᒍᒻᒪᖔᑕ ᐅᐊᕈᑦᓯᑐᕐᓯᒪᔭᐅᒻᒪᖔᑕ ᓂ ᕿ ᓯ ᒋ ᐊ ᓚ ᐅ ᕐ ᓇᖓ . ᐊ ᑐ ᐃᓐ ᓇ ᐅ ᓱ ᑎ ᒃ ᐆᓇᕐᓯᓯᐊᕆᓯᖏᓐᓇᐅᑐᐊᕋᒥᒃ ᑕᒉᓐᓈᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐆᓇᕐᓯᓰᒍᑎᒧᑦ ᐃᓗᓕᖃᕐᐳᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ, ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᐅᐊᕈᑦᓯᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᐅᑦᓯᐊᖏᓪᓗᑐᕐᓗᐊᓗᓐᓂᒃ ᐅ ᕙ ᒃ ᑎ ᓄᑦ . ᖃ ᐅ ᔨ ᒪ ᒐ ᓗ ᐊ ᕐᐱ ᑕ ᓘᓐ ᓃ ᑦ ᓱᓇᑐᓕᕐᒪᖔᑦᑕ? I first learned about diabetes while working at the CLSC as a home care provider in Puvirnituq. I had been teaching patients how to use the glucometer, an instrument that measures the amount of sugar in your blood. I used the glucometer on myself to train the people I was caring for. That’s when I found out, sunauvva, it so happened that I was to care for my own diabetic problem for the rest of my life. The glucometer showed that I had a high sugar level in my blood. I then went for further tests and it was confirmed - I had diabetes. ᑌ ᒍ ᓐ ᓇ ᑕ ᕋ ᐅ ᓇ ᐃ ᓚᖓᑦ ᑎ ᕐ ᑎ ᑐ ᖅ , ᐱᔪ ᐃᕋ ᓱ ᐊ ᕆᐊ ᖓ ᐊ ᔪ ᕐ ᓇ ᑑ ᒍ ᓐ ᓇ ᑐ ᖅ . ᑎᕐᑎᑐᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑕᒐ, ᑌᓗᒍ ᑰᒃᑯ-ᑰᓚ, ᐃᓗᓕᓕᒃ ᑕ ᓪ ᓕ ᒪ ᐅ ᔪ ᕐ ᑐ ᓗ ᐊ ᓂ ᒃ ᖃ ᓗᕋ ᐅ ᑎ ᐊ ᕈ ᕐ ᓂ ᒃ ᒪᒪᕐᓴᐅᑎᓕᒃ. ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᒥᕋᖃᑦᑕᓲᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᑐᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐅᓪᓗᖅ. ᐅᖃᑦᔭᖏᑦᑐᖓ ᑎ ᕐ ᑎ ᑐ ᕐ ᑐ ᖃᑦ ᑕ ᕆᐊ ᖃᑦ ᔭ ᒍ ᓐ ᓀ ᑐ ᒍ ᑦ , ᐃᑯᓪᓚᕆᐊᕐᑐᓴᐅᔪᒍᑦ ᑭᓯ d