There are two types of diabetes: the one that does not produce insulin and the one that does not use insulin incorrectly. Cano has the first one, her pancreas does not produce the insulin the body needs and that leads her to accumulate glucose (sugar) in the blood. This is received by medication: “I give one injection of insulin three times a day. I have a number marked by the doctor. But I know that if I’m going to be at some special food or initiative, or if I want to eat something special, I’ll have to increase the dose a little bit.” In addition, you have been advised to seek medical advice every three months to monitor your haemoglobin level and to prevent sustenance.

For example, he tells us that six months ago he had a scare: “I had trouble breathing and went to the doctor. He told me they were phlegm, but it was a coma state symptom. Two hours later, I went into a coma. I remember my roommates were at home and I called the ambulance. When they looked at me, I had sugar in 580.” It's normal for a body to have 70 to 100 sugar. Cano, with medication, has approximately 120. He tells us that in more than 500 cases they lead to the ICU. There he spent five days: “I remember when I entered the ambulance I woke up in the ICU next to my parents, not knowing what happened. At first they didn’t tell me anything, because the first two days they didn’t know if I would live or not.”

Diabetes is a common disease, but you may not notice anything at first. Because high glucose doesn't hurt. Cano has explained that damage does it from within. In this way, if not checked, the whole body may become damaged and cause problems with the heart, feet, eyes or kidneys, until the leg is blind or amputated: “A friend of mine was blind at the age of 20 and without the functioning of the kidneys. He died shortly after. However, it did not make a healthy life.”

One characteristic of diabetics is that the damage from other diseases is more evident. He tells us that if a cold is cured poorly, it can lead to pneumonia. Or it needs twice as much time to heal a wound as another body. Therefore, beyond injections, it considers it necessary to lead a healthy life and, above all, a healthy diet. “I advise you to go to the doctor because you feel anything, and don’t leave it or leave it, I did it the last time.” In the same vein he spoke to us when we asked him whether they could eat sugar. He told us that they can catch a little, that it is not always in daily life, because that would be ignoring the disease.

In addition, he added that he feels "very good" today, even though he struggled to overcome the situation. The doctor said: “You’ll have to take the force on your own or you’ll never take it.” Therefore, gradually he went out to the street and took weight, returning to normal life. “I have a condition and a point, I am no less or more than anyone. This disease, if taken care of, is sustainable and also easy.”

Back to the pancreas

As mentioned above, the absence of insulin from the pancreas leads to an increase in blood sugar. Therefore, the most frequent treatment is the penetration of insulin into the body, as Cano does. However, Japanese alternative medicine, called shiatsu, has recommendations to restore the functions of the pancreas, always in the form of an aid. This type of medicine proposes several exercises: The first step is to lie down and find the seventh upper vertebra of the neck. After relaxing the muscle that is ten vertebrae below. Finally, relaxation of this contractured muscle area on both sides of the spine may lead to improved pancreatic functions.