# @behindtheracquet on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CULDUTDp8Q9
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/158824-behindtheracquet-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-09-23T17:33:59.000+00:00

## Caption

“Everyone's heard of my original health scare, which left me in a coma. Once I got through with that, it took me another six, seven months to even get back to playing. I was happy, and then I started playing. I just felt terrible. I just remember walking out there and I was chugging water like no other.

I had to go to the bathroom four times. I just felt bad, dizzy. I hadn’t played a tournament in two years. I thought that was normal. I ended up flying home, went straight to the hospital, got some blood work, and that's when they told me, "Hey, you have type one diabetes." 

Of course, that was difficult because you feel confused at times. I've been through so much so when they were like, "Oh, you're going to be fine, you're going to live," I was like, "Okay, whatever, it's fine, I'm going to live." Then it didn’t really hit me probably for another year and a half, because when you get diagnosed with type one, you go through this honeymoon phase.

Unless you have somebody close by or someone in your family has it, you don't really know much about it. I remember the first week I got to UVA that my insulin had to be refrigerated, and I didn't have a fridge in my dorm. I put it in Andres Pedroso's fridge. I'm out and I lost my insulin pen. I call Andres, I'm like, "Andres, I need to get into your house." He's like, "I'm out with my wife." They're an hour away. Like, "I can't help you. Call Scott."

I call Scott — he doesn't pick up. Andres is panicking, he's like, "Oh my god, it's the first week. JC's going to die on me." He's like, "Break my window. You can get in there."

I explored different technologies and I ended up switching to a Tandem Diabetes insulin pump. I play with it on and it’s dramatically improved my blood sugar levels on and off the court. I am much less stressed about my blood sugar knowing my Tandem pump has my back

Before I felt like I was totally lost. At this point, I'm okay with the fact that I'm diabetic. I would love a cure, but I'm not like before where I was like every year, "Okay, is this the year?" @jcaragone #BTR

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| Behind The Racquet | @BehindTRacquet | https://gondola.cc/BehindTRacquet | Brand |
| Sarah Campbell | @SarahCampbs | https://gondola.cc/SarahCampbs | Copywriter |

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