Without insulin, sugar piles up in your blood vessels.

胰岛素缺乏，葡萄糖就会在血管内积累。

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If more could survive, patients might be able to go much longer without insulin.

如果更多的细胞能够存活，患者不需要使用胰岛素的时间就可能会延长。

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Without insulin, the blood sugar increases as the body cannot use or store glucose.

没有胰岛素，血糖增加，因为身体无法使用或储存葡萄糖。

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But glucose can't enter our cells without insulin, which is a hormone produced by the pancreas.

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Now 70, the Lufkin, Tex. retired office manager, is walking five miles a day and managing without medications or insulin.

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"On November 1, 2012, officials at the (Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System) reported that while conducting pharmacy inspection rounds on the inpatient units, they discovered that insulin pens intended for individual patient use were found in the supply drawer of the medication carts without a patient label on them, " said the memo, obtained by CNN through the office of U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins, D-New York.

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