Since then she has been in and out of hospital, with the worst of it being the four year period after she turned 16, when she went to hospital every two or three days.

“It was horrible, everyone used to say it (hospital) was my second home,” Ms Campbell said.

“I was relying on mum until I was abut 13 and then I got the insulin pump.

“So I ended up with the pump and that was alright but I didn't like it because it was connected continuously.

”I didn't get to see friends that often.”

Now 20 years old, Ms Campbell hasn’t been to the hospital since the start of November thanks to the purchase of a new piece of equipment with money raised by the Griffith Support Group for Diabetes NSW.

The group spent over $4000 on multiple Dexcom transmitters and receivers that remotely monitor glucose levels.

“I started with this on the fourth of November and it's been amazing,” she said.

“I wish I got it sooner.

“I'm more controlled now so I can do whatever. 

“I never used to be able to go swimming and now I've been swimming a couple of times.

“I go for a walk every day and just do normal things I guess.”

She joked that the hospital had started to wonder what had happened to her.

“My nan works at the hospital canteen and they (staff) say 'oh, I haven't seen Steffie in a while’,” she said.

“I find that it (the device) makes me feel better because without it I always felt sick and drained, but now I feel myself.”

This isn’t the only thing that the Griffith Support Group has bought with the money raised.

“We have also purchased 40 ‘Traffic Light Books’ which give a simple guide to people newly diagnosed with diabetes on their dietary requirements,” President Tom Marriott said.

“We have purchased blood pressure machines and stethoscopes for the use of educators throughout the Murrumbidgee region.

“One new innovation has been the purchase of a model of a stomach, duodenum and pancreas which can be used by the educators to explain to diabetics how it all works.”