That Stupid Pancreas!

I went back to Queen's Park with JDRF this week to continue advocating for CGM ( click here for more information  on CGM's) and FGM ( click here for more information  on FGM's) funding by meeting with the Minister of Health, Health Critic, and staff from the Treasury Board, all of whom were very supportive and interested in what we had to say. (Minister Christine Elliot, Minister of Health) (Minister France Gelinas, Health Critic. The e  in her last name has the accent aigu over it, but I can't get my keyboard to insert it. My apologies!) As I mentioned previously, and as the title of this post suggests, this isn't my first time at Queen's Park. Click  here  to read my post that talks about my other meetings at Queen's Park in more detail, but for this post I just want to reiterate one basic thing: THESE DEVICES ARE LIFE-SAVING AND SHOULD BE FUNDED SO THAT EVERYONE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THEM!!! Families should not have to make sacrifice...

March Break is behind us now (*sighs*. It was great while it lasted, wasn't it?). I thought I would share my hectic, but amazing March Break experience with the Type 1 world this week, because there is a very important lesson to be learned from it! Anne's School is officially in session! (*rings handheld school bell*) 🔔 I spent March Break at my grandma's house in the countryside with my little brother, Christopher. Don't get me wrong, we had a really great time! We learned how to tie a lot of different knots, sang songs, played ping pong, leaned piano duets, and watched movies. It's the diabetes part of the week that was hectic. Always Bring Extra Pump Sites, and Extra Extra Pump Sites Our second day at Grandma's house, the Sunday of March Break, was Daylight Savings Time. All the clocks were supposed to move an hour back, which meant that I had to adjust the time on my Omnipod PDM (click  here  to learn more about what that is). Coincide...

Do you use a Continuous Glucose Monitor or a Flash Glucose Monitor? Do you know what they are, but don't use them because they are expensive? Or do you have no idea what either of those things are, and are really confused? If that third person is you, click  here  to learn about Flash Glucose Monitors (FGMs) and  here  to learn about Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs).  Now that we all understand that, let's talk about JDRF's #AccessForAll Campaign. "JDRF is excited to launch  #AccessForAll , a new campaign to demand affordable and accessible coverage for everyone living with type 1 diabetes (T1D). And we’re kicking it off with our fight for coverage of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) and Flash Glucose Monitors (FGM).  #AccessForAll  will increase public and private coverage for these advanced glucose monitoring technologies. Our aim is to reduce the out-of-pocket costs for these technologies to make them affordable for Canadians wi...