http://thebadger.ca/2010/02/23/insulin-pump-life-changing/ The Badger newspaper online Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:10:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://thebadger.ca/2010/02/23/insulin-pump-life-changing/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Laurie Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:49:53 +0000 http://thebadger.ca/?p=1486#comment-398 Sheri, I enjoyed reading your articles on Diabetes and Jodi Stork's insulin pump. My son is also Type 1 Diabetic. The scary thing for me as his mother is that he is only 19 and living on his own. At this age, they tend to think they are invincible and do not realize the long term damage that is being done. Trevor told me not long ago that eating is just a big inconvenience! Unfortunately, he needs to eat three square meals a day to maintain his disease. This causes me much worry, as I know he is not feeding himself properly to manage his diabetes. I am sure that, many days, he is quite tired of the constant monitoring and having to eat even when he is not really hungry. It is an every day, lifelong disease that costs a LOT of money! Now that he is 19, he cannot be on a parent's group insurance plan and must pay full price for his drugs and supplies. This will not encourage him to take any better care of himself. I have had to call the EMT's at least 3 times to bring him back to life. It is a constant worry for me as his Mom. I can't imagine what it's like to live with the disease every day. Sheri, I enjoyed reading your articles on Diabetes and Jodi Stork’s insulin pump. My son is also Type 1 Diabetic. The scary thing for me as his mother is that he is only 19 and living on his own. At this age, they tend to think they are invincible and do not realize the long term damage that is being done. Trevor told me not long ago that eating is just a big inconvenience! Unfortunately, he needs to eat three square meals a day to maintain his disease. This causes me much worry, as I know he is not feeding himself properly to manage his diabetes. I am sure that, many days, he is quite tired of the constant monitoring and having to eat even when he is not really hungry. It is an every day, lifelong disease that costs a LOT of money! Now that he is 19, he cannot be on a parent’s group insurance plan and must pay full price for his drugs and supplies. This will not encourage him to take any better care of himself. I have had to call the EMT’s at least 3 times to bring him back to life. It is a constant worry for me as his Mom. I can’t imagine what it’s like to live with the disease every day.

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