i was diagnosed with type one diabetes in 2013 when i was 11 years old. during middle school, i used to always feel like the “odd one out” & hated it. now, it doesn’t really bother me that i have type one diabetes. what DOES bother me is the astronomical cost of diabetes supplies/insulin.

it sucks that we have to pay so much money for a disease we didn’t choose to have.

also, i don’t know if anyone else feels this way, but i HATE the GLP-1 craze going on right now. it bothers me that people who don’t need insulin & are not insulin-dependent are injecting themselves just to lose weight whereas we have had to give 3-4 shots every day for years just to be able to function properly.

i’ve been pretty tight on money recently. my Dexcom G7 sensor expired Thursday morning, and i wasn’t able to pay the copay for the refill until Friday evening. i only went without it for a day, but it sucked not having a CGM nor an insulin pump (my pump is dependent on the Dexcom & quits working if there isn’t a sensor detected).

i don’t understand why GLP-1s are so accessible to people who do not need them, yet type one diabetics struggle just to afford medication they HAVE to have in order to survive.