Health committee  There is absolutely nothing. As I said, it takes a year to be accepted by a clinic that treats everyone. It takes hours to get there. There are no doctors. If you don't organize yourself, you get sick. I haven't been to the hospital in three years because I took my time and take care of myself, but many people don't and end up ignoring their situation.

Health committee  There are no services for health problems in general.

Health committee  That's right. My sister lives in Cobourg, and when she has to go to Oshawa to see a doctor there, she has to travel an hour and a half. It doesn't make sense.

Health committee  I have a family doctor, but it takes two or three months to get an appointment.

Health committee  Get ready for this. Because I'm such a wacko diabetic, I take probably 260 units of insulin per day, plus an enhancer, plus oral medication. Then you need your statins, and if you have an antibiotic, because we catch every bug going by, it's constant. It's approximately $1,000.

Health committee  That's fine.

Health committee  My name is Charlene Lavergne. I have been living with type 1.5 or type 2 diabetes. Nobody knows what I am because of various.... I have no thyroid, so I have some other issues. I go with type 2 diabetes because it's easier for everybody all around. It's not easier for me, but it's easier for them, especially the medical profession.

Health committee  It's type 1.5.