Health committee  The first meters, the first glucometers—and they were not continuous blood glucose monitors—weren't available until I was a late teenager. You pricked your finger. Still, we didn't have the sophisticated insulins of today. So then I think I was bumped to two injections a day. Now

Health committee  I'll let....

Health committee  It was very little, actually, because we didn't have blood glucose monitors. Glucose then was not measured in the blood, at home; it was measured in the urine. It was not very reliable. I took one injection a day, and it was primitive insulin, at best. There was no carb counting.

Health committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I was told I have five minutes to make an impact, so here goes. I've been living with type 1 diabetes for almost 46 years. Due to complications, I lost my eyesight when I was 30 years old. I'm completely blind. That's what this disease can cause: devastat

Health committee  Because of the great strides made in the field of T1D research, I firmly believe that there will be a cure for type 1 diabetes in my lifetime, which will mean that these children here today, and so many others, will not have to face devastating, if not life-threatening, complicat