Srs with T1D; Medicare + Lack of Good Enrollment Info from Diabetes Nonprofits

Not long ago, my friend Riva Greenberg wrote a compelling diabetes blog post which actually ran on Diabetes Minehttps://www.healthline.com/diabetesmine/nearly-50-years-with-type-1-diabetes-a-long-haulers-report although she also posted news of it on her own personal bloghttps://diabetesstories.com/2021/06/16/the-untold-story-49-years-of-type-1-diabetes/.Riva, like me, is today considered a T1D " Long Hauler " . She is now in her 49th year of living with Type 1 diabetes, meaning she ' ll soon be eligible for a Joslin 50 year medal if she chooses to claim it. I think Riva and my older sister share a common diagnosis year (I believe they both were diagnosed in 1971 if I am not mistaken). At that time, diabetes clinicians pretty much made stuff up because they truly did not know the answers with absolute certainty. None of the groundbreaking studies such as the DCCT had even been thought of at that time, much less completed and analyzed. Doctors (even if they had suspicions) simply did not know many answers in those days. The concept of formalized diabetes educators with specific training did not even emerge until more than 15 years later. Also, there was only a hazy understanding that Type 1 diabetes had a different disease etiology from Type 2 diabetes, although the consensus seemed to be that normal weight or thin children with diabetes were immediately put on insulin because pills used for Type 2 diabetes usually did nothing for the patients and many went into DKA withou...
Source: Scott's Web Log - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Abbott CGM CMS Dexcom Eversense FDA Freestyle Libre Medicare Seniors Senseonics Source Type: blogs