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Permalink Reply by Joey on February 19, 2013 at 12:21pm

Good luck with your petition! I hope it works. I wish Quebec paid for adults starting on the pump. We also have a pediatric program but my 19 year old is too old to qualify. program.

Permalink Reply by BJ on February 21, 2013 at 2:27am

That's exactly the problem, as I see it, with funding kids. Once they get "too old", then what? We want our kids to get an education but the reality is that what 19 yr old can afford to go to university and an insulin pump? Or a car and a pump even. T1D is not something kids can "grow out of" and yet they are largely abandoned when governments only fund children.

Permalink Reply by nel on February 19, 2013 at 1:40pm

Done , insulin pumper and pump advocate since 2001 :) .
An added suggestion is to visit your MLA's office regularly especially when a Provincial Election is near !

Canadian Diabetes Association's website www.diabetes.ca shows the Novo Scotia Petition for pumps fof kids .

Joey maybe you could start one for Quebec ?? I would sign the Quebec petition !!!

Permalink Reply by Joey on February 21, 2013 at 7:44am

I heard that within 5 years Quebec would be funding pumps for adults. Of course, they had to spend many millions of dollars and use many years of time to do their own "studies" to see if there was proof that the pump reduced health complications and costs before they would give approval for the pediatric pump program. Quebec: always reinventing the wheel. It would have been too simple to just rely on 40 years of data from countless studies and countries. I guess they want to see the outcome of the pediatric program before funding an adult program. I doubt if a petition will work in Quebec. When my 11 year old hits 18, he will still be able to use the program because if you started in the pediatric program, you can continue even into adulthood. Hopefully by then it won't be an issue.

Permalink Reply by BJ on February 23, 2013 at 9:51pm

If they will fund you through adulthood if you started in the pediatric program, then it only makes sense to fund ALL adults with T1D. What governments also dont understand is that some health insurance providers pay for pumps and pumps aren't for everyone, so its only those that do not have insurance coverage or that would be suited for a pump that they would need to pay for. Its really pretty marginal when you think about it.

I started a Facebook page some time ago to connect with others hoping to make this a priority and to network with people for this cause. I am so tired of feeling like a burden on a system for something outside my control. Its about time that they listen and use some common sense rather than simply saying "we already pay for enough" (which is the position that BC has taken). Meanwhile, they spend on other nonessentials and I just dont get it!

Please if everyone could sign this petition and also share it with your friends and family, I would be eternally greatful. Its not about having a "special interest" or "advocating" (which sounds like you're asking for something that will forever cost them money)... its about stepping up and doing the RIGHT THING after years of putting it off.

Permalink Reply by nel on February 25, 2013 at 12:20am

64 and UP to GO ...please sign BJ's petition people from BC, Canada ...lets see a breakthrough with our Provincial Government .
May 14, 2013 is BC's Provincial election !

Permalink Reply by nel on February 27, 2013 at 11:56pm

update : 98 doing GOOD !!