On February 22, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced via a press conference that the state of Connecticut would be scrapping the existing vaccine phased rollout plan in favor of an age-based approach. People with high risk medical conditions and essential workers went from being next in line in Phase 1B to the bottom of … Continue reading Governor Lamont’s COVID-19 Vaccine Bait-and-Switch
This morning I woke up to an egregious buzz of misinformation regarding insulin prices on my facebook feed, by way of a screenshot of a Fox News headline, and I feel it is my obligation to dispel the misinformation and share the facts, as a person who has lived with Type 1 Diabetes for 25 … Continue reading Stop Spreading Misinformation About Reduced Insulin Prices
Last week, I attended a local adult T1D support group meeting. One of our guest speakers was Kristen Whitney Daniels, president of the Connecticut chapter of T1international’s #insulin4all. #insulin4all is a grassroots campaign advocating for affordable insulin and diabetes medical supplies. Kristen shared with us the exciting news that due to the tireless efforts of … Continue reading Connecticut’s Insulin Bill
This is the second post in my 2019 Diabetes Awareness Month series. You can read the first post here. “Are you taking care of yourself?” and “Is your diabetes under control?” are quite loaded questions. When people ask these questions, they generally mean well, but the questions don’t take into account the complexities of Type … Continue reading Taking Care of Yourself
“It must be easier for you because you don’t remember life without it.” I don’t know how many times I’ve heard that. It bothers me because, first off, I have nothing to compare it to, so how can I say what would be easier? Secondly, what about it makes it easier? Life with diabetes is … Continue reading Delayed Grieving
To whom it may concern at the Sun Sentinel: I am appalled by the comments made by Senior Columnist, Doreen Christensen, regarding diabetes in the Facebook group “Let’s Eat, South Florida.” Doreen shamed a person with a chronic illness on a public forum, which is extremely inappropriate and distasteful. She watched a person with diabetes … Continue reading A Letter to the Sun Sentinel
tl;dr if something seems too good to be true, it probably is Recently, a post went viral on Facebook promoting $25 insulin sold at Walmart. The post has over 100,000 shares, so I feel that it is important to dispel any assumptions people may have. In 1922, the first injection of bovine (cow) insulin was … Continue reading What You Need to Know About the $25 Insulin Sold at Walmart
For the first 6 years with Type 1 Diabetes, I was on MDI. I don’t remember much of life on MDI, because I was so young at the time. I had never given myself an injection and, to this day, I still haven’t. In 2002, I got my first insulin pump. I was in the … Continue reading A Candid Journey with Medtronic
I decided to start Bolus Witch to collect all my thoughts on living with Type 1 Diabetes. When I was a senior in high school, I had a Type 1 Diabetes blog called Bloody Beautiful. Once I went off to college, that blog completely fell off my radar. I felt the calling to blog again … Continue reading Welcome!
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