Type 1 Diabetes, also known as Juvenile Diabetes, has changed the lives of our family tremendously in the years since my son’s diagnosis at age nine in 2003. Less obvious symptoms began quite a bit in advance of his diagnosis, typical to Type 1 Diabetes. Diagnosis can be anywhere from two-four years after the onset of the breaking down and dying off of the islet cells in the pancreas; the cells responsible for producing our natural insulin. Read More

The service you’re providing is incredibly valuable and badly needed. I know this from first-hand experience. At the time my son was diagnosed, he was on his father’s bare-bones insurance plan—one of those plans you get when you think you’re too healthy to need anything other than coverage for emergency room care in case of an accident. I had no reason to think my small children would ever need prescription drugs, after all! Diabetes wasn’t even on my radar screen. Read More