Jaceen Advocates for Regional Diabetes Sufferers

Local Gladstone resident and Type 1 Diabetes sufferer, Jaceen Ross, has travelled to Canberra recently to join other delegates from the Danii Foundation to lobby the federal government.

The group are making a plea to the government to provide the same support to adults as they do children with Type 1 Diabetes. Currently, the government allows access to Continuous Glucose Monitor’s (CGM) to children with Type 1 Diabetes but funding is no longer provided once patients turn 21.  CGM’s help people manage diabetes by significantly minimising the risk of developing complications such as kidney damage, blindness, or limb amputation and aids in the prevention of death as a result of very low blood sugar levels during sleep.