I wish that…

1) More people knew T1D is not due to poor choice of food selection. We can eat as normal unlike T2D. We are different!

2)
a) Insurance options [for us] are expensive.
b) The lack of other pump models due to the niche consumers of the product (that’s what I have been told by nurses and till now MOH has yet to get back to me). Currently there is only medtronics made available to me at a subsidised rate.
c) The financial consideration (I don’t have subsidy even though my salary is 2k+ a month due to the other family members in my household. However, I am paying for the supplies myself. Those supplies are not subsidised by the government (e.g. insulin needles, BG test strip and lancets, etc)

3) More people understood our situation even though we are a small group. Stop advising us on what to do (e.g. eat healthier, go for TCM, etc) and give us false hopes that it can indeed be cured (when there is no scientic evidence to back up claims.)

4) Friends, Employers, Colleagues and Family can learn to understand what T1D is about. Since my diagnosis in 2021 till now, there are still friends, family members, etc asking me if I can eat this and that… despite explaining to them numerous of times. It really helps if these groups can try to take notes and learn about my condition so that I don’t have to keep repeating myself. If a video explaining how T1D works is created (like the video on how pregnancy works that became highly watched), it would truly help people understand T1D better.