Hope - JDRF

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Join thousands of other T1D voices in our community.

As we look to the future for type 1 diabetes research and support in Australia, we want to hear from everyone in the type 1 diabetes community. Your hopes will help shape our future agenda – supporting research efforts, advocacy and fundraising.

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Your hopes for the future

Arron Seotis

My type 1 hope: Subsidized Diabetic Care (Dexcom/Libre) (Pumps) for ALL Diabetics no matter what your age

Natalie Khalife

My type 1 hope: I hope to find a cure and more support as we battle this disease

Dawa Smith

My type 1 hope: I hope my daughter grows up with a sense of ownership and agency over her own body, despite how many people seem to be involved with managing its functions.

Melissa Simm

My type 1 hope: My son who is 11 years old, his father had type 1 diabetes which resulted in his death in 2020 from DKA.

beverly nagel

My type 1 hope: - free access to new medical supports for all T1D's (CGM costs more than a car loan) - early retirement for T1D's (with 10/15 years less life expectancy why do we have to work until 67yrs. I personally struggle at 57 yrs with 40 yrs of T1D )

Lisa Mason

My type 1 hope: Hope for my son , he is 15 and un managed.

Zane Whittaker

My type 1 hope: Hope that cgm and pumps will be subsidised and available for all type 1 diabetics

Jane Hennessy

My type 1 hope: I have had Type 1 Diabetes since 1980, at that time I was 11 years old and tested my sugar levels with urine in a test tube, that was 41 long years ago and not very accurate to manage sugar levels. Technology for managing diabetes has really improved since those days, but I am still injecting with flex pens 5-6x a day and checking BGLs with finger pricks 5~6 x a day. I work 4 days a week, I am not eligible for any subsidies for CGM OR insulin pump, I hope that all people with type 1 qualify for fully subsidised products that help keep us alive and healthy. I hope there will be a cure very soon, I can’t imagine what life is like without hypos, high BGLs and the constant monitoring of my blood levels, meals, not having to worry my family, friends, work colleagues. I hope We can live a life free of these constant battles we face every day to stay healthy.

Sarah King

My type 1 hope: A cure. Simply a cure. Diabetes is like riding a roller coaster. The finger pricks, the highs and the lows. The constant doctors appointments but you do it cause you want to be as healthy as possible and happy.

Emma Crimston

My type 1 hope: Access to cgm technology for all diabetics. And a cure.

Jann-Marie Pride

My type 1 hope: I hope that one day my daughter can say she HAD T1D, not has...

Ree Rutledge

My type 1 hope: I wish for my amazing, talented and kindhearted son to have the life he deserves without the daily ongoing impact, worries, concerns and complications that living with T1D brings

Maurice Rich

My type 1 hope: Anything that facilitates better easier control that leads closer to a cure. CGM for all at minimal to no cost Better insulins, better pumps Pancreatic tissue replacement or working implant Neutralising immune system disorder that attacks pancreatic tissue Yes please, the works

GG Musca

My type 1 hope: A future where everything needed for diabetes is affordable for every age. And a cure eventually

Kelly Harrison

My type 1 hope: I hope that all T1Ds can see the positive things that diabetes brings to their lives and realise that they can still do and achieve anything they want.

Chantelle Pearce

My type 1 hope: Medical devices subsided by the government and/ or affordable. With the rapid advances technology on the market and continuing , the cost of such devices fail to cover the wider spread community who suffer with T1D. With a health insurance policy this is not available either. I have also come to the realisation that a cure will not occur during my lifetime.

Bev Lorusso

My type 1 hope: When my daughter was diagnosed in 1982 aged 1 we were told there would be a cure within 10 years. My hope is that it happens within the next 10 years .

Adrian CamuaTest

My type 1 hope: Lots of hope

Christine de Villecourt

My type 1 hope: Research towards less invasive treatment and ultimately a CURE

Daisy Feliciotto

My type 1 hope: I am hoping for my son to live a life that is not restricted by his condition. And for him to be without pain whilst managing it.

Chad Gal

My type 1 hope: Hoping for a better life 13 years i’ve been struggling waiting for a cure I wear glasses My eyesight vision isn’t getting any better

Melanie Burchell

My type 1 hope: Making it more affordable.

Marion Sampson

My type 1 hope: I'm not on a health card and it very expensive to buy medication and all the other things (test strips, cgm monitors etc)that help me live with diabetes. Please do something about the cost -its a choice sometimes about can we afford it this time?? Some things my endo would love me to get are simply not affordable.

Paige Spencer

My type 1 hope: An easier life for my family with T1D.

Joan & Bob ward

My type 1 hope: freedom from pills

Anna Dokas

My type 1 hope: Subsidised or free CMG’s for all.

Raian Rahman

My type 1 hope: I hope Type 1 diabetic people wont have to depend on insulin anymore!

Deidre Hall

My type 1 hope: Type 1 I hope when you get admitted to emergency departments and wards. They are given the knowledge to treat you properly and you don’t have to worry about your insulin needs and food

Tiffany Mahon

My type 1 hope: I hope the day comes where I don’t have to fear leaving my daughters early because of diabetes complications.

Monique Parnis

My type 1 hope: I am hoping there is a cure soon

corale mckenzie

My type 1 hope: I am hoping for a cure for T1D my grandaughter of 18 years old has just been diagnosed with T1D 8 days ago on top of an over active thyroid diagnosis 2 years ago

Steven Tunstall

My type 1 hope: Cure

Steven Tunstall

My type 1 hope: Cure

Jade Hobday

My type 1 hope: Equality for all diabetics, working diabetics access to cgms and products that make living with diabetes tolerable. Mental health issues related to living with t1 diabetes for several years as an adult addressed and free/ discounted dental care! A review of the sick days immune compromised people receive (same as those who are well).

Tessa Geiseler

My type 1 hope: I hope that one day I can say I used to have type one diabetes

Siobhan McCann

My type 1 hope: I hope that one day I don't have to worry about my mother sleeping through a hypo and never waking up.

Coralea Ellis

My type 1 hope: Type 1 hope for a cure

Chris Brown

My type 1 hope: Cure, constant glucose monitoring, government support to achieve above and support diabetes more than drug addicted people.

Daniel Alexandrides

My type 1 hope: Ultimately, a cure. The trials at RAH by Drs Coates and Greenwood look hopeful. In the meantime, subsidised CGM for everyone. I have a full-time job (not eligible for concession), however CGM is still prohibitively expensive. I've been lucky enough to get a few sensors, but I have to treat them like a precious commodity. When it hits a nerve or blood vessel on insertion and is incredibly painful and/or continuously bleeding I have to make a decision to put up with 10 days of pain or discard the ~$200 sensor. My treatment is objectively better when I have CGM. However, once my current stock of CGM sensors runs out, I won't purchase new ones. It's a shame my health is sacrificed because CGM is unaffordable.

Anastasia Moragiannis

My type 1 hope: If a cure doesn’t present itself soon then until then, definitely more affordable technology! It’s so hard managing this abs trying to find / save money for the awesome technology currently available!

JDRF Australia

JDRF Australia is the type 1 diabetes (T1D) charity, funding research to improve lives and find a cure for T1D. We’ve been a part of every breakthrough in T1D care in the last 5 decades. We drive innovation, demand action, and stand with everyone facing life with T1D.

With 10,000 Australians set to be diagnosed with type 1 diabetes over the next decade, we’re driven by hope and an urgent need for continued research towards a cure. We also work hard to connect the dots between science and application with the aim of translating research into better treatments and technology faster.

We’re vocal on the issues important to the T1D community. Our supporters include those living with T1D, their loved ones, carers, clinicians, researchers, and community allies. And we ensure their voices can be on the national stage, in government, and in the wider community.

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