Mama I'm Low

12/03/2020

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/03/941941374/maryland-teen-designs-app-to-help-families-dealing-with-type-1-diabetes

Wow! What an amazing kiddo!!!

How would you respond to a life-altering diagnosis? Drew Mendelow, 13, of Gaithersburg, Md., found out. He in turn designed a free app called T1D1, designed to help patients with Type 1 diabetes.

11/25/2019

https://www.registerguard.com/opinion/20191125/our-view-not-taking-no-for-answer

Two women. They sought answers for themselves and their children. Their stories unfolded 10 years apart. They occurred at opposite ends of the life

11/25/2019

The tenacity of one of our board members resulted in a splash of mentions in The Register-Guard this month during Diabetes Awareness Month. Our hope is to reach those families most needing our services and provide the support they might be looking for after diagnosis and through the various bumps in the road that are inevitable as they manage their new normal!

https://www.registerguard.com/news/20191119/in-18-years-cost-of-one-diabetes-drug-is-up-962

A Eugene nonprofit, Mama I’m Low, is named after the phrase that signals caretakers into action

11/14/2019

The Register Guard did a nice write up about is in this mornings paper!

A Eugene nonprofit, Mama I’m Low, is named after the phrase that signals caretakers into action

04/23/2019

This Sunday The Broadway Wine Merchants is hosting a wine tasting featuring the fantastic wines of Goodfellow Family Cellars. All proceeds will benefit Mama I'm Low AND we just received a generous and anonymous challenge match(up to $1000.00)! Join us for this Sunday and double the bang for your buck by participating. Raffle tickets available at the Broadway all week prior to the event as well.

04/19/2019

Mama I'm Low had a table at the Oregon School Nurses statewide conference this week. Lots of interested nurses stopped by. Outreach is our goal this year and we made great strides in getting communities around Oregon aware of who we are. Next step is to mentor folks in these rural and remote areas to either start their own groups or welcome them in to ours!

03/05/2019

"If there’s one thing I wish I’d learned sooner, it’s that you cannot manage this disease alone. Assembling a diabetes care team that is not only deeply knowledgeable about type 1 and current research but also a source of positivity and support has been a major factor in learning how to effectively navigate my diabetes. "

"The last thing I said before I lost consciousness was, 'I’m dying.'"

01/29/2019

For those who are not insured or underinsured, please listen and pass along!

Pro Tip: Dexcom G6 is at Costco

11/15/2018

Just in time for World Diabetes Day, Willamette Week ran this piece on the insulin price and access crisis in Oregon. Oregonians with type 1 and insulin-requiring type 2 are struggling as insurers demand they pay list price for insulin, while Moda Health (quoted in this piece) tries to convince our legislators and insurance regulators that it's fine for insurers to treat the huge rebates manufacturers pay back to them as "general revenue." The juxtaposition of human suffering vs. corporate and government indifference in this article is heartbreaking. The Type 1 Diabetes Defense Foundation is a Eugene-based nonprofit, and we've been been grateful for help of all kinds from people in the Mama I'm Low community as we've been pushing for justice on this important issue. There's a link to T1DF in the Willamette Week article if you'd like to know more about—or support—our work.Just in time for World Diabetes Day, Willamette Week ran this piece on the insulin price and access crisis in Oregon. Oregonians with type 1 and insulin-requiring type 2 are struggling as insurers demand they pay list price for insulin, while Moda Health (quoted in this piece) tries to convince our legislators and insurance regulators that it's fine for insurers to treat the huge rebates manufacturers pay back to them as "general revenue." The juxtaposition of human suffering vs. corporate and government indifference in this article is heartbreaking. The Type 1 Diabetes Defense Foundation is a Eugene-based nonprofit, and we've been been grateful for help of all kinds from people in the Mama I'm Low community as we've been pushing for justice on this important issue. There's a link to T1DF in the Willamette Week article if you'd like to know more about—or support—our work.

U.S. insulin prices, which are four times higher than prices in other developed countries, are an enduring mystery. Two Oregonians say they have solved the puzzle.