Your Type Yoga

11/25/2020

Hello Yoga fam! It's Madi here, I am stopping by to ask for your help. You may have seen that Amazon recently launched a pharmacy services. This is not surprising but some of their practices around insulin marketing and pricing is deeply concerning, so concerning that I wrote a petition/ open letter to ask that they change their practices to avoid contributing to the current insulin price crisis happening in the United States. Is all of this new info to you? Take a moment to read my petition. Please sign and share if you can! Appreciate you all :)

Amazon Pharmacy to change the pricing and marketing of life-saving insulin

10/09/2020

Fam, I’m back & it has been a doozy. These past couple weeks the diabetes community has seen even more shady dealings. Let’s review;
1. Donald Trump, the clown in charge, claimed he made insulin as “cheap as water” which is not true, false information, a lie.
2. Beyond Type One released their project getinsulin.org, sponsored by Big PhRMA, who are price gouging insulin. Making insulin so expensive that a website like this is even necessary. said it perfectly, this is a PR stunt.
3. released survey data thats proves the vast majority of T1D JDRF donors do not support JDRF expanding to include type two diabetes. This just shows how deep bias and exclusion runs in JDRF.
The bright side?
1. There is an election in 25 days. Please have a plan to vote!
2. Our community is NOT fooled by this PR stunt.
3. The will be back momentarily to shed light on these issues and hold these nonprofits accountable.

As if 2020 couldn’t get crazier. I have been dealing with a fam medical emergency. But all is ‘good’ now 😎. We back to the advocacy grind after a little mental recovery. Let’s do this 💪🏽

10/06/2020

Roller blading 90’s bish turned nurse over night. How am I staying sane? Keeping that b***y movin’. Inspired by .a.denson most epic roller blade video. Also, getinsulin.org? An insulin aid information site sponsored by the same big PhRMA who is price gouging insulin? I’m not buying it.

10/02/2020

This week. Has been. Scary & horrible & insane. It started out with my immediate family member in the ICU. They are coming home today and we have a long road ahead, but everyone is ok💕. Then the MF A$$ Clown in charge () claimed he made “insulin as cheap as water”. Which just isn’t true. False information. Period. Not today Satan. Big thanks to my DOC for clapping back when my brain was fried. Taking a little break from the insta but I’ll be back. Love y’all.

09/26/2020

This isn’t just a diabetics problem. Show your support by joining digital demonstration (🔗 in bio) and post this image or another one provided and ask to make : lower the price of insulin. Did ya know people with diabetes make an extra 180 decisions a day....Will PhRMA finally make ONE DECISION and prioritize patients over profits?

09/26/2020

To eat or not to eat? To bolus? How much? Juice for low. Insulin when high. Should I run, skip, or lie from an elevated sugar? Should I even try to Diabetes today? Did ya know people with diabetes make an extra 180 decisions a day.... have to make : to lower the list price of insulin. Will PhRMA finally put patients over profits?

09/26/2020

Did ya know people with diabetes make an extra 180 decisions a day.... have to make : to lower the list price of insulin. Will PhRMA finally put patients over profits? Join the digital demonstration 🔗 in bio.

09/22/2020

Back from a weekend with no service & lots of love. Damn it felt good. Pictured here is one of the last moments of peace. Cause the world kept turning, kept burning, and one of my biggest inspirations left this earthly place. Rest In Peace, Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Ways to advocate in honor of RBG to come. Remember to disconnect if you can, so you can come back and keep fighting the good fight.

09/17/2020

When someone says “cinnamon cures diabetes” me: does fireball count? 😂🔥🔥🔥

PSA: cinnamon does NOT cure type 1 diabetes.... although let’s look into this. Are you ready for a deep dive? A study of the effects of cinnamon in type 1: “There were no significant differences in final A1C..., change in A1C..., total daily insulin intake, or number of hypoglycemic episodes between the cinnamon and placebo arms [arms= different study groups]” (source 1). Effects of cinnamon in type 2: “ The results of this study demonstrate that intake of 1, 3, or 6 g of cinnamon per day reduces serum glucose, triglyceride, LDL cholesterol, and total cholesterol in people with type 2 diabetes” (source 2).

What about the other types of diabetes?

1: The Effect of Cinnamon on A1C Among Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes. Justin A. Altschuler, BA1, Samuel J. Casella, MD2, Todd A. MacKenzie, PHD3 and Kevin M. Curtis, MD4. American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Care 2007 Apr; 30(4): 813-816.

2.Cinnamon Improves Glucose and Lipids of People With Type 2 Diabetes. Alam Khan, MS, PHD123, Mahpara Safdar, MS12, Mohammad Muzaffar Ali Khan, MS, PHD12, Khan Nawaz Khattak, MS12 and Richard A. Anderson, PHD3. American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Care 2003 Dec; 26(12): 3215-3218.
Also and always, ACAB.

09/16/2020

One week ago I posted about a day of low blood sugars that kicked. my. butt. One week later, I am facing some super annoying high blood sugars that no rage bolus will correct! So I’m not in tears... yet. But let this serve as a reminder that last Tuesday was one post, and here another isolated post. The times that diabetes makes me feel defeated is honestly often, so often that you definitely don’t want me posting about it every time 😏 And I won’t apologize for crying. I won’t apologize for feeling defeated. And I sure as hell won’t give up trying. I’ve learned how to deal with my defeat and pick myself up. Cause I got this. You got this!!! 💪🏽 Who else is riding the rollercoaster blood sugar ride this week and always ?!

09/14/2020

Black lives matter. Black diabetic lives more than matter and yet we’ve seen this less in diabetes online community (DOC) recently. Why is this? posted an amazing reminder that silence is violence. I am guilty of this too and I am trying to be more vocal about black lives in the diabetes community. I’m curious.... What is happening in the DOC to increase inclusion? The is working on some posts and education. Who else is advocating for black voices in the diabetes community? ? ? ? I want to hear about it! If not.. we got some work to do. I would LOVE to partner if you got some ideas... or comment what you’re working on!

09/10/2020

One day you are crying chugging juice, the next you are dancing in the street.. 💪🏽💪🏽.

My last post, where I was drenched in tears, received SO MUCH LOVE. It was literally overwhelming! I can’t even express what all your comments mean to me. Honestly, I almost didn’t post it, fearing it was “too depressing” or “am I an ugly crier?!”.. Your comments and love reminded me that the diabetes community craves raw & real stories. Your stories are important. Share your experiences. The good, the bad and the ugly crying. The DOC is here for you 💙