The Ontario government gives diabetic seniors $170 a year for their needles for their pens. That will cover the cost of my needles for 1 year. Annnd...
There is a Canadian Disability Tax Credit. After all these years, they have relaxed the criteria to some degree.
It used to be, if you were type 1, you had to prove you spent 14 hours per week, managing your diabetes. So, I honetly don't think I spend 14 house a week.
But now, they have said, if you are type 1, it is accepted that you spend 14 hours per week.
So, I talked to my doctor yesterday. Even though my diagnosis in the beginning was treated as type 2, it is in fact type 1. A surgical error caused my pancreas to get infected with C-difficile, which in turn caused necrotizing pancreatitis. This destroyed 50% of my pancreas right from the start. During an agonizing two years, I had pancreatitis attacks darn near every meal. Then I started getting fistulas for nearly 11/2 years. All that has left me with 10% of a pancreas.
So, my doctor has said, I really am a type 1 and agrees with the endocrinoligist who said I should have been treated as a type 1 back in the day when this adventure began.
She will fill out the forms so I can apply for this tax credit which can be applied to my income tax return every year, and they will re-visit my previous returns and hopefully apply it to those years as well.
So, I may finally get something for a surgeon's slip of a scapel when removing a gallstone.