June 4th Club Meeting Speaker

Terry Weland, A 25 Year volunteer with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) was introduced by speaker

host, Ron Mortensen.  Terri is retired from First Data Corporation and a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He has type I diabetes and utilizes a Medtronic Insulin pump with a continuous blood sugar monitoring system.  Terry talked about various examples of individuals with diabetes and options for those patients to monitor and treat their condition.  A key phrase that Terry emphasized  is to recognize that Medicare needs to realize and respond to the fact that it is much less expensive to closely monitor blood sugar levels with new technologies an to treat those levels with the latest equipment that already covered by most insurance companies.  Inaccurate and infrequent monitoring of blood sugar levels leads to considerably more emergency room visits.  Terry left literature for folks who would be interested in volunteering to help JDRF fund raising functions.