Jessika M

I'm walking for a world without type 1 diabetes in Penrith!

 I’m Running for a Cure and for My Own Life As A T1D.

Every single day I wake up with a disease that never takes a day off.

Type 1 diabetes isn’t caused by lifestyle or choices. It’s an autoimmune disease that changed my life forever it demands constant attention, relentless discipline and resilience most people never have to think about. Every meal, every workout, every night of sleep requires careful planning. There are no breaks. No vacations. No “days off.”

I’m running for Breakthrough T1D, and I’m asking for your help to raise $30,000 to support life changing research, advocacy, and the fight for a cure.

I run because I know what it’s like to live with needles, insulin pumps, glucose alarms  and the fear that comes with unpredictable blood sugar highs and dangerous lows. I run for the nights interrupted by alarms. For the mental exhaustion. For the constant calculations. For every person especially children who have just heard the words, “You have Type 1 diabetes.” I also was starting my teenage years as a T1D.

Breakthrough T1D is leading the charge toward better treatments, improved technology and ultimately a cure. Because of their work, we’ve already seen incredible progress in continuous glucose monitors, advanced insulin delivery systems, and research that brings us closer every day to eliminating this disease altogether.

But research takes funding.

Progress takes support.

Hope takes action.

That’s why my goal is $30,000 

Insulin pumps cost around $ 8,574 families and adults don’t have access to that with the cost of living crisis and raising money can help fund pump loan programs.

This isn’t just a number it represents lab hours, scientific breakthroughs, advocacy efforts and real change for millions of people living with Type 1 diabetes worldwide. It represents fewer complications, safer nights, and a future where this disease no longer defines lives. 

Running with Type 1 diabetes isn’t easy. Some days my blood sugar fights me harder than the miles do. But every step I take is fueled by purpose and by the belief that together we can change what it means to live with this disease.

If you’re able to donate please know that your support goes far beyond a race. You’re helping fund research. You’re helping save lives. You’re helping bring us closer to a world without Type 1 diabetes.

If you can’t donate sharing this page still makes a difference Thank you. 

Thank you for supporting Breakthrough T1D.

Thank you for helping turn hope into action.

Let’s run toward a cure together.