When Your Diabetes is Just Too Expensive…
By AmyT from Living Life with Diabetes
July 7, 2008
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I realize there are a lot of folks out there struggling to pay for the basic supplies and medications they need to care for their diabetes. The high cost is one of the shittiest things about having this shitty disease, if you’ll excuse my candor.
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Comments (11 comments)
Add your commentGlad you have that help! So many have lost theirs.
Like Michael Morgan I am also lucky with paying for perscriptions. Don't hate me for this but I pay 2.00 for a perscription. Earned it by working 30 years for a good company and it was part of my retirement package. To day I went to pick up some test strips and paid 35.00. Half the price because my retirement perscription did not cover neither did medicare so I had to use my present emplorers plan Keystone East. What can you do but keep working and hope you co. has a good med. plan and I agree with you it is SHITTY.
I am lucky in this respect . I still have the group ins. from my old job and will I have been approved for the disability retirement and the Health Ins. is the same as when I worked. I have never broken down the cost per item. between my cancer and the diabeties I pay out about $553.00 per month in co-pay. I have 2 Cancer meds that cost over $3,000.00 to my Insurence.
i guess I am lucky to be seen by a VA Clinic( I was in WACs 1954) I use the regular 100unit needles and mix my NPH and Reg. Novolin twice a day. I am a retired nurse so mixing dosage is no problem for me. The needles are no co pay and I am allowed one strip a day that is no Copay. I do pay 8.00 per vial for the two insulins tho. same price as I pay for my 30 day supply of Oral meds which I have 10 different meds plus the two insulins so I still have to put out a chunk of change. On SS it is a real battle with everything else going up. I don't have cable TV or a car so that helps, but when I pay rent, utilities and meds and a little food, I am broke. OH well guess it could be worse. They might try to take away SS.
i spend more on food than i did b4 that's for sure
If I didn't have medicaid I can't afford it…
it is one of the most expensive diseases to manage.. the strips alone… my God!
i thank god everyday i have been able to stay off insulin. at one time my blood sugar got up to 265 started taking a pill and eating right came off meds in about 2 months . i love to work in my flower garden i walk and do inhome exerciese so far i am insulin free. i am on medicare also so i know how everone feels.
This is Kooney: you are so right the cost of the Insulin is outrageous I can't afford it. one pen cost $265.00 w/out Insurance. I am disable I can't work and is barley affording living must lest Insulin
I can relate…The cost of everything is going up…including co payments for 4 different doctors…insurance cost up…now we have to worry about the gas to get to the Dr. just one more lottery ticket away
as for me im lucky enough to get state medacaid but every state is different and doesn't pay for all. plus i ger $162 in food stamps which is not enough to feed anyone is a diabetic.