Warning A Health Rant
Those of you who know me, know that I don't usually complain much. I prefer to write things that enrich and build us up here at Wealthy Affiliate.
Today, though, I am sick and I just needed to write about it.
About two months ago I was told that I was no longer eligible for state assistance with my insurance. Since I take insulin and another very expensive medication for type 2 diabetes, I was immediately thrown into a panic. My medications for diabetes cost more in a month than I make—over $1500 USD and that's just for the injections, it doesn't include the needles, test strips, etc. I could get insurance that costs me nearly $800 a month, but then it doesn't cover anything until the deductible is met which is $6800.
I've been desperately seeking ways to make the insulin I have last, but to no avail. I have run out. I have been out of the Ozempic for over a month now.
I have been watching my blood sugar readings go from nearly normal readings
to now readings of 300-400 over the course of the past two months.
For those of you who are not familiar with blood sugar or blood glucose readings, a "good" reading is around 100 for a normal person. As a type 2 diabetic, my healthcare team was happy with readings around 130 for me upon waking and as high as 180 about an hour after eating.
On the insulin and Ozempic and Metformin I was doing okay. My 14 day average was 144 and my health team was pretty happy with that.
However, fast-forward to early 2019. No more insurance and I am scaling back on my medication to make it last. I've had to cancel my scheduled doctor appointments because I can't afford the $240 office visit. I've had to not get my A1c test because I surely can't afford that.
Now my blood sugar readings look like this most of the time:
This is not a good thing. I have some scary symptoms going on right now. My vision is very blurry. It's like everything is on "soft focus."
I've cut my carbs and everything else I can think of and nothing is helping.
I have applied for help with my medications through Lilly Cares a program that is run through the drug company that makes the type of insulin I take along with another medication they are going to switch me to instead of the Ozempic.
Funny thing, they are switching me to a medication I previously had taken that didn't work! I often wonder what goes on in the minds of those who are at the top of all of this! Is it a game to see how many of us "poor" people they can drop from the population? I'd like to say that I am sure I am exaggerating, but as I watch my vision slowly going...I wonder.
Anyway, I am taking another "shot" at the Keto diet. I have to do something. I like helping people and I sure would like to be around for a while to do that.
I'm just feeling very tired of fighting right now. Honestly, I am scared right now...
And now, for something completely different...
We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ~ Barbara De Angelis
I am hoping for some great things to come from this most recent battle on the health front. I will keep fighting because I know that I can overcome this...
I will overcome this!
Hope you all have a great week and remember to never take your health for granted.
Best wishes,
Karin 😁
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Am so sorry to hear this hope that something will turn around for you don’t give up you can try changing your diet too live do a lot of fresh green juice if you do home made green juice Broccoli Kale baby spinach One lemon Cucumber celery blend and drink every morning that will help too
I do hope you will get the help you need and feel better very soon. Although it's difficult, keep on fighting and don't give up. All the best to you.
Very sorry to hear about all of this, Karin and I hope you are able to get some relief and assistance soon. I have been doing intermittent fasting now for over 1 year which gets me into ketosis. It has been good for me. I wish you all the best.
Wayne
Sorry to hear about your situation Karin. I know that it can be scary cause my grandmother was diabetic and so too are some relatives of mine.
I am in the health niche and have written a post on diabetes. If you are interested to read about the alternatives I have outlined there, please PM me.
In the mean time, I hope that you begin to see profit here so that you can get your medication.
I know that you are a fighter and will not give up. All the best of you.
Russell
Karin, I am glad you are doing the keto diet because I have several friends with diabetes who are very successful at letting their blood sugar low. Hang in there, the drug companies should be charged with attempted murder and murder because the inventors of insulin made sure that it was low cost to make so this sort of price gouging did NOT happen!!! It's truly criminal!!! Hang in there!!
Best wishes and I hope everything turns out well with your diabetes!
The insurance mafia has really screwed things up since they started tinkering with it in 2010.
Best wishes and the best of success to you!
Mike
That is absolutely crazy that in this day and age we have to worry about this type of stuff. Wether to live or die because our med cost is too high... It is B.S.!!!
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My wife and I struggle with the sa me issue 2 grade school children, both unemployed, she works 2jobs, I’m a stroke survivor, I have a genetic chronic disease that requires infusion every other week that costs $23,000 each tome and we don’t qualify for Medicaid. But that’s neither nerve nor there. Oh, and I have physical therapy once a week. So, I hear you,Karen; I hear you. Unfortunately, there’s too many of us out hear, and tell too many like you in urgent need soon. You get all of my prayers tonight and until God sends a better answer soon.
Eric