Tag: type 1 diabetes

Diabetes Patients Are Losing Limbs And Sight Because They Can’t Afford Insulin

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More on skyrocketing drug costs in the United States

@fangirlinginleatherboots 

“A medical professor who has tracked the cost of insulin over the
years says that a one-month supply of a popular version that cost $45
wholesale in 2001 cost $1,447 14 years later, an increase of almost
3,000%.  That’s the wholesale price, not the retail price that an
uninsured patient would pay.“

Yeah, that’s messed up.

Wow, it’s really rare I see something cross my dash that’s actually directly tied to my life on a personal level, but yea, I’m Diabetic Type 1 and this is a problem.

I’ve been off insurance for the last three or so years and have been working around through channel I can to continue to obtain insulin and supplies for my insulin pump (of which is currently a problem, fun) for free or at reduced costs.

The Lilly Cares program is one I heavily endorse if your insulin is a Lilly product. They’ve been incredibly helpful to me.

Please spread the word on this. There are a lot of young Diabetics like myself that do not have a support system, do not have insurance, and do not have jobs. Insulin is literally a life-sustaining medication for T1 Diabetics. Please do not just ignore this.

T1 diagnosed over 20 years ago here. Back when I was out of work in 2009 I contacted Lilly Cares and I swear I would not be alive if not for that program. T1s need insulin to live. Daily. Our bodies do not produce the hormone because our immune systems backfired and killed our pancreas’ islet cells.

These days one bottle of insulin costs me approx $600 (before insurance) and lasts 2-3 weeks, tops. Less than ten years ago the cost was closer to $200/bottle. The insulin manufacturers keep “tweaking” insulins like Humalog so the patents can be extended(*), so we don’t even have access to a generic option.

The price gouging on insulin in this country is cruel and damn disgusting.

Please, please boost this info. It WILL save lives.

(*) a fact that even my endocrinologist has confirmed!

Lilly Cares saved my husband’s life when he had no prescription drug coverage. Please, please utilize this program if you can. It’s wonderful.

Diabetes Patients Are Losing Limbs And Sight Because They Can’t Afford Insulin

My CGMS Diabetes fund.

theslightlymad-one:

My Go Fund Me

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Hi, My name’s Diana, (terrible picture i know) I’m 18 years old and i’ve been Type one Diabetic for nearly 10 years.

I have always struggled to control my diabetes, I gave up for a long period of time but i’m trying to get control of my life again.

I have had a HbA1c of above 14% for the last few years. This gives the doctor a idea of what my blood sugars have been like over the past few months. The ideal number is 6.9%. That means mine is more than double.

I recently discovered a new device called the Freestyle Libre System . (Thats their fancy product picture below)

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I bought the starter kit (after saving up). It included the Reader and two sensors. Since i’ve had the sensor on (6 days only) its estimated my HbA1c to be 7.7%. 

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It gives me a detailed view of how my blood sugars are, whether they are going up or down and how fast. Letting me treat myself before i become extremely ill with ketones and likely end up in the ICU. I am not exaggerating in saying in the past 10 years my admissions number is probably close to 100 visits.

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I cannot express how much this device has changed my life. I haven’t felt as depressed as i did before and i overall feel so much healthier it’s unbelievable for me!! I can genuinely say i feel happy again for the first time in a long time. It gives me back the control over my life that i felt like i lost when i was nine. I’m hoping that because i’ve finally fulfilled my part of the deal with my diabetic team by improving my HbA1c and proving i am committed in getting better, that they will soon give me a insulin pump.

My problem is that the Freestyle Libre Sensors are not currently funded by the NHS.

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I’m hoping they soon will be or my diabetic team will make a compromise.

Now my mum has demanded that i have to move out. 

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I’m lucky enough after being away from her for a week she let me come back and stay until the council gives me my own place. 

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They’ve made me a priority because of my diabetes and risk of homelessness and i’m in the top 10.

Because the sensors would have taken half of my income already i’m not going to be able to afford to buy any more after i have my own place. I have to start paying my own bills and rent and all those adult things im currently unaware of and will soon find out…

I’m not complaining. It’s time i grew up and was independent but i don’t think i can survive without the support this device gives me. 

They are £48.29 for each sensor which lasts two weeks. 

(That price is included with the 20% VAT discount because i’m a type one Diabetic.)

I’ve put £485 as my goal because that will afford me to buy 10 sensors. Which will last me 5 months. In that time i hope to be able to either find a way to pay for them myself or have them funded by my clinic/NHS. (Plus hopefully be okay on my own feet…)

Thank you so much for taking the time to even read this. If you do or don’t fund me I’m begging you to at least sign this petition to get the Freestyle Libre funded on the NHS.

I’m going to add my paypal email just incase anyone who’s willing to donate prefers that method. It will be added to the Go Fund Me page as an offline credit.

dianakerim@icloud.com

Thanks and stay healthy!

My Go Fund Me

Followers, if you or anyone who follows you/you follow/you know anyone who lives in the UK, please, please get them to sign the petition to have the NHS fund the Freestyle Libre. Remember, there is no cure for type 1 diabetes, so devices like the Freestyle Libre are the best chance for many people with type 1 to control their diabetes in order to live a healthier, happier, freer, less fearful life.

Starting using continuous glucose monitoring today! Which has the potential to be super awesome.

But right now there are growing pains which mostly consist of my pump alarming/screaming at me and me wanting to Hulk Smash things because yeah.

Things that are a wee bit awkward: Explaining to your endo that any 4-7am recorded blood sugar readings are bedtime rather than breakfast because wow do I screw up my sleep schedule in the summer when left to my own devices with no job and no classes and no days where I have to go somewhere in the early morning.

transgemder:

Hello, my name is Adele, or Kat, the latter is more of a nickname. I’m a 21 year old trans girl who also happens to be a type 1 diabetic without insurance. What is diabetes, you may ask? Diabetes is a condition that infects the pancreas that hinders/disables it from producing insulin, therefore, I have to use insulin before meals and before bedtime or else I could go into ketoacidosis, where the body experiences high a blood sugar for too long, and basic body functions begin to fail, or I could fall into a coma if my blood sugar is too low for too long. I’ve been hospitalized twice for ketoacidosis, since I was diagnosed at 15 years old, and prolonged exposure to high blood sugar can effect the body in many harmful ways, like the loss of hands or feet, kidneys shutting down, loss of vision, etc. In case you didn’t know, insulin is a very expensive, novolog, for example, is over $450 for a single vial, and lantus being around $400 a vial. I currently live with my mother and brother which helps some of the financial strain, as well as having some insulin still left over from when I had insurance, but it won’t last forever, and what I aim to accomplish with this is to save up enough money for me to be able to buy it when it does run out, so I’m starting this a little early. If anyone sees the Amazon gift card post, don’t reblog it, as I would prefer donations being put into my PayPal/bank account which both are now set up.

If you would like to donate to me to help me financially, you can donate to my PayPal by going to my blog and clicking the “donate” link, or just click here, or you can send it to megucagirl@gmail.com from PayPal itself. Even if you can only spare $1, it would help in the long to help me to afford my own insulin or to help me afford insurance which I have been denied help from the government already, and looking into private insurances. 

Please! Even if you can’t afford it, reblog and signal boost, This is very important. 

Edit: I have since been informed that there are cheaper alternatives to buying insulin, but I will have to consult with my endocrinologist further about these means, and I was only basing my research I did on a few different online sellers and from my receipts I got when I still had insurance. Even at it’s cheapest, I’ve been told, could amount to around $150 – $250 per vial, which is still expensive, considering how this is a monthly cost that I will need insulin for the rest of my life.

Again, I ask you to please consider donating. I’ve gotten off to a good start and it’s helping me feel more relieved as I’m searching to get insurance, even a $1 will help me in the long run, and if you cannot donate, then please signal boost.

Thank you, and have a good day.

When you think you reordered your insulin pump supplies and start freaking out when you haven’t heard anything about your order, and you’re about to run out…then you go back to the website and realize that at some point during the order process you got distracted and only put the items in your cart and didn’t actually order them…things like that are what the $15 over-night shipping is truly for.

Click here to support Insulin Pump Fund by Naomi Waltengus Guebregziabhear

dorowhat:

In March of 2005, I  was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes (diabetes mellitus). Luckily, because my mother had a job with a unviersity, I had insurance and received excellent healthcare and had excellent control of my blood sugars. When she lost her job, I went on the state insurance plan and since…

I think the cost is $500 but I’m not sure. Anyways, yeah please signal boost, if you can’t donate I appreciate any efforts. 

Click here to support Insulin Pump Fund by Naomi Waltengus Guebregziabhear