Having Diabetes is very expensive

Hi Lelin. You hit the nail right on the head money rules and if you don't have it then no one could give a hoot about what happens to those that don't have. I know what you mean my brother in law has diabetes too and he can't afford those strips either too expensive. I looked online to see if I could find any cheaper but to no avail. Quit looking cause I couldn't get him to write down what he needed. But there are sites with all kinds of strips for those diabetes testers. There are some medicines that say they will help you if you can't afford them. My mother had diabetes too but she had a lot of help with her medicine she lived next door to my sister which helped her. I can't believe this world money rules and if you don't have it you are out of luck.

I totally know what you mean and I feel for you. I was just recently diagnosed with type 2. Not only do I have the hospital bills, now I have to test my blood 4 times a day and I have to take insulin. That part isn't expensive. It is like you said, the strips cost an arm and a leg. It is almost impossible to keep up with. Especially these days where not many of us have money.

My son n law was in a traffic accident 6 years ago,A semi truck drove into the side of his pick up as he was driving down the road, broke his leg and he has pins and in constant pain, on morphine, etc., my daughter was telling me yesterday that they have to use ALL of his disability SS check to pay for the prescriptions. I thought when you were not at fault like this that the insurance of yours or the other especially at fault, had to pay ALL your medical expenses! But the insurance company put them on a spend down and, get this, told her that THEY (my sonnlaw) owes them (the insurance) $$$$, she told them that she has these bills to turn in and they want her to turn them in first before they will tell her HOW MUCH she owes them! So I don't understand this at all! What I do know is this is MICHIGAN and Mi has NO FAULT car insurance, meaning that WHOEVER is at fault YOUR insurance pays every thing...I also happen to know that this doesn't matter if you are out of state when an accident happens, first hand experience, but that everything goes back to your car insurance AFTER your health insurance. The moral of our story....if your state ever tries to vote on going to NO FAULT car insurance VOTE NO!!!!

It is very sad that things have come to this point. I have a friend that has diabetes & couldn't afford to buy enough strips to check herself like she should. There should be allowances for people who can't afford medical supplies that they need especially when there are so many people drawing all the easy money that are perfectly able to work but don't.

we have the same fate my friend I guess..in fact I posted lots of topics about diabetes..I would invite you to view it..hoping I could give some ideas on how to manage our "beloved" health problem... http://www.bukisa.com/articles/377660_type-2-diabetes-how-to-control-high-blood-sugar-level-effectively I would appreciate your comments my friend..I guess we have one thing in common.. Thanks Mobhomeir here...

Getting sick is expensive, whatever the disease is. Some people die from shock just by recieving their bill. When my mother, a senior citizen, was hospitalized for flu, we still managed to rack up quite a bill. That's why I am really careful with my health because the way things are, I might just die from the bill.

i know!! i want a better health care too but so many people are against it.. i was recently told to buy the monitor and etc because something fishy was going on with my blood sugar and i was lucky enough to get it for free but omg you use the strips so often that i doubt 100 will last long at all!! i have so many health issues already (including asthma) that im really hoping i dont get stuck with using the strips and all since now its 80/20 on the cost which is great but when you take over 8 other meds daily its just not affordable to me

Yeah I know where your coming from. Lesson learned I guess we all should take care of ourselves. Health promotion and Health prevention is the key... I know it's hard but we all have to think of the positive effects in the long run. I wish everyone a good health and bless your family.

Interesting, I have type two diabetes. Funny thing is the doctor and the dietitian both say type 2 just means the pancreas has slowed down a little not stopped. Hmmm.

having diabetes is expensive but curing it is the cheapest.