Living with diabetes is hard.
But today reminded me that it is not just the diabetes that makes living with diabetes hard. It is all the extra crap we deal with around our diabetes that is almost more of a headache than managing blood sugars and insulin doses.
Let’s have a vote. Would it be easier to take good care of yourself if you had everything you needed, without having to fight for it? How about not having to deal with attitudes, billing troubles, long hold times on the phone, not getting prompt call backs?
Managing the diabetes itself is hard enough. I don’t need extra trouble on top of that, especially when I’m just trying to take care of myself. I should not have to get aggressive and pushy to get the help I need.
I’m just sayin’…
Get this…I just changed insurance companies and am changing insulin pumps. My new insurance said they couldn’t cover a new pump because i already had one…i finally talked to someone and explained to them that as soon as i received my NEW pump i would gladly return the old one…i told them i couldnt get rid of one until i had the other in hand…they were like ohhh! and supposedly this is the department that deals only with medical supplies.
There can be no doubt that we need healthcare reform. Some have expressed confusion as to why the richest country in the world isn’t better at caring for it’s citizens who are in need of healthcare they can’t afford. First, I would say that we are the richest (if not, one of the richest) because we are a capitalist, free market society. The government was never meant to “care” for my healthcare needs. Having said that, greed (something all humans are prone to) will destroy a free market society if it lacks proper oversight. We saw what happened in our… Read more »
I am so upset today about the latest round in this battle. Customer-NO-service at the mail order pharmacy, we don’t care attitude by insurance carrier, out of meds…Don’t worry, I have my insulin and that’s probably why I’m fairly calm, but the rest of my meds? I’m out of insurance this month and am going to be off several meds until next month. I totally understand how/why patients just give up— and their HC providers call them non-compliant.
Wow, I’m really shocked about what u guys have to go through to manage ur diabetes properly. I live in England now but I am German. While it’s still ok over here, DO I MISS GERMANY! Yes, we pay for health insurance there and it has increased but I do believe we have one of the best health care systems in the world. I wonder why it is difficult for other countries like the US to learn a bit from that. I got 10 packets of test stripes at a time from my diabetes specialist and they are free from… Read more »
WOW this post couldn’t have come at a better time as I am dealing with this situation! We have been trying to get our strip number increased since July 2009…. We are now March 2010 and I still have yet to see the increase that we need to properly manage Tristan’s diabetes. My husband and I both work full time. Unfortunately our company (we work for the same company) doesn’t offer health care insurance… at all! So we have to rely on government program (based on our income). On 2/26 we get a letter saying the coverage for the kids… Read more »