Comments on: expensive? http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/ for anyone who has been touched by this disease Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:05:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Arlen Roberts http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3934 Arlen Roberts Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:01:46 +0000 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3934 Rob, Never tried sticking the palm part of my finger. I can see how you might think it would be easier to get blood from it, though. Thank you for the warning, because there actually may have BEEN a time when I may have given it a shot, (no pun intended.) Joan Rob,

Never tried sticking the palm part of my finger. I can see how you might think it would be easier to get blood from it, though. Thank you for the warning, because there actually may have BEEN a time when I may have given it a shot, (no pun intended.)

Joan

]]> By: Karen Hays http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3926 Karen Hays Thu, 09 Jun 2005 17:45:21 +0000 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3926 Touche' Joan! Tact is a learned behavior that sometimes comes with age and sometimes never shows up. I have in-laws that don't know the meaning of the word. I think I feel a little sorry for Robby because non-comprehension can get you into a lot of trouble in life and I swear from his posts that I believe he is just not comprehending the fundamentals of this disease although to hear him talk, he is. May God be with him and guide him or his mother spank him for such rude behavior. ;-) Take care, Carol Rob, Can you say, "tact?" Touche’ Joan! Tact is a learned behavior that sometimes comes with age and sometimes never shows up. I have in-laws that don’t know the meaning of the word. I think I feel a little sorry for Robby because non-comprehension can get you into a lot of trouble in life and I swear from his posts that I believe he is just not comprehending the fundamentals of this disease although to hear him talk, he is.
May God be with him and guide him or his mother spank him for such rude behavior. ;-) Take care,
Carol
Rob,

Can you say, “tact?”

]]> By: Arlen Roberts http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3923 Arlen Roberts Mon, 06 Jun 2005 08:11:34 +0000 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3923 Rob, Can you say, "tact?" Rob,

Can you say, “tact?”

]]> By: collier500 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3916 collier500 Wed, 25 May 2005 03:03:33 +0000 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3916 That is an awesome idea! Rhonda That is an awesome idea!

Rhonda

]]> By: Arlen Roberts http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3910 Arlen Roberts Mon, 16 May 2005 03:43:00 +0000 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3910 Do you think, if we had a "type I diabetes group" meeting where we all got together and were able to more readily trade info and ideas and support, that we could wrangle it to be a medical expense? I would love to meet many of the people in this group in person. I think everyone is awesome! Joan Do you think, if we had a “type I diabetes group” meeting where we all got together and were able to more readily trade info and ideas and support, that we could wrangle it to be a medical expense? I would love to meet many of the people in this group in person. I think everyone is awesome!

Joan

]]> By: Arlen Roberts http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3906 Arlen Roberts Thu, 12 May 2005 08:55:03 +0000 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3906 Stephanie, I can see how there would be some who purchase large lots of strips then resell them. However, I bet there are widows/widowers who don't want to see strips that would have been used to go waste, nor waste their money they used to pay for them, and, another method might be unethically ordering way more than you intend/can use, and sell the ones you don't use. Another good example of how our costs got so high. Joan Stephanie,

I can see how there would be some who purchase large lots of strips then resell them. However, I bet there are widows/widowers who don’t want to see strips that would have been used to go waste, nor waste their money they used to pay for them, and, another method might be unethically ordering way more than you intend/can use, and sell the ones you don’t use.

Another good example of how our costs got so high.

Joan

]]> By: Arlen Roberts http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3901 Arlen Roberts Sat, 07 May 2005 01:47:54 +0000 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3901 Mary, I was not even aware we could get generic strips. Thank you! Mary,

I was not even aware we could get generic strips. Thank you!

]]> By: Karen Hays http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3894 Karen Hays Sun, 01 May 2005 09:26:36 +0000 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3894 LOL!!! No need to edit, Joan! It was written very eloquently. :-D Take care, Carol OMG. I am completely sorry for the post to Robby. It was not meant to get onto the group before edit. I thought when you sent your written copy to "save as draft" you could go back and edit it before sending it. um, nope? My apologies. Joan LOL!!! No need to edit, Joan! It was written very eloquently. :-D Take care,
Carol
OMG. I am completely sorry for the post to Robby. It was not meant to get onto the group before edit. I thought when you sent your written copy to “save as draft” you could go back and edit it before sending it. um, nope?

My apologies.

Joan

]]> By: Arlen Roberts http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3890 Arlen Roberts Wed, 27 Apr 2005 23:52:48 +0000 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3890 OMG. I am completely sorry for the post to Robby. It was not meant to get onto the group before edit. I thought when you sent your written copy to "save as draft" you could go back and edit it before sending it. um, nope? My apologies. Joan OMG. I am completely sorry for the post to Robby. It was not meant to get onto the group before edit. I thought when you sent your written copy to “save as draft” you could go back and edit it before sending it. um, nope?

My apologies.

Joan

]]> By: Luella Buckner http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3883 Luella Buckner Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:09:16 +0000 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2005/04/02/expensive/#comment-3883 Robby, I have health insurance thanks to my husband and the cost is over $100.00 a week out of his paycheck. My dr. visits are $20.00 each time to each one that I see and my insulin both kinds run $20.00 for two bottles of each, needles are the same. It is fortunate that you have it so much cheaper but other's on this list do not. My supplies and other preventive meds I take run my family close to $300.00 a month. Add that to over $400.00 just for the insurance. Having any illness can be very expensive and a hardship on many families. In fact, had I had insurance when I was younger and a single mother, I would not be suffering with diabetic complications because 14 years ago I couldn't afford the supplies. It was more important for my children to be fed and clothed. Some people do make sacrifices when they have <!--more--> to. what kinds of complications do you have? It's always wise to think about walking in another's shoes before spouting off what you have. Also, I hate to burst your bubble but it's a proven fact that no matter how well controlled you are, if you were to get pneumonia and it was a strain that could not handle the antibiotics offered God forbid, then in the event of your demise, it would be considered from diabetic complications. Being diabetic makes it harder to not only heal but also to get better from illnesses that occur. And...........Robby, they can occur so spontaneously, it's not even funny. I believe in always being thankful for what I have dredged through and that I am still alive when there were times not at my own hand, I could have died due to diabetic complications. I'm going to chalk up your optimism to being young and pray that you never have to eat the words you wrote today. Carol what do you mean eat the words i wrote? i'm not worried about getting pneumonia. alot of people i've talked to warned me about not listening to the scare stories that you read on the net. they told me not to listen to the stories talking about how horrible things are going to happen to you. yes, i know there is a small chance that something bad could happen to me. but i do know that as long as i do what my doctor says, and keep my sugars as close to normal as possible, the chances of something bad happening to me are low. you guys act as if i have no idea what i'm talking about. i have spent hours reading as much about this as i can. i am educated. these complications are rare, most people do not get them. i've already talked to at least 10 people who have had this 30, 40, even 50 years and nothing has ever happened to them. why? because they did what the doctor told them to do. i have no idea what you mean by eating my words. what did i say wrong? why not be optimistic??? alot of my friends have told me to leave this group. i've told them about how most people in here seem to think you are destined to have horrible things happen to you and die young. people, this is not 1920! this is 2004! medical care is fantastic this day and age! if anything were to start happening, they could catch it early at my checkups and put a stop to it. why not be optimistic? am i supposed to sit here and constantly worry about what could happen 20, 30 years down the road? heck no i'm not going to do that! most people DO NOT get complications! i've always been a very healthy person, i am not worried that i will ever get heart or kidney disease. if i ever did start to, they could treat it and stop it before it ever got bad. i've never seen anything like you. are you all a bunch of hypochondriacs? my doctor sat right there and told me this is manageable, and liveable. you act like diabetes is some sort of deadly disease. it can be, left uncontrolled! if you do the right things, you are not going to have those bad things happen! i firmly believe that. every single book i've read says the same thing. i'm not going to let these naysayers scare the crap out of me and make me think i'm destined to have a heart attack. i know that isnt true. man, i can't believe some of you guys. robby Robby, I have health insurance thanks to my husband and the cost is
over $100.00 a week out of his paycheck.
My dr. visits are $20.00 each time to each one that I see and my
insulin both kinds run $20.00 for two bottles of each, needles are
the same.
It is fortunate that you have it so much cheaper but other’s on this
list do not. My supplies and other preventive meds I take run my
family
close to $300.00 a month. Add that to over $400.00 just for the
insurance. Having any illness can be very expensive and a hardship
on many families. In fact, had I had insurance when I was younger and
a single mother, I would not be suffering with diabetic complications
because 14 years ago
I couldn’t afford the supplies. It was more important for my children
to be fed and clothed. Some people do make sacrifices when they have

to.
what kinds of complications do you have?
It’s always wise to think about walking in another’s shoes before
spouting off what you have. Also, I hate to burst your bubble but
it’s a proven
fact that no matter how well controlled you are, if you were to get
pneumonia and it was a strain that could not handle the antibiotics
offered God forbid, then in the event
of your demise, it would be considered from diabetic complications.
Being diabetic makes it harder to not only heal but also to get
better from illnesses that occur.
And………..Robby, they can occur so spontaneously, it’s not even
funny. I believe in always being thankful for what I have dredged
through and that I am still alive when there were times not at my own
hand, I could have died due to diabetic complications. I’m going to
chalk up your optimism to being young and pray that you never have to
eat the words you wrote today.
Carol
what do you mean eat the words i wrote? i’m not worried about getting
pneumonia. alot of people i’ve talked to warned me about not
listening to the scare stories that you read on the net. they told me
not to listen to the stories talking about how horrible things are
going to happen to you. yes, i know there is a small chance that
something bad could happen to me. but i do know that as long as i do
what my doctor says, and keep my sugars as close to normal as
possible, the chances of something bad happening to me are low. you
guys act as if i have no idea what i’m talking about. i have spent
hours reading as much about this as i can. i am educated. these
complications are rare, most people do not get them. i’ve already
talked to at least 10 people who have had this 30, 40, even 50 years
and nothing has ever happened to them. why? because they did what the
doctor told them to do. i have no idea what you mean by eating my
words. what did i say wrong? why not be optimistic??? alot of my
friends have told me to leave this group. i’ve told them about how
most people in here seem to think you are destined to have horrible
things happen to you and die young. people, this is not 1920! this is
2004! medical care is fantastic this day and age! if anything were to
start happening, they could catch it early at my checkups and put a
stop to it. why not be optimistic? am i supposed to sit here and
constantly worry about what could happen 20, 30 years down the road?
heck no i’m not going to do that! most people DO NOT get
complications! i’ve always been a very healthy person, i am not
worried that i will ever get heart or kidney disease. if i ever did
start to, they could treat it and stop it before it ever got bad.
i’ve never seen anything like you. are you all a bunch of
hypochondriacs? my doctor sat right there and told me this is
manageable, and liveable. you act like diabetes is some sort of
deadly disease. it can be, left uncontrolled! if you do the right
things, you are not going to have those bad things happen! i firmly
believe that. every single book i’ve read says the same thing. i’m
not going to let these naysayers scare the crap out of me and make me
think i’m destined to have a heart attack. i know that isnt true.
man, i can’t believe some of you guys.
robby

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