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Pharma markups can indeed exceed 3000% on stuff that people require to survive. It gets worse if you have something rare, because then you have to take a drug with no market competition or generic alternative. Test strips are so stupidly expensive that I'm considering ordering a monitor+strips...

I had the same problem, OP. When I was in high school I was able to sleep through a full blast alarm clock right next to my face, it'd wake up my family before it woke me up. What instantly got me up though was the creaking stairs because I knew that's I was about to get a verbal lashing for...

7 a day, so ... a lot. I sometimes skip the post-lunch and just wait until pre-dinner because these things aren't cheap.

Indeed. I noticed my levels tanking really fast while walking yesterday, and I'm getting into strength training again eventually - that'll be fun. I'm going to try to stay on top. The diabetes specialist told me that aside from higher risk for stroke and heart disease, it's entirely possible to...

I kind of shocked myself today. I didn't expect blood sugar to fall so quickly from simple walking. I had to walk 30 minutes to the bank, spend an hour in a meeting, then walk 30 minutes back, and my sugar went from 11.5 to 3.8 in that time. I mean... I walk 20 minutes to work every day when it...

Yeah, I was going to go the other way and say that while I do want to keep on top of everything, I don't want to regret missing out on things (specifically food!) down the road because I was uncertain of the consequences. Right now is a trial and error phase for me, especially with my mealtime...

My focus for the future is learning. I've been in contact with a diabetic specialist and a dietician already, and an endocrinologist is next. I need to be able to explain to other people what I have and why it works the way it does. I never want to be in a situation where I'm unsure of what to...

All because I thought it was a flu. It's late, and for the first time since I left the hospital on Jan 30th, I'm taking a look back at how bad things really were. I managed to get treated just in time. The timeline starts around the second week of January. I noticed that I was pretty thirsty...

Being fairly new to the disease, I've only had one hypo so far. I was more than prepared for it. I felt shaky, measured a 3.3, ate a square of chocolate and had a swig of fruit juice. It took about 15 minutes to stop the shaking and then I was good to go - when I checked at my next meal I was...

Alberta, sorry. I will be going to my family physician in an hour, for the first time in over a year - going to ask a lot of questions and especially the ones involving money and coverage. I will go to social services as well but I am doubtful they'll cover me because I am not broke despite my...

I **** near cried at the pharmacy today. I am not working at all right now as a result of being hospitalized, when I do go back to work I barely get hours and no benefits They wanted $80 for 100 test strips, $80 for 5 pens of fast acting insulin, $115 for 5 pens of slow release insulin. Almost...

Hi everyone! I ended up going to the hospital again to ask them questions - my BS stayed above 30 all day! they put me on a saline drip for a while to lower my BS down to 20 and then said I'm going to be meeting with a dietitian tomorrow and gave proper amounts for the pens. >Regarding test...

Aye, this is no help. I washed my hands and took a reading, and it just said "Hi" on the screen. Not even a number. I'm running out of these test strips soon and need to go to the pharmacy for more - wish they were free given how often I need to look at my numbers. I didn't find any...

Type 1. I don't know any of the other details, I mean, I might have but quickly forgot. It's embarrassing. They mentioned a correction factor or sliding scale at the hospital and said ideally I wanted 11-15 instead of the 4-8 that is all over blood sugar charts. I got home yesterday, having been...

Hi friends, sorry for the lack of introduction but I need a quick-ish answer. This is my first day alone with diabetes and I haven't yet gotten back to my doctor for anything. I woke up and took a reading of 15 on my glucose monitor, gave myself 12 units before eating a meal , then waited 2...