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<blockquote data-quote="NicoleC1971" data-source="post: 1702735" data-attributes="member: 365308"><p>Hi! Does your health care depend on your employer or your partners'? What happens is you move jobs with a pre existing condition?</p><p>I live near London and so far have had lots of help from the NHS for my type 1 diabetes which I have had for 36 + years. This varies from region to region but if you are type 1 you get the basics such as test strips for a meter and insulin plus insulin pens. ON top of this I have had laser treatment then 2 complicated eye surgeries plus 3 c sections with the necessary special care for my premature babies! As type 1s are typically more likely to need medications, they are also allowed free prescriptions. Latterly I was issued a pump but I do have to meet rationing criteria for that e..g a reduction in HBA1c and cannot yet get access to CGM nor can I afford to self fund it so am hopeful that when my pump is due to be replaced that there will be good 'closed loop' systems. I am truly grateful for all of this but aware that it may not be available in the future given the massive demands upon our health service caused by our ageing population and the chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes that are on the rise. My condition is however largely self managed and my consultants do little more than check my 'co morbidities' (kidney and heart disease) and allow me to get access to a pump and hopefully, in time, CGM. </p><p>Re Nigeria, I know of some wealthy parents who had a 16 month old diagnosed over there and have subsequently had to seek Uk and US medical care to manage their child's condition so can only hope that type 1 is a rarer thing than in the Northern hemisphere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NicoleC1971, post: 1702735, member: 365308"] Hi! Does your health care depend on your employer or your partners'? What happens is you move jobs with a pre existing condition? I live near London and so far have had lots of help from the NHS for my type 1 diabetes which I have had for 36 + years. This varies from region to region but if you are type 1 you get the basics such as test strips for a meter and insulin plus insulin pens. ON top of this I have had laser treatment then 2 complicated eye surgeries plus 3 c sections with the necessary special care for my premature babies! As type 1s are typically more likely to need medications, they are also allowed free prescriptions. Latterly I was issued a pump but I do have to meet rationing criteria for that e..g a reduction in HBA1c and cannot yet get access to CGM nor can I afford to self fund it so am hopeful that when my pump is due to be replaced that there will be good 'closed loop' systems. I am truly grateful for all of this but aware that it may not be available in the future given the massive demands upon our health service caused by our ageing population and the chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes that are on the rise. My condition is however largely self managed and my consultants do little more than check my 'co morbidities' (kidney and heart disease) and allow me to get access to a pump and hopefully, in time, CGM. Re Nigeria, I know of some wealthy parents who had a 16 month old diagnosed over there and have subsequently had to seek Uk and US medical care to manage their child's condition so can only hope that type 1 is a rarer thing than in the Northern hemisphere. [/QUOTE]
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