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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JAT1" data-source="post: 2636617" data-attributes="member: 490842"><p>I hear ya and sympathize.  I'm in Canada too.  My income is very low.  Fortunately, now that I'm senior, the test strips, lancets and needles are fully covered by the province; and, the price of insulin (I am also on Basaglar and Trurapi) is reduced to about $20 per box of 5.  I think you do have a choice; but a hard one, I see you are listed as Type 2  Of course I am no doctor and this is only my partially informed opinion.  I see on this website that most Type 2s deal with their condition via diet alone by going low carb, so perhaps insulin is not absolutely vital like for Type 1 and can be dropped, which it seems you have done.  Now I know that you can't stand many different kinds of food, many low carb.  The choice is take responsibility for your health and adapt to your situation by drinking very low carb soups and drinks, or follow the medical professionals (lackeys of big pharma) who don't care.  If I were you, I'd go keto, believing life would last longer for me that way.  Food isn't everything as I am sure you know because of OMAD.  I hope your mouth heals soon and that you enjoy many happy years to come.  Sorry if this post is brutal, but it bothers me to read that you think you have no choice.  There are always options.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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