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Insulin Prescriptions

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Here’s a question for all of you type 1 diabetics out there. When do type 1 diabetics get to quit taking insulin? I bet you didn’t know there was a time, I bet you thought that you would have to take insulin until the day you died, or at least up until a couple of days before you died. Guess what? You’re right, as a type 1 diabetic, if you don’t take your insulin, you will go into a diabetic coma and die.

I mention these facts because the people at my stupid medical insurance company don’t know that, and niether does my Doctor. When my Doctor writes my prescription for insulin, it’s only good for a year, and if I don’t go back and get it redone, my pharmacy won’t give me any insulin, and even if they did, my insurance company won’t pay for it. At over $100 per bottle, I sure as heck don’t want to have to pay for it out of my own pocket… especially since I already pay $18,000.00 per year for medical insurance for a family of 5.

On that note, I think I’m going to go see if I can find a coupon or offer or something for a bottle of free insulin…. I’m sure at the kind of money that Lilly and whatever that other company is… Novo I think, make off a bottle of insulin, they’re willing to give away a free bottle to pull you away from their competitor.

Drop by in the next day or so if you want to see if I found any diabetic freebies.

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